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ISSB Training Partner IFRS S1 · General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information · Paragraph 44(b)

Processes for sustainability-related opportunities

s1-44-b · mandatory · narrative disclosure

This disclosure requires the entity to describe the processes it uses to identify, assess, prioritise and monitor sustainability-related opportunities. The description should explain the actual processes used by the entity and cover all four stages sufficiently for users to understand how opportunities move from identification through assessment and prioritisation to ongoing monitoring.

Legal status

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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Disclosure focus

IFRS S1.44(b) does not prescribe the detailed sub-elements specified for risk processes in IFRS S1.44(a). Information such as criteria, data sources, process scope, review frequency or process ownership may be included where it is necessary to explain the entity’s actual opportunity processes. Integration into the overall risk management process is addressed separately in IFRS S1.44(c).

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

Prepare

What to collect before drafting

Tick each field as the evidence lands. Owners are the teams that usually hold the source files.

  • Identification process

    Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner

    Describe how the entity identifies sustainability-related opportunities that could reasonably be expected to affect its prospects.

    Evidence Current approved records and review evidence supporting identification process.

    Watch for The published response for identification process is incomplete or does not match the supporting records.

  • Assessment process

    Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner

    Describe how the entity assesses the identified sustainability-related opportunities.

    Evidence Current approved records and review evidence supporting assessment process.

    Watch for The published response for assessment process is incomplete or does not match the supporting records.

  • Prioritisation process

    Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner

    Describe how the entity prioritises sustainability-related opportunities.

    Evidence Current approved records and review evidence supporting prioritisation process.

    Watch for The published response for prioritisation process is incomplete or does not match the supporting records.

  • Monitoring process

    Sustainability reporting / relevant process owner

    Describe how the entity monitors sustainability-related opportunities after they have been identified and assessed.

    Evidence Current approved records and review evidence supporting monitoring process.

    Watch for The published response for monitoring process is incomplete or does not match the supporting records.

Before you start

  • Can we describe how the entity identifies sustainability-related opportunities? Can we explain how those opportunities are assessed and prioritised? Can we explain how they are monitored after identification? Are the processes described the entity’s actual processes rather than the reporting team’s preparation method? Where different opportunity processes operate across the entity, have the material differences been faithfully described?
＋ Show s1-44-b sub-elements (LRA working checklist)

How to prepare it

Identify the actual processes the entity uses to identify sustainability-related opportunities.
Describe how identified opportunities are assessed.
Describe how opportunities are prioritised, including relevant criteria where they form part of the actual process.
Describe how opportunities are monitored after identification and prioritisation.
Determine whether the entity uses different processes for different types of opportunity, business units or functions and explain material differences.
Gather evidence showing that the processes described operated in practice during the reporting period.
Cross-reference IFRS S1.44(c) for information on integration into and influence on the overall risk management process.
For climate-related opportunities, apply the additional requirements of IFRS S2.25(b), including whether and how climate-related scenario analysis informs identification.

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 documentation describing the processes used during [reporting period] to identify, assess, prioritise and monitor sustainability-related opportunities. Please explain each of the four stages and attach the relevant process maps, opportunity registers, assessment records, prioritisation or decision papers and monitoring reports. Where the processes differ by business unit or type of opportunity, please explain the material differences.

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 documentation describing the processes used during [reporting period] to identify, assess, prioritise and monitor sustainability-related opportunities. Please explain each of the four stages and attach the relevant process maps, opportunity registers, assessment records, prioritisation or decision papers and monitoring reports. Where the processes differ by business unit or type of opportunity, please explain the material differences.

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 how the entity identifies sustainability-related opportunities. Explain how identified opportunities are assessed and prioritised. Explain how the entity monitors those opportunities. Include supporting details such as criteria, inputs, scope, review arrangements or ownership only where they are necessary to explain the actual processes. How to prepare it

Context note

Apply IFRS S1.44(b) using the exact paragraph scope and cross-references stated in the official IFRS source.

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Check

For each claim, check the evidence

  • We described how the entity identifies sustainability-related opportunities.

    Risk The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.

    Evidence to check Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.

  • We described how identified sustainability-related opportunities are assessed.

    Risk The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.

    Evidence to check Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.

  • We described how sustainability-related opportunities are prioritised.

    Risk The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.

    Evidence to check Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.

  • We described how sustainability-related opportunities are monitored.

    Risk The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.

    Evidence to check Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.

  • The disclosed processes reflect the entity’s actual processes and are supported by current process documentation and operating evidence.

    Risk The published response does not support this human-reviewed assurance check.

    Evidence to check Trace the statement to current approved records and the official IFRS source.

Evidence pack to prepare

Common reporting gaps

  • The disclosure describes how opportunities are identified but not how they are assessed, prioritised or monitored.
  • Ordinary commercial ideas are presented as sustainability-related opportunities without explaining why they could reasonably affect the entity’s prospects.
  • The disclosure lists opportunities but does not describe the processes used.
  • Assessment and prioritisation are combined so broadly that users cannot understand the difference.
  • Monitoring is described as performance tracking against targets rather than monitoring of the identified opportunities.
  • The reporting-preparation method is described instead of the entity’s actual business processes.
  • Inputs, boundaries or scoring systems are presented as mandatory IFRS S1.44(b) datapoints.
  • Opportunity processes are assumed to be identical to risk processes without explaining the actual arrangements.
  • Integration into overall risk management is presented as part of paragraph 44(b) rather than separately under paragraph 44(c).
  • Scenario analysis is presented as universally required under IFRS S1.44(b).
  • Data-collection mistakes.
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