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IFRS S1: General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information·Paragraph 30(a)

Sustainability-related risks and opportunities

Practical guidance for preparing this disclosure. Use this card to identify the information to prepare, verify claims and organise supporting evidence. For exact requirements, always refer to the official IFRS Foundation source.

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IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 were issued in June 2023 and are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024.

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Last reviewed 2026-07-30
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IFRS S1: General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information

Paragraph 30(a) · Issued 2023 · Effective from 1 January 2024

Effective

2024-01-01

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Last reviewed

2026-07-30

LRA educational guidance · Not issued or endorsed by IFRS Foundation

To prepare this disclosure
4LRA preparation fields 5claims to verify 1evidence areas

Disclosure focus

This disclosure requires an entity-specific description of sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s prospects. It does not require a formal impact pathway, a mandatory monetary estimate, a sustainability-theme label or a fixed value-chain tag for every matter.

This LRA educational guidance supports disclosure preparation. For the exact requirements, always refer to the official IFRS Foundation source.

Before you start

Before you start

A quick mental checklist before you prepare this disclosure — tick each as you settle it.

Preparation

Key information to prepare

Preparation field What to capture Evidence hint Owner
Sustainability-related risk or opportunity Describe each risk or opportunity that could reasonably be expected to affect the entity’s prospects. Current approved records and review evidence supporting sustainability-related risk or opportunity. Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner
Effect on prospects — supporting field Explain why the matter could affect cash flows, access to finance or cost of capital over the short, medium or long term. Current approved records and review evidence supporting effect on prospects — supporting field. Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner
Risk or opportunity classification — supporting field Distinguish risks from opportunities using official terminology. Current approved records and review evidence supporting risk or opportunity classification — supporting field. Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner
Relevant business model or value-chain context — supporting field Add only where needed to make the matter entity-specific; detailed effects belong under paragraph 32. Current approved records and review evidence supporting relevant business model or value-chain context — supporting field. Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner
＋ Show s1-30-a sub-elements (LRA working checklist)

How to prepare it

Apply the identification requirements in IFRS S1.54–55 and applicable Standards.
Determine which matters could reasonably affect prospects.
Apply materiality to information.
Draft entity-specific risk and opportunity descriptions.
Link to time horizons, business-model/value-chain effects, strategy responses and financial effects.
Avoid mandatory monetary, location or impact-pathway fields.
Review aggregation and connected information.

Request the data

Request the disclosure evidence

Translate the disclosure into an internal business question — then adapt it to your organisation's own language.

Please provide the current register of sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably affect the entity’s prospects. For each matter, include an entity-specific description, whether it is a risk or opportunity, why it could affect prospects, the relevant owner and links to the supporting assessment.

Use the organisation's own role and document names, but preserve the defined IFRS / ISSB terms and the scope described above.

Better request

Please provide the current register of sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could reasonably affect the entity’s prospects. For each matter, include an entity-specific description, whether it is a risk or opportunity, why it could affect prospects, the relevant owner and links to the supporting assessment.

Draft your disclosure

Notes that turn data into a disclosure

LRA training templates — adapt them to your organisation, and check the official source before sign-off.

Method note

Describe each material sustainability-related risk or opportunity that could reasonably affect prospects, distinguish risks from opportunities and connect the description to the related strategy disclosures.

Context note

Apply IFRS S1.30(a) using the exact paragraph scope and cross-references stated in the official IFRS source.

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Assurance readiness

For each claim, check the evidence

Claim Risk Evidence to check
Risks and opportunities meet the prospects test.The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.
Risks are distinguished from opportunities.The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.
Descriptions are entity-specific and not generic topics.The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.
Materiality and aggregation are appropriately applied.The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.
The matters connect to the related strategy disclosures.The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.

Evidence pack to prepare

Common reporting gaps

Topic list instead of risks/opportunities.
Positive impact presented as opportunity.
Risk/opportunity not connected to prospects.
Mandatory monetary estimate presented as requirement.
Risk and opportunity combined.
Generic wording.
Every operational issue disclosed.
Detailed paragraph 32/34 information substituted for paragraph 30(a) description.
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Framework references

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