Mandatory Climate Reporting Without the Complexity
Mandatory Climate Reporting Without the Complexity
Practical Lessons from the First Year of Climate Reporting
An executive breakfast for finance, legal, risk and sustainability leaders in Adelaide navigating mandatory climate reporting under ASRS.
Hosted by Trace in partnership with Cowell Clarke, with perspectives from Jurlique.
📍 Adelaide CBD
📅 Thursday 4 June 2026
🕖 7:30am - 9:00am
🍳 Breakfast & coffee provided
The first wave of climate disclosures is starting to reveal what actually matters
As the first wave of mandatory climate disclosures begins to emerge, many organisations are discovering that climate reporting is far more complex, cross-functional and resource-intensive than initially expected.
At the same time, Group 2 and 3 organisations are trying to answer a more immediate set of questions:
What are early reporters actually doing?
What level of detail is “good enough”?
Where are organisations over engineering the process?
How can organisations approach compliance without unnecessary cost and complexity?
This executive breakfast will bring together senior finance, legal, risk and sustainability leaders in Adelaide for a discussion on lessons emerging from the first year of climate reporting preparation and disclosure.
The session will begin with a short fireside discussion featuring Trace, Cowell Clarke and Jurlique, followed by breakfast and peer discussion with leaders currently navigating similar implementation challenges.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of:
Lessons emerging from early Group 1 disclosures
What proportionate implementation looks like under ASRS
Where organisations are spending too much time or money
Where defensibility genuinely matters
How peers are approaching climate reporting readiness
Designed as an executive discussion rather than a technical seminar, the session is intended to help organisations benchmark their own approach against emerging market practice and lessons from early reporters.
Discussion Topics
What early Group 1 disclosures are revealing about climate reporting
Where organisations are overengineering implementation and how to avoid unnecessary complexity and cost
What “reasonable and proportionate” compliance looks like in practice
Lessons learned from simplifying emissions measurement and reporting across operationally complex businesses and supply chains
Where defensibility matters most in climate reporting
Speakers & Contributors
Trace
Trace is an AI-powered climate compliance partner supporting dozens of Group 1-3 organisations across ASX-listed and privately owned businesses.
Combining software, automation and expert support, Trace helps organisations reduce reporting burden and build defensible, repeatable reporting processes under ASRS.
Trace will share lessons and examples emerging from early Group 1 reporting approaches, including its Minimum Viable Compliance framework for reducing unnecessary cost and complexity.
Cowell Clarke
Cowell Clarke is an Adelaide-based commercial law firm advising ASX-listed, privately owned and growing mid-market businesses on governance, disclosure obligations and implementation considerations emerging from mandatory climate reporting.
The discussion will include perspectives on where defensibility matters most in climate reporting, including governance expectations, disclosure judgement and proportional implementation for Group 2 and 3 organisations.
Jurlique
Jurlique will share an honest perspective from a Group 3 organisation currently progressing through its climate reporting journey.
As a South Australian business with an operationally complex footprint and global supply chain considerations, Jurlique will discuss lessons learned from emissions measurement, implementation planning and preparing for broader ASRS requirements, including some of the realities organisations encounter in the early stages of climate reporting readiness.
Who Should Attend
Designed for senior leaders directly responsible for climate reporting readiness and disclosure obligations, including:
CFOs and finance leaders
Legal leaders and company secretaries
Risk and compliance leaders
Sustainability and ESG managers
Internal audit and reporting stakeholders
Limited attendance to support discussion and peer learning amongst organisations navigating climate reporting readiness.