Methodology

IFRS S1 / AASB S1-mappable outcomes framework

Corporate Elevate's outcomes framework maps every community-investment dollar to one of the four AASB S1 disclosure pillars. The methodology is published, third-party reviewable, and produced from three independent data sources to support assurance review.

Disclosure pillar mapping

Governance

What the corporate must disclose

Board oversight of sustainability and community investment; management's role; conflicts of interest; board competencies.

How Corporate Elevate supports it

Independent ACF (or other) trustee provides governance separation. Corporate sub-fund advisory committee documented. Conflict register + related-party logs maintained. Board paper templates distributed quarterly.

Strategy

What the corporate must disclose

Material sustainability risks and opportunities; their impact on business model and strategy; resilience and time horizons.

How Corporate Elevate supports it

Corporate's stated community-investment thesis articulated and tied to material business risks (social licence, Indigenous engagement, place-based operating risk). The IRSA Institute methodology paper is the published academic backbone.

Risk management

What the corporate must disclose

How the corporate identifies, assesses, prioritises, and monitors sustainability risks; integration with enterprise risk management.

How Corporate Elevate supports it

Partner due diligence handled by ACF (DGR status, ACNC standing, governance) for Path A; by ADV/operator (operational risk, financial controls, child safety) for Path B. Corporate Elevate aggregates into corporate risk register format.

Metrics & targets

What the corporate must disclose

Quantitative metrics; targets; performance against targets; third-party assurance status.

How Corporate Elevate supports it

Capital deployed, beneficiaries reached, place-based outcomes, third-party verification, recyclable principal recycled (Path A recoverable grants), distribution counted toward 4% (both paths). Verifiable lineage from corporate dollar to community outcome.

Three-source assurance posture

Designed for compatibility with the assurance regime expected to follow ISSA (UK) 5000 in Australia. Each disclosed metric is supported by three independent sources:

  1. Independent trustee — ACF (or equivalent) holds the funds, issues the receipts, and reports on distributions. Independent of the corporate.
  2. Platform methodology — Corporate Elevate captures the routing, governance, and outcomes data. Methodology is published; IRSA Institute provides the academic backing.
  3. Delivery partner data — beneficiary outcomes, qualitative case studies, and operational metrics reported directly by the receiving DGR (Path A) or non-DGR delivery partner under CADA (Path B).

Three independent sources let an assurance provider cross-validate without dependency on any one party — the structural prerequisite for limited or reasonable assurance under the emerging standards.

Working documents

Working documents co-produced with ABL (legal) and ACF cover full disclosure pillar mapping with material-benefit analysis under TR 2005/13, the Path A vs Path B capital architecture, GST treatment, and the decision matrix.

Pre-publication content — shared under NDA on request.

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