RIAA welcomes the Aotearoa New Zealand Government’s proposal to professionalise and expand the assurance of climate statements. These measures should improve the integrity of climate reporting and build investor trust and confidence in corporate climate information.

RIAA supports:

• direct regulation of sustainability assurance providers by the Financial Markets Authority,
• including suitably-qualified non-accountant assurance providers, as appropriate, and
• expanding assurance requirements to cover the whole of climate statements.