Webinar: Unlocking the Value of Sustainability Assurance

Assistant Director of Sustainability Assurance Services (SAS), Gina MacIlwraith, MBA, SEP, joined 3R Sustainability’s Webinar Series to discuss the value of sustainability assurance and why it is important to work with sustainability assurance experts, like SAS. 

“We all know the difference between $1, $10, and $100. What is key, though, is that your [assurance] provider knows the difference between one metric ton of CO2e and 1,000 metric tons of CO2e,” said Gina.  

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(5:01) What is Sustainability Assurance Services (SAS)? 

(7:59) Key use cases for assurance 

(9:08) Driving impact with assurance 

(11:12) The Basics: Assurance 101 (definitions of validation, verification, and assurance) 

(12:49) Common assurance standards 

(17:29) The assurance audit experience (what to expect) 

(21:40) Working with SAS vs. a large accounting firm 

(28:35) Prepping for assurance 

(32:50) What to look for in an assurer