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Domain C

Governance, Scope and Materiality

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Establish accountable governance for sustainability reporting, determine the reporting scope and boundaries, and design, operate and maintain defensible impact, financial and, where applicable, double-materiality processes using proportionate evidence, stakeholder and due-diligence inputs and controlled professional judgement.

Core question
Who is accountable for the reporting decisions, what organisational and value-chain scope is relevant, and how are material matters identified, assessed, approved, documented and kept current without replacing management responsibility or specialist judgement?
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Area C-CA1 · Reporting governance, accountability, scope and evidence inputs

Establish reporting oversight and decision rights, determine the reporting perimeter and design proportionate stakeholder, due-diligence and other evidence inputs to materiality assessment.

IDCompetency unitStatus
C.1Establish reporting governance, oversight and accountabilityWorking Draft
C.2Define reporting roles, decision rights and sign-offWorking Draft
C.3Determine reporting scope, boundaries and perimeterWorking Draft
C.4Design and evaluate materiality evidence and stakeholder inputsWorking Draft
Area C-CA2 · Materiality assessment and controlled professional judgement

Determine impact and financial materiality and, where both perspectives apply, integrate them through separate criteria, calibrated methods, transparent thresholds and qualitative judgement controls.

IDCompetency unitStatus
C.5Determine impact materialityWorking Draft
C.6Determine financial materialityWorking Draft
C.7Integrate impact and financial materiality where both perspectives applyWorking Draft
C.8Design and control scoring, thresholds and qualitative judgementWorking Draft
Area C-CA3 · Materiality documentation, approval and maintenance

Maintain a complete decision and evidence trail, secure appropriate approval and update materiality conclusions when the organisation, impacts, risks, opportunities, evidence or reporting requirements change.

IDCompetency unitStatus
C.9Document, secure approval for, and maintain materiality conclusionsWorking Draft