​Before You Spend a Dollar on Mandatory Climate Reporting… Talk to the People Already Doing It.

​A candid roundtable to help Group 2 and 3 reporters get ASRS right without overdoing it.

​Executive Breakfast | Melbourne CBD | Private Dining | Thursday 26 November, 07:30–09:00

​If you’re a Group 2 reporter, your first reporting year under the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) has either started or starts very soon. Group 3 reporters have a little longer, though not as long as it might seem. Either way, most leaders we speak to are asking the same question: how much is actually enough?

​There’s no shortage of technical guidance on what the standard requires. What’s harder to find is an honest conversation with peers working through the same decisions. Who needs to be involved, how deep to go, what you can handle in-house, where the effort really goes, and what can safely wait until Year Two.

​Hear from a business that chose to start early.

​Katie Swain, Principal at Barry Nilsson, will share where the firm is up to on its own journey. Barry Nilsson has put its governance in place, measured its emissions, and is now working through climate risk and scenario analysis. Katie will talk candidly about why they started early, how they’ve fitted it around the day job, what they’ve kept in-house versus outsourced, and how they’ve kept it proportionate. Plus what’s been harder than expected, and what they’re still figuring out.

​Designed as a roundtable, not a seminar.

​After a short opening conversation with Katie, we’ll open it up to the table. Bring the challenges you’re working through, compare approaches with peers at the same stage, and hear how others are tackling it.

​You don’t need to be well underway to join. If you’re still working out where to start, you’ll be in good company. Come with questions, share where you’re stuck, or simply listen. There’s no expectation to contribute.

​The discussion is facilitated by Trace and held under the Chatham House Rule.

​Attendance is by invitation and limited to a single table to keep the discussion senior and interactive.

​Event Details

​Date: Thursday 26 November 2026

​Time: 7:30am to 9:00am

​Venue: Private dining room, Melbourne CBD

​Audience: Senior leaders across finance, legal, risk, compliance and sustainability responsible for climate reporting, especially Group 2 and Group 3 reporters

​This is the eighth event in Trace’s executive breakfast series, which has brought together more than 100 senior leaders from across the country in finance, risk, legal and sustainability. It’s also our only Melbourne breakfast this year.

​Past attendees have included leaders from Merivale, THE ICONIC, Temple & Webster, Koala, Wotton Kearney, Finder, JCDecaux, SEE Group and Metro Trains Sydney.

​Full breakfast and coffee provided. When you register, let us know the one thing you’d most like to talk through.

​Please register by Thursday 19 November to be considered for one of the limited places.