This one is not voluntary, and the directors have to sign it.
ASRS makes climate reporting a mandatory part of the annual reporting cycle, with a directors' declaration attached to it. That changes what the underlying record has to be able to prove. EcoLedger builds a climate statement your board can put its name to.
Three groups, three start dates, one standard.
ASRS phases in by entity size. An entity falls into a group by meeting at least two of three size tests, and reports from the first annual period that begins on or after its commencement date.
The largest reporting entities, together with entities already required to report under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting scheme above the publication threshold.
- 500 or more employees
- Consolidated revenue of 500 million dollars or more
- Consolidated gross assets of 1 billion dollars or more
Large entities, and asset owners above the funds under management threshold.
- 250 or more employees
- Consolidated revenue of 200 million dollars or more
- Consolidated gross assets of 500 million dollars or more
Remaining entities that meet the reporting thresholds, with a reduced disclosure path available where there is no material climate risk.
- 100 or more employees
- Consolidated revenue of 50 million dollars or more
- Consolidated gross assets of 25 million dollars or more
Thresholds are applied on a consolidated basis and an entity must meet at least two of the three. Confirm the group and commencement date that apply to your entity with your advisers.
Someone signs a declaration. Everything upstream of that has to hold.
A climate statement that carries a directors' declaration is not a communications document. It inherits the expectations of the financial report, which means the chain from a meter reading to a signed statement has to be visible end to end.
Site, fleet, procurement and facilities data is supplied by the people who hold it, with the source document attached at the point it is entered rather than requested again later.
Emissions are calculated on National Greenhouse Accounts factors matched to the reporting year, with the factor edition, the method and the data quality recorded against every figure.
Finance and risk can move from a number in the statement to the calculation and the document behind it, which is what makes challenge possible before the board sees it.
An external provider follows the same path. The evidence trail either already exists in the reporting record or it is reconstructed under deadline.
The board signs a declaration on a statement whose every figure can be traced. That is the difference between a report that has been reviewed and a report that can be defended.
What goes into the sustainability report.
A complete AASB S2 climate statement, with the calculations, industry metrics and evidence that sit behind every figure in it.
- GOVGovernance of climate risks and opportunities, and board oversight
- STRATClimate risks and opportunities, resilience and scenario analysis
- RISKHow climate risk is identified, assessed and managed
- GHGScope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3, on National Greenhouse Accounts factors
- M and TIndustry based metrics, climate targets and the assurance position
- DECLThe directors' declaration, with the evidence trail behind it intact
How the Australian climate statement gets built.
Build the inventory on Australian factors.
Emissions are calculated with National Greenhouse Accounts factors matched to the reporting year, with state grid intensities applied per site and IEA grid factors covering operations offshore.
- NGA factors, refreshed each reporting year
- State grid intensity applied per site
- Scope 1 combustion, fugitive and process emissions
- Bulk import and reconciliation against the ledger
Report the group the way the accounts do.
Each entity holds its own activity data and narrative and consolidates into group reporting on one dataset, so the climate statement follows the same reporting boundary as the financial report rather than a boundary of its own.
- Entity by entity data ownership with group level totals
- Intensity ratios at entity and group level
- One factor edition applied consistently across the group
Assemble a statement the board can sign.
Governance, strategy, risk management, scenarios, metrics and targets are assembled into a climate statement in which each figure keeps its evidence, then exported in Word, PDF or HTML for the annual report.
- Narrative drafted for your team to edit
- Every statement carries the requirement it satisfies
- Assurance provider, level and scope recorded against the statement
Calculate. Consolidate. Declare.
See how EcoLedger holds the evidence behind a declarationThe first climate statement is not the hardest one.
Scope 3 and assurance both widen after the first reporting year. Both are far cheaper if the year one record was built to hold them, and far more expensive if it was not.
Build the reporting structure while the required scope is still narrow, with all fifteen Scope 3 categories held in the record whether reported yet or not.
New data owners, new suppliers and a first year that sets a baseline. The categories already exist in the record, so the work is data collection rather than redesign.
Assurance scope grows over the phase in. What it tests is the evidence path behind each figure, which is recorded from the first year onward.
Build year one for the year three requirement. The gap between them is where the cost sits.
Australian reporting in EcoLedger.
- AASB S2 requirements
- ASRS reporting structure
- Directors' declaration support
- Industry based metrics
- Scope 1, 2 and 3
- NGA factors
- State grid intensity
- IEA grid factors
- Climate scenarios
- Evidence register
- Group consolidation
- Word, PDF and HTML output
Which entities have to report under ASRS?
ASRS phases in by entity size across three groups, each with its own commencement date, and an entity falls into a group by meeting at least two of three size tests applied on a consolidated basis. Entities already reporting under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting scheme above the publication threshold are captured in the first group. Confirm the group that applies to your entity with your advisers.
What does the directors' declaration change in practice?
It moves the climate statement into the same accountability structure as the financial report. Figures have to be supportable, methods have to be consistent and restatements have to be explained. EcoLedger records the source data, calculation, factor edition and supporting document against each figure at the point of entry, so the evidence path exists before anyone asks for it.
Which emission factors are supported?
National Greenhouse Accounts factors across Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3, matched to the reporting year rather than the current year, so prior year comparatives and restatements stay consistent. State grid intensities are applied per site and IEA grid factors cover operations outside Australia.
When does Scope 3 have to be reported?
Scope 3 arrives after the first reporting year rather than with it. EcoLedger holds all fifteen categories from the start, with data quality recorded, so the year in which Scope 3 becomes reportable is a data collection exercise rather than a second implementation.
How does EcoLedger support assurance?
Each reported figure keeps its source data, calculation and attached evidence, and a basis of preparation can be exported alongside the statement. An assurance provider can follow the same path an internal reviewer follows. EcoLedger supports your own review and assurance process. It does not provide an assurance opinion.
Bring the group you fall into. We will show you what year one has to produce.
Bring an existing emissions inventory, a NGER submission or an open question about the reporting boundary. We will map it into the EcoLedger process and show you what the climate statement and the record behind it would look like.