Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the Legislation Act 2019, that the New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of the External Reporting Board has issued New Zealand Standard on Assurance Engagements 1 Assurance Engagements over Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosures.

New Zealand Standard on Assurance Engagements 1 Assurance Engagements over Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosures:

• applies to assurance engagements performed in accordance with XRB Standards;
• is published on 3 August 2023 and takes effect on the 28th day after the date of its publication under the Legislation Act 2019 and commences to apply as set out below; and
• is secondary legislation for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2019.

Commencement and Application

The accounting periods in relation to which this standard commences to apply are:

1. for an early adopter, those accounting periods following, and including, the early adoption accounting period.
2. for any other assurance practitioner those accounting periods that commenced before, but ends on or after mandatory date or accounting periods that commence on or after mandatory date.

early adopter means an assurance practitioner that applies this standard for an early adoption accounting period.

early adoption accounting period means the accounting period of the climate reporting entity:

1. that begins before the mandatory date but has not ended or does not end before this standard takes effect (and to avoid doubt, that period may have begun before this standard takes effect); and
2. for which the early adopter:

1. first applies this standard for an assurance engagement; and
2. discloses in the assurance report for that accounting period that this standard has been applied for that period.

mandatory date means 27 October 2024.

Copies of the standard may be inspected free of charge at the offices of the External Reporting Board (XRB), Level 7, 50 Manners Street, Wellington. Copies are also available on the XRB’s website at www.xrb.govt.nz.

Dated this 3rd day of August 2023.

MARJE RUSS, Chair, New Zealand Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.