Australian Government
Australian Accounting Standards Board
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Following their approval on 20 September 2024, the AASB has published a voluntary AASB S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and mandatory AASB S2 Climate-related Disclosures. Certain entities are required by the Corporations Act 2001 to apply AASB S2 for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2025.
AASB S1 is available here. An entity electing to voluntarily apply this Standard would disclose information about all sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s cash flows, its access to finance or cost of capital over the short, medium or long term.
AASB S2 is available here. AASB S2 requires an entity to disclose information about climate-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s cash flows, its access to finance or cost of capital over the short, medium or long term. Entities required by the Corporations Act to apply AASB S2 should refer to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Act 2024 for details about the changes to the Corporations Act that require certain entities to prepare an annual sustainability report.