Sustainability Reporting Frameworks
Overview
As entities respond to requests from their stakeholders for more environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures, how do they structure their thinking and reporting on ESG matters?
In this webinar we consider the role of Sustainability Reporting Frameworks, how they help organisations structure their thinking and reporting on ESG matters, and where organisations should start to look to find a Sustainability Reporting Framework that suits them.
Learning Outcomes:
This presentation aims to provide attendees with the ability to:
• Identify some of the main Sustainability Reporting Frameworks available for use
• Appreciate some of the key differences between Sustainability Reporting Frameworks, and
• Consider what to look for in a Sustainability Reporting Framework that suits their organisation.
Suited to:
Auditors, CFOs, Board Members, Financial Controllers, Finance Teams, Accountants involved in the preparation of financial reports
This On Demand includes:
- a recording of the webinar Event which can be viewed multiple times
- a PDF of the presenter’s PowerPoint
- a verbatim Transcript
- any supporting documentation
- a CPD Certificate after successful completion of the Knowledge Quiz
Course syllabus
3 lessons
- Video – Sustainability Reporting FrameworksVideo
- FeedbackSurvey
- Knowledge TestTest
Your presenter
Dean ArdernBDO Australia
, Director, IFRS & Corporate Reporting
Dean has been advising on IFRS and other financial reporting matters for over 15 years. Having worked with a range of clients in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors, Dean understands the challenges preparers face.
Dean’s primary role is to identify practical and compliant reporting solutions for clients and assurance staff. To achieve this, Dean works at building constructive relationships with clients with the view to providing responsive, accurate and outcome-focused technical advice and guidance
Aletta Boshoff, Partner, Advisory National Leader, IFRS & Corporate Reporting, National Leader, ESG & Sustainability
Aletta is an IFRS advisory specialist with over 25 years’ experience in financial reporting and accounting, including IFRS. Aletta has lectured on financial accounting and reporting, auditing and assurance and taxation at various Australian and South African universities. As an Associate Professor, she authored various financial reporting and accounting textbooks. Aletta also spent a number of years as a Project Manager at the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB).
Aletta’s involvement in sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting is a consequence of her focus on an organisation’s ability to create and sustain long-term value in a rapidly changing world, and managing the risks and opportunities associated with these changes. Aletta also puts a heavy emphasis on risk management, because monitoring and mitigating risks across all three dimensions (i.e. environmental, social and governance) is an important priority for any company that is serious about sustainability and ESG.