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From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Is green tech Sumday the country's next unicorn? The Tasmania-based start-up has inked deals with more than 45 accounting groups less than two years after its launch. Jessica Richmond, chief executive of Sumday, was a lawyer by trade before she ...

Expect audit standards by Christmas

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Climate reporting is set to become a standard part of accounting as audit standards are due for release in December, with all disclosures checked by the end of the decade. The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has finalised the standard explaining ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... clarity and 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 ...

Firms on back foot: Warning on reporting delays

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting, all 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 ...

Accountants say digital is key

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... requirements, establishing appropriate governance and control, and digitally enabling ESG reporting," Brown said. Deloitte Australia audit and assurance managing partner Joanne Gorton added: "It's time for Australia to accelerate our transition to digital ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... appropriately considered or consulted in the design of the package," he said. "It is also going to put enormous strain on the audit profession at a time when we know many are facing burn out and there is a huge shortfall in auditors to complete existing ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... require climate performance to be explicitly considered in financial reporting for the first time," Joanne Gorton, Deloitte audit and assurance managing partner said. "We're committed to helping businesses get ready to meet the proposed requirements. ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... generational shift that will need to be carefully managed, requiring extensive up-skilling across boards, organisations, the audit profession and the economy as a whole. We need to get this right and encourage a strategic rather than compliance-based ...

Firms wrestle with ESG data challenges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... business decisions and meet regulatory reporting guidelines, which lead to preservation and growth of financial value," US ESG audit leader at KPMG LLP Maura Hodge said. Rob Fisher, US ESG leader at KPMG LLP said data is critical in "in driving sustainability ...

ASX companies boosting ESG staff, oversight: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... mandatory disclosures with voluntary ESG and sustainability reporting, O'Neill noted. Perennial also asked companies if they audit their ESG reporting, a new question for this survey. "Increasingly we have seen companies moving from disclosing what they ...