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AASB

Sustainability Assurance Committee

About the Committee

The Sustainability Assurance Committee consists of representatives with sustainability assurance expertise (CPAs and other professionals) to support the AASB’s following sustainability project streams:

  • International sustainability assurance standard setting – Informing the AASB’s discussions to influence the international project on sustainability assurance (ISSA 5000).
  • Canadian way forward for sustainability assurance – Supporting Canadian sustainability assurance activities and standard setting, including advising on the challenges practitioners face in applying sustainability assurance standards.

Staff Contact(s)

Amalia Spensieri, CPA, CA Principal, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

Johanna Field, 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 IAASB 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 (AcSB, PSAB, and CSSB).

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.

Keep up to date on this project via the Sustainability Assurance project page.

Membership

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

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

Mike Harris

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

Bailey Church

CPA, CA, CII
KPMG LLP
Ottawa, ON
Member

Christine Schuh

BSc, MSc, PhD, P.Eng.
le-ef.com Consulting Corp.
Member

Corey Dyck

CPA, CA
MNP LLP
Winnipeg, MB
Member

Dave Rasmussen

CPA, CA
BDO Canada LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Nura Taef

CPA, CA
Deloitte LLP
North York, ON
Member

Scott Morrison

CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Wayne Morgan

PHD, CPA, CA, CISA
Office of the Auditor General of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
Member and AASB Member Liaison

Evangeline Colman-Sadd

CPA, CA
Office of the Auditor General
Halifax, NS
AASB Member Liaison

Natalia Kochetova-Kozloski

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