Environmental and sustainability reporting, taking account of an organisation's impact on the planet, have become a high priority for shareholders and regulators alike. The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) announced the launch of its new Integrated Reporting Framework.This is a potentially game-changing milestone in the evolution of corporate reporting globally, t will give a level of prominence to environmental costs, benefits, and sustainability within financial statements.

HOW BDO CAN ASSIST YOU

We provide the following services:

Advisory

• Development of:
  • environmental and sustainability reporting policies
  • supply chain monitoring and purchasing policies
  • financial reporting structures to provide timely, readily accessible and reliable environmental information to satisfy the interests of stakeholders
• Corporate governance improvement advice
• Understanding and interpreting new regulatory requirements and prohibitions (including related taxes and subsidies)
• Understanding and interpreting tradable permits and certificates used by governments to achieve a variety of sustainability enhancing objectives
• Environmental and sustainability risk assessment

Assurance

• Reporting on:
  • internal compliance with voluntary codes on environmental performance
  • the application of environmental and sustainability corporate governance policies
  • the application for tradable permits and certificates used by governments to achieve a variety of sustainability enhancing objectives
• Adding credibility to the reporting of information about environmental performance and sustainability.

You could benefit from our understanding of the regulatory and reporting requirements and our knowledge of:

• How to report to stakeholders
• The financial incentives on offer
• The penalties in place.