AA1000 ASSURANCE STANDARD 2008 - AccountAbility

The AA1000AS (2008):●Is an internationally accepted, freely available standard that provides therequirements for conducting sustainability assurance●Focuses on what is material to the organisation and its stakeholders●Provides a means for assurance providers to go beyond the mere verificationof data●Requires the assurance provider to provide assurance on the nature and extentof adherence to the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles, and where applicable,the quality of publicly disclosed information on sustainability performance●Provides a means to capture and place in context a wide range of otherverification and certification schemes that deal with specific dimensions ofsustainability●Provides a platform to better align the non-financial aspects of sustainabilitywith financial performancewww.accountability21.net