AASB S2 Compliance Data forAustralian Climate Reporting
Australia's most comprehensive Scope 3 emissions database and physical climate risk dataset for SMEs. NCED provides the auditable data foundation you need for AASB S1 and S2 mandatory climate disclosures.
The Challenge
AASB S1 and S2 require climate data that most organisations don't have
Across Australia and globally, organisations are now required to assess and disclose climate-related risk. Frameworks such as AASB S2, aligned to international standards, require businesses to:
- Identify physical risk exposure (e.g. flood, bushfire, extreme weather)
- Assess transition risk across sectors and business activities
- Understand impacts across Scope 1, 2 and increasingly Scope 3
- Provide evidence that is consistent, explainable and auditable
The challenge is execution
Most organisations today face the same structural constraints:
- Data is fragmented across multiple sources
- Supplier and customer-level visibility is limited or inconsistent
- Physical risk data is disconnected from real-world business entities
- Reporting processes rely heavily on manual collection and estimation
Capabilities
Scope 3 emissions database and physical climate risk data for Australian businesses
NCED provides entity-level climate risk data for over 5 million Australian SMEs - connecting business identity, location, industry activity, and physical risk exposure.
Entity-Level Risk Mapping
Understand risk at the level where it occurs - individual businesses, suppliers and assets.
Physical Risk Integration
Link flood, bushfire and environmental exposure directly to real-world entities and locations.
Transition Risk Insight
Assess sector-level exposure to decarbonisation, regulation and economic transition.
Portfolio & Supply Chain Visibility
Analyse climate exposure across customers, suppliers and extended networks.
Time-Series Perspective
Track how risk evolves over time - not just a static snapshot.
Auditability
Ensure outputs can be explained, evidenced and reproduced for internal and external scrutiny.
Strategic Value
From AASB S2 compliance to strategic climate risk management
Mandatory climate reporting under AASB S1 and S2 is a structural shift in how Australian organisations understand and manage physical and transition risk.
NCED enables organisations to:
- Support AASB S2 and related disclosure frameworks with consistent, population-level data
- Reduce reliance on manual surveys and self-reported data
- Identify concentrations of risk across portfolios and geographies
- Understand exposure across Scope 3 and supply chains
- Provide repeatable, scalable workflows rather than one-off reporting exercises
The shift
This transforms climate and ESG analysis from a periodic reporting activity to an embedded operational capability - enabling organisations to act with confidence, not just comply with requirements.
Key outcome
Evidence-based analysis across entire populations of businesses
Use Cases
Designed for real-world application
Mandatory Climate Reporting
Build a consistent, auditable view of climate exposure across your organisation and its ecosystem.
Supply Chain Analysis
Understand where climate risk sits across suppliers - and how it may impact continuity and resilience.
Customer & Portfolio Exposure
Assess climate and ESG risk across lending, insurance or investment portfolios.
Insurance & Underwriting
Incorporate physical and transition risk into pricing, segmentation and exposure management.
Credit Risk & Lending
Enhance decisioning with climate-aware risk indicators at the entity level.
Sector & Transition Analysis
Identify which industries are most exposed to regulatory and economic transition.
Industries
Applicable across key sectors
NCED has been designed to support organisations operating at scale across complex portfolios and ecosystems.
Data Foundation
Built on structured data, not assumptions
NCED is underpinned by a combination of large-scale data engineering, entity resolution and analytical modelling.
- Business identity and entity resolution at national scale
- Location-level data aligned to environmental risk indicators
- Dynamic industry classification based on real-world activity
- Physical risk datasets covering flood, bushfire and environmental exposure
- Transition risk scoring informed by sector sensitivity and economic drivers
All outputs are designed to be:
Consistent
Across populations
Transparent
In structure
Repeatable
Over time
Auditable
For scrutiny