Action now for mandatory climate reporting in Australia

Alison is the leader of the Accounting & Corporate Reporting team in Deloitte’s Audit and Assurance division. She has over 25 years’ audit and accounting advisory experience in Australia, Hong Kong and South Africa, specialising in the resolution of complex accounting issues. Alison served as a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and has recently completed her six-year term as the deputy chair. She is also a member of the Fair Value and Business Combinations Project Advisory Panels of the AASB. She is also a member of the Deloitte Global Expert Advisory Panel on Leases and the Property Council of Australia’s National Accounting Roundtable. Areas of specialist expertise include leasing and off-balance sheet structures, revenue recognition, impairment of assets, mergers and acquisitions and asset sale transactions.

Jacquie is a Partner in Deloitte’s Climate & Sustainability practice and advises clients on how they can prepare, optimise, and use Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting as a catalyst to drive organisational change, build business resilience and trust and reputation with stakeholders. She is skilled in applying leading ESG frameworks and standards including the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and in strategic communication. She takes a systems-based approach to helping clients solve complex challenges and influence change. Jacquie has spent her 20+ year career focused on sustainability, ESG and responsible business practice and brings first-hand experience in leading global sustainability and ESG strategies and teams having held senior roles within listed customer-centric companies. She founded and run her own successful sustainability consultancy and has embedded sustainability into large complex organisations. Jacquie has been appointed to the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) Sustainability Reporting Advisory Panel, which is guiding how the draft ISSB standards will be implemented in Australia. She is an award-winning graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), a Governor of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and former Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia, which is an affiliate partner for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). She is also an affiliate member of Chartered Accountants Australian and New Zealand.

Annalisa is a Partner in the Climate and Sustainability team of Audit and Assurance. Her role is a catalyst for change in transforming the way our audit and assurance practice is upskilled on this leading client issue. Her role is to support clients on their reporting readiness journey whilst still delivering on her audits. Annalisa does this by combining her passion for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) with 18 years of audit experience locally and in South Africa for 10 of those years. She leads audits of large and medium-sized entities; both listed and private entities part of global multi-national organisations. Her experience spans various industries but with a particular focus on the consumer business; retail, wholesale distribution and services industry. Annalisa has a hands on approach and high regard for high stakeholder engagement. She incubates talent by leading as a role model, teaching and nurturing on quality and technical aspects. She brings an experience of care to her clients that permits them to continually improve their governance and compliance. Internally, Annalisa is the National Leader for Diversity Equity and Inclusion within our Audit & Assurance practice further highlighting her love of social impact matters.