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Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Foundation for Ethics and Audit (IFEA) handed down the mandates via its independent arms: the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). The interoperable standards ...

Analyst Moves: Franklin Templeton, JANA, Bain, MLC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... equity team. Before joining Aware Super, she was an executive at Macquarie Group. Previously, she held a senior corporate assurance role at KPMG and a transaction services position at Grant Thornton's Shanghai office. Finally, Amy Larkin has started ...

Top consulting firms pilot SAP carbon tool

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Asam, CFO and member of the executive board of SAP SE. "Only by moving from averages to actuals - audited at reasonable assurance - can freeriding and greenwashing be avoided, thereby protecting such valuable investment and our planet." The tool aligns ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... across the entities that are required to do it in your Groups 1, 2 and 3, and also the potential phasing in of your assurance will help, but I think there has to be a change in mindset, especially from the assurance practitioner, to get their head around ...

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... teams service a vast array of organisations navigate, measure and quantify their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to an assurance ready standard," said Nicholas Guest, assurance and advisory partner at HLB Mann Judd Sydney. Richmond said the cost of carbon ...

Expect audit standards by Christmas

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... pronounce S1 as a voluntary standard and S2 as a mandatory standard. Meanwhile, the Australian Government Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) released a draft of the standard on sustainability assurance, as well as a timeline for audits and ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... certainty and moves the world closer to global ISSB standards, said Deloitte Australia managing partner for audit and assurance Joanne Gorton. "Government and business need to continue to collaborate to capitalise on the growing demand for climate action ...

Firms on back foot: Warning on reporting delays

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... indicate a strategic shift toward embedding sustainability into their core operations," said Kristen Sullivan, audit and assurance partner in sustainability and ESG services at Deloitte. "While challenges still exist, the commitment to sustainability ...

Veteran lawyer moves jobs

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Alex O'Mara has joined advisory and assurance provider O'Connor Marsden & Associates (OCM) as the new strategic ESG advisor. O'Mara is a senior advisor, lawyer, non-executive director, and senior executive, with experience in leading strategy ...

Aus Ethical gets ex-PRI chief

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... board as it aligns with her passion around for responsible investing. "Australians deserve retirement security, and the assurance that their superannuation is being invested for the good of people, animals, and the planet. Where we invest our money matters ...