AASB·Effective 1 Jan 2025·Reviewed June 2026·← Compliance hub

AASB S1 & S2
Sustainability and Climate Disclosures.

The Australian implementation of the IFRS sustainability and climate disclosure standards. S1 covers general sustainability-related financial disclosures; S2 is climate-specific. Mandatory phased rollout from FY2025–26 for Group 1 entities.

The stakes
AASB S2 disclosures are subject to assurance, auditors will test them the same way they test financial statements. Greenwashing or inadequate disclosure is now a discoverable, auditable, board-attestable risk that surfaces in your annual report.

What AASB S1 & S2 requires.
How BackPro handles each obligation.

AASB S1 §4–7

Governance disclosures

The requirement

Disclose the governance processes, controls, and procedures used to monitor and manage sustainability-related risks and opportunities. Identify the board or committee responsible for oversight.

AASB S1 §9–15

Strategy disclosures

The requirement

Disclose how sustainability-related risks and opportunities affect strategy, business model, value chain, and financial performance over the short, medium, and long term.

AASB S1 §16–19

Risk management integration

The requirement

Disclose the processes used to identify, assess, and manage sustainability-related risks and opportunities. Integration with broader enterprise risk management must be explained, not asserted.

AASB S2 §6–12

Climate-related risks & opportunities

The requirement

Identify and disclose physical and transition climate risks, and climate-related opportunities, with their actual and potential effects on the firm. Materiality is the test.

AASB S2 §28–32

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, 2, 3)

The requirement

Disclose Scope 1, Scope 2 (using both location-based and market-based methods), and Scope 3 GHG emissions. Methodology, inputs, and assumptions must be explained.

AASB S2 §44–49

Climate metrics & targets

The requirement

Disclose climate-related metrics and targets used to manage and monitor performance, including progress against any transition plan.

What BackPro produces for AASB S1 & S2.

The artifacts your auditor expects. Hashed, signed, timestamped, exportable. Generated continuously while you work, not assembled in the week before the audit.

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Governance disclosure section

Board oversight evidence, committee responsibilities, and decision log, formatted to AASB S1 expectations.

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Strategy & risk narrative

Sustainability and climate risks mapped to strategy across short, medium, long horizons.

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Climate risk register

Physical and transition risks with materiality assessment and financial impact estimates.

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GHG emissions inventory

Scope 1, 2, 3 with location- and market-based Scope 2 calculations and methodology statement.

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Climate metrics & targets dashboard

Live KPIs against board-approved targets, with drift indicators and explanatory narrative.

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Annual sustainability disclosure pack

Full AASB S1 and S2 disclosure assembled for inclusion in the firm's annual report.

Common questions

AASB S1 & S2, in plain words.

See AASB S1 & S2 mapped to your own controls.

Forty‑five minutes with our team. We take your existing control register, map it against AASB S1 & S2 obligations, and show you which gaps BackPro closes automatically. The mapping is yours to keep whether you proceed with us or not.