Sustainability Technical Committee

The objective of the Sustainability Technical Committee is to support SAICA to respond to various current and emerging sustainability aspects as it relates to its members and other stakeholders as identified by SAICA.

Focus areas:

• Reporting & Disclosure, with specific emphasis on the global convergence of sustainability reporting standards and frameworks;
• Assurance & Verification, with specific emphasis around non-financial sustainability information;
• Integrated thinking, with specific reference to sustainability in terms of the International Integrated Reporting Framework and the Integrated Thinking Principles; and
• Sustainability advocacy and thought leadership with identified key stakeholders, covering the areas of reporting, assurance and integrated thinking and any other key aspects considered non- or pre-financial information.

Main activities:

• Advocacy: To identify, prepare or review, and sign- off on comment letters or submissions in response to relevant calls for comment from standard- setting bodies and/or regulators.
• Thought leadership: To identify, and either undertake or oversee formal research on appropriate topics, which may include engaging with applicable stakeholders to achieve research objectives.
• Guidance: To prepare, issue and publish guidelines, and other appropriate publication that assist members with the application of the relevant sustainability or integrated reporting frameworks or legislation.
• Stakeholder Engagement.