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Sustainability Assurance Committee

About the Committee

The Sustainability Assurance Committee consists of representatives with sustainability assurance expertise including chartered professional accountants (CPAs) and other professionals, to support the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) in:

  • informing international sustainability assurance standard setting; and
  • supporting Canadian sustainability assurance activities and standard setting, including advising on the challenges practitioners face in applying sustainability assurance standards.

The Sustainability Assurance Committee is currently supporting the following projects:

Staff Contact(s)

April Andiel, CPA, CA Principal, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

Amalia Spensieri, CPA, CA Associate Director, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

Roles & Responsibilities

The roles and responsibilities of the Sustainability Assurance Committee are to:

  • understand current and explore future Canadian trends, practices, and challenges related to sustainability assurance;
  • review the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board agenda materials to determine the impact and issues relevant to Canada, and provide input to the AASB for its consideration;
  • assist the AASB in its future Canadian sustainability assurance activities and standard setting; and
  • assist the AASB with external outreach and collaboration activities with other Canadian standard-setting boards, including the Accounting Standards Board, the Public Sector Accounting Board, and the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board.

Meetings

The Sustainability Assurance Committee meets privately throughout the year. Results of the Committee meetings serve as the basis for agenda papers presented to the AASB.

Membership

The Committee consists of members and other participants from the following practice areas:

  • assurance practitioners from public accounting firms;
  • an assurance provider from a consulting firm;
  • public sector auditors; and
  • academics.

Mike Harris

FCPA, FCA, CIA, ICD.D
Vancouver, BC
Chair and AASB Member Liaison

Bailey Church

CPA, CA, CII
KPMG LLP
Ottawa, ON
Member

Corey Dyck

CPA, CA
MNP LLP
Winnipeg, MB
Member

Dave Rasmussen

CPA, CA
BDO Canada LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Nura Taef

FCPA, FCA
Deloitte LLP
Edmonton, AB
Member

Scott Morrison

CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Natalia Kochetova-Kozloski

PhD, FCPA, FCMA
Saint Mary's University - Sobeys School of Business
Halifax, NS
AASB Member Liaison