What to expect before, during and after a scope 3 assurance engagement.
Confident scope 3 reporting starts with credible data. What will the auditor ask for? How much evidence is enough? And what do terms like verification, validation, limited assurance and reasonable assurance actually mean?
With the GHG Protocol revising its Corporate Value Chain (scope 3) Standard, and climate disclosure expectations growing in Australia and New Zealand, businesses need scope 3 data that is more complete, transparent and evidence-based.
Join Mark Crichton, Sustainability Program Advisor AUNZ, and Rhea Selwan, Sustainability Adviser and lead auditor at certification company SGS, and Katharina Bauch, Head of Carbon at thinkstep-anz, for a practical discussion on scope 3 assurance.
Mark and Rhea will share what verifiers look for and what businesses can do to prepare. Katharina will share practical ways to improve scope 3 reporting over time, from using spend-based data to identify hot spots, to moving towards better activity data, assessing data quality and keeping evidence well organised.
Together, they will explain how to prepare for assurance, strengthen your scope 3 data over time and communicate your methodology and evidence with confidence.
In this webinar, you will learn:
What the scope 3 Standard update means for businesses
What verifiers look for in scope 3 data and evidence
How to make verification and assurance less painful
How to improve data over time, from spend-based hot spots to better activity data
How to organise, assess and communicate your scope 3 approach
The webinar will be useful for:
sustainability managers
carbon and climate reporting leads
finance and risk teams involved in climate disclosure
procurement and supply chain teams
ESG and reporting managers
businesses preparing for assurance under AASB S2 or the New Zealand Climate Standards
anyone responsible for improving scope 3 data quality.
