16/09/2026
A company can publish its sustainability information and still leave some stakeholders asking: Can we trust it?
At our Sustainability Breakfast Session, Edafe Erhie, Partner and Assurance Leader, explained the role of independent assurance in helping stakeholders assess whether reported sustainability information is reliable.
Sustainability reporting informs investment decisions, regulatory oversight and corporate reputation. This makes confidence in the reliability of the information essential.
To support that confidence, an independent assurance provider examines the evidence, methodologies, controls and processes behind the reported information before issuing a conclusion.
Organisations should therefore build assurance readiness into the reporting process from the outset. This means ensuring that their data, methodologies, evidence and controls are ready for independent review and not treating assurance as a final-stage exercise.