Sustainability reporting and assurance: 2025 in review
InsightSustainability reporting and assurance 2025 highlights & 2026 outlook for Australia
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Louise has over 20 years’ experience providing audit services to a diverse portfolio of clients, including the audits of privately held and listed public companies and large international groups. Louise is experienced with ASX and NASDAQ listed companies. Louise has also been involved in corporate finance engagements varying from acquisitions to initial public offerings.
Louise’s industry experience includes Life Sciences, Technology & Media and Infrastructure (including Renewables).
Louise is Grant Thornton Australia’s ESG Assurance Lead. In this capacity Louise works closely with Grant Thornton’s International methodology teams and member firms to ensure audit quality in sustainability and ESG assurance.
Sustainability reporting and assurance 2025 highlights & 2026 outlook for Australia
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) have both recently published FAQs providing guidance on the use of the different auditors for financial reporting audit and sustainability reporting assurance.
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