Our service components  include:

Assurance can play a key role of building trust in the relationship between an organisation and its stakeholders. It can also provide insight to management and the Board on whether an organisation is responding appropriately to stakeholder concerns and issues and is effectively managing its sustainability performance. A critical aspect of assurance is the testing or verification of non-financial performance data.

Banarra provides assurance services that:

•    Builds trust in the organisation’s sustainability and corporate responsibility performance
•    Provides challenging and constructive feedback on areas for improvement
•    Engages key stakeholders appropriately in the assurance process

Our approach is built on over nine years of Banarra’s experience in providing sustainability assurance and auditing services. We seek to maintain and value long term assurance relationships. Long term relationships allow us to build our understanding of progress as well as better identify where there is lack of progress. We make ongoing contributions to the sustainability assurance community of practice through our active membership of AccountAbility and the publication of articles.

With assurance we adopt a multi-disciplinary team with the breadth of knowledge required to complete the assignment. We also engage throughout the organisation ensuring the process has a level of profile and impact appropriate to the organisation.

Our sustainability assurance service includes:

 •    AA1000 Assurance Standard sustainability assurance assignments
•    Sustainability reporting assurance and verification
•    Carbon audit & verification (ISO 14064-3)
•    Community relations management system auditing
•    Community relations performance audits
•    Program evaluation
•    Ethical audits

"Not only has Banarra ensured our report meets assurance requirements, they have helped create a momentum for change within our business and challenged us to think about issues in a different light."

 Cynthia Nixon, Hydro Tasmania

"Banarra delivered a high quality review and report based on best standards with practical recommendations, all in an extraordinary timeframe."

Nik Midlam, Manager Environmental Strategy, City of Sydney
 

For further information please contact our Sustainability Assurance Services lead Rebecca Edwards