What is an ASRS readiness assessment?

A short, fixed-fee review that confirms your reporting group and first reporting year, scores your data, systems and governance against the four AASB S2 pillars, and gives you a prioritised, costed roadmap to an assured Sustainability Report.

How long does the assessment take?

Three to four weeks. Week one confirms the obligation and collects documents. Weeks two and three are interviews and the data review. The final week is the scored heatmap, the roadmap and a board-ready summary.

What do we get at the end?

A confirmed reporting group and timeline, a pillar-by-pillar readiness heatmap, a gap register with effort and cost against each item, and a sequenced roadmap to your first reporting year. It is written for the board, not for consultants.

A fixed fee agreed before we start, sized to the number of entities and sites in scope. The fee is credited in full toward any implementation you commission from us afterwards.

Is this only for Australian entities?

No. We run the same assessment against the Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards for New Zealand climate reporting entities, and a combined one for groups that report in both countries.

ASRS Readiness Assessment

A fixed-fee assessment that tells you exactly where you stand against AASB S2 - before your reporting year gets away from you.

A short, fixed-fee engagement that maps your reporting group and timeline, tests your emissions data and governance against the four AASB S2 pillars, and hands you a costed roadmap to an assured Sustainability Report. The fee is credited to any implementation that follows.

Know where you stand before the reporting year starts

First-time reporters do not know what they do not know. Is your data good enough? Is your governance documented? Which group are you in, and when is year one? Teams lose months guessing, or commission an open-ended consulting engagement with no defined end. The reporting year, meanwhile, keeps moving.

The Readiness Assessment removes the guesswork for a fixed fee. In a few weeks we confirm your reporting group and timeline, score your data and governance maturity against every AASB S2 pillar, and give you a prioritised, costed roadmap. You leave knowing precisely what compliant looks like for you - and the fee is credited toward the implementation if you proceed.

Group & timeline confirmation

We confirm which of the three ASRS reporting groups you fall into and your first reporting year, against the size and NGER thresholds.

Size-threshold and NGER assessment
First reporting year confirmed
Scope 3 and financed-emissions applicability

Maturity scoring

We score your current data, systems and governance against the four AASB S2 pillars, so gaps are visible and ranked.

Governance and oversight review
Emissions data source and quality audit
Pillar-by-pillar heatmap

Costed roadmap

A prioritised roadmap to a compliant, assured report - with effort, cost and sequencing, not a vague to-do list.

Prioritised remediation actions
Effort and cost estimates
Sequenced to your reporting year

Fee credited if you proceed

The fixed fee is credited toward any implementation you commission from us, so the assessment de-risks the decision for free.

Fixed, transparent fee
Credited to implementation
No open-ended engagement

What the readiness assessment gives the board

Certainty in weeks

Fixed timeframe

You know your group, timeline and gaps in weeks, not months of guessing.

A defensible plan

Board-ready

A board-ready roadmap that turns a vague obligation into a scoped programme.

Budget you can trust

Fixed fee

Costed actions replace open-ended consulting spend.

ASRS readiness checklist

Fifteen questions. If you can answer yes to all of them with a document to prove it, you are ready. Most first-time reporters can answer four or five. The assessment scores every one and tells you what closing each gap costs.

Reporting obligation

We have confirmed which ASRS reporting group we are in and our first reporting year.
We know whether Scope 3 and financed emissions apply to us, and from which year.
We have told our auditor and agreed the assurance scope for year one.

Governance

The board has a documented role in overseeing climate-related risks and opportunities.
Management responsibilities for climate reporting are assigned and written down.
The people involved have the skills, or a plan to get them.

Strategy and risk

We have identified our material climate-related risks and opportunities.
We have run, or scheduled, scenario analysis against at least two climate scenarios.
Climate risk is integrated into our enterprise risk management process, not a separate spreadsheet.

Metrics and targets

We have a Scope 1 and 2 inventory calculated with current NGER methods and factors.
We have screened the 15 Scope 3 categories for materiality.
Any emissions target we have published is documented with its baseline and method.

Data and evidence

Every emissions figure can be traced to its source document and factor.
Emissions data lives in a governed system with access control and change history, not one person's workbook.
We can produce last year's figures and restate them if a factor or boundary changes.

Who commissions an ASRS readiness assessment

Built for:

Boards and executives who need certainty before committing budget
CFOs scoping the reporting obligation for the first time
Sustainability leads who need a mandate to act
Any entity unsure which reporting group or year applies to it

Runs on

Microsoft Sustainability Manager
Microsoft Fabric
Power BI

Built to align with

AASB S2 / ASRS aligned
ISSB S2 aligned
GHG Protocol
NGER methodology

Accelerate Your Desired Outcomes

Clients choose us because we:

Are certified Microsoft experts.
Take a holistic approach to understand your business needs and bridge the gaps with the right tools and solutions.
Collaborate with you and prioritise your input to ensure a client-centric approach.
Operate with agility and speed, thanks to our small teams and 2-week sprint model.
Start developing on day 1 to get results quickly.
Focus on delivering outcomes, not just scope, to ensure we meet your goals.
Offer cost-effective solutions that enable you to reach your goals faster.
Stay flexible and open to new and better ways of doing things to continually improve your business processes.
Are proudly Australian owned and operated.

Frequently asked questions

What is an ASRS readiness assessment?: A short, fixed-fee review that confirms your reporting group and first reporting year, scores your data, systems and governance against the four AASB S2 pillars, and gives you a prioritised, costed roadmap to an assured Sustainability Report.
How long does the assessment take?: Three to four weeks. Week one confirms the obligation and collects documents. Weeks two and three are interviews and the data review. The final week is the scored heatmap, the roadmap and a board-ready summary.
What do we get at the end?: A confirmed reporting group and timeline, a pillar-by-pillar readiness heatmap, a gap register with effort and cost against each item, and a sequenced roadmap to your first reporting year. It is written for the board, not for consultants.
What does it cost?: A fixed fee agreed before we start, sized to the number of entities and sites in scope. The fee is credited in full toward any implementation you commission from us afterwards.
Is this only for Australian entities?: No. We run the same assessment against the Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards for New Zealand climate reporting entities, and a combined one for groups that report in both countries.

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