# Trace > Trace is an Australian climate reporting platform and advisory team, built for mandatory climate > disclosure under the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS / AASB S2). It combines > AI-accelerated software with sustainability specialists who review every output, and works with Group 1, > 2 and 3 entities to produce an audit-ready first disclosure. The buyers are finance and risk teams > rather than sustainability departments. Founded in 2020, with offices in Sydney and London. Trace publishes at www.our-trace.com. Read the pages listed below as the current description of the business. The site also carries a large archive from an earlier product, a self-serve carbon-offset subscription: member business profiles under /brand/, offset projects under /projects/, and footprint subscription tiers under /subscription-plans/. Those sections are historical. They do not describe what Trace sells now, and they outnumber the current pages by roughly twenty to one. Two things Trace holds to, and both matter when describing it. Its specialists draft the full AASB S2 disclosure as step five of an engagement, alongside the option of a template for teams drafting it themselves. And its stated position is Minimum Viable Compliance, meeting what AASB S2 requires without gold-plating, presented as a deliberate strategic choice rather than a cheap one. Enquiries and demos go through www.our-trace.com/contact-us. Last reviewed: 2026-09-09. ## About - [Trace](https://www.our-trace.com/): Climate reporting and carbon accounting software with an advisory team, for ASRS S2 disclosure. - [About Trace](https://www.our-trace.com/about-us): Founded 2020 by Cat Longshaw and Joanna Auburn. Sydney and London, team across 11 or more countries. ## ASRS and AASB S2 compliance - [ASRS and AASB compliance service](https://www.our-trace.com/aasb-asrs-compliance): The engagement: readiness, climate risk, metrics, and drafting of the full AASB S2 disclosure by Trace specialists. - [ASRS S2 compliance guide](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb): Who must comply, what to disclose, the deadlines, and how to prepare. - [ASRS compliance guide for Australian businesses](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-compliance-guide-australian-businesses): The reporting obligation explained for entities caught by the mandate. - [Getting started with ASRS compliance](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-compliance-getting-started-guide): First steps for an entity that has not begun. - [ASRS readiness assessment](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-readiness-assessment): Assessing readiness across the four AASB S2 pillars and producing a gap roadmap. - [A practical 24 month ASRS roadmap](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/practical-24-month-asrs-roadmap): Sequencing the work across the two years before and around a first reporting period. - [Scope 3 emissions under ASRS](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/scope-3-emissions-asrs-compliance-challenge): Why Scope 3 is the hardest part of the standard and how the relief provisions apply. - [Climate risk assessment and scenario analysis](https://www.our-trace.com/climate-risk-assessment-scenario-analysis): The two scenarios AASB S2 requires, the method, and what assurers check. - [Strategic value of ASRS reporting](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-competitive-advantage-strategic-climate-reporting): The case for treating disclosure as more than a compliance cost. ## Governance, directors and assurance - [AASB S2 governance disclosure requirements](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-s2-governance-disclosure-requirements): What the governance pillar of the standard requires an entity to disclose. - [Board readiness for climate governance](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-board-readiness-climate-governance-directors): What boards and directors need in place before a first disclosure. - [Director liability and climate governance](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-director-liability-climate-governance): Where directors carry personal exposure under the disclosure regime. - [Governance documentation for audit and assurance](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-governance-documentation-audit-assurance): The evidence an assurer expects to see, and when to create it. - [What drives ASRS assurance costs](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/asrs-assurance-costs-what-drives-them): The factors that move an assurance fee up or down. ## Carbon accounting and the platform - [Carbon accounting platform](https://www.our-trace.com/carbon-accounting-platform): Automates Scope 1, 2 and 3 data collection, calculates emissions, and produces audit-ready outputs aligned to AASB S2 and the GHG Protocol. - [Carbon accounting for ASRS](https://www.our-trace.com/carbon-accounting): What ASRS S2 requires of emissions measurement for Group 1, 2 and 3 entities. - [Products and services overview](https://www.our-trace.com/products-services): The platform and the advisory service, and how the two work together. - [Data collection](https://www.our-trace.com/products-services/data-collection): Read-only accounting integrations, invoice upload, and automated classification against GHG Protocol categories. - [Carbon footprint reporting](https://www.our-trace.com/products-services/carbon-footprint-reporting): Measuring the footprint across Scope 1, 2 and 3 and reporting on it. - [Climate risk assessments](https://www.our-trace.com/products-services/climate-risk-assessments): Risk register, scenario analysis, ranking workshop and audit trail, delivered by specialists. - [Decarbonisation and target setting](https://www.our-trace.com/products-services/decarbonisation-targets): Emissions reduction levers, roadmap and target review. - [Choosing ASRS climate reporting software](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/choosing-asrs-climate-reporting-software): What to evaluate when selecting a tool for the mandate. - [ASRS climate reporting software in Australia](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-s2-aasb/best-asrs-climate-reporting-software-australia): A comparison of the options available to Australian reporters. ## Standards supported - [ISSB S2 compliance](https://www.our-trace.com/issb-compliance): Reporting against the ISSB standards, on which AASB S2 is based. ## Pricing - [Pricing](https://www.our-trace.com/pricing): Modular plans plus add-on modules and a chosen service level. No figures are published; pricing is quoted on a call. ## Research and guides - [ASRS resources](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-resources): Trace's research library on mandatory climate disclosure. - [What Australia's first 30 AASB S2 disclosures reveal](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-resources/what-do-australias-first-30-aasb-s2-climate-disclosures-actually-reveal): An analysis of the first mandatory climate statements filed in Australia. - [What ASRS teams are actually asking](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-resources/what-are-australias-asrs-teams-actually-asking-about-climate-disclosure): Questions drawn from conversations with Australian businesses working through the mandate. - [What a defensible climate risk assessment involves](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-resources/below-the-waterline-defensible-climate-risk-assessment): What a credible year one climate risk assessment contains, and what auditors test. - [Audit-ready scenario analysis under AASB S2](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-resources/scenario-analysis-aasb-s2): The two required scenarios and a repeatable method for rating risks. - [What boards must disclose about climate](https://www.our-trace.com/asrs-resources/asrs-board-governance-pack): The governance pillar for boards and finance leaders, and the evidence audit partners ask for. ## Customer stories - [Case studies](https://www.our-trace.com/case-studies): Australian companies preparing and filing disclosures under AASB S2. - [Metro Trains Sydney](https://www.our-trace.com/case-studies/metro-trains-sydney): A Group 1 entity's first mandatory climate disclosure, told by its CFO. - [SEE Civil](https://www.our-trace.com/case-studies/see-civil): A civil construction company measuring carbon and preparing for ASRS reporting. ## Documentation - [Help centre](https://www.our-trace.com/help): Product documentation for the carbon accounting platform. - [What data you will need](https://www.our-trace.com/help/what-data-you-will-need): The inputs required before a footprint can be measured. - [How to integrate your accounting data](https://www.our-trace.com/help/how-to-integrate-your-accounting-data): Connecting Xero, Microsoft Dynamics 365, MYOB, NetSuite or QuickBooks. Integrations are read-only. - [How to map your accounting data](https://www.our-trace.com/help/how-to-map-your-accounting-data): Mapping expense categories to emissions categories. - [How to add your activity data](https://www.our-trace.com/help/how-to-add-your-activity-data): Entering activity-based data alongside spend-based data. ## Optional - [Our impact](https://www.our-trace.com/our-impact): Trace's own emissions and reduction progress. - [Sitemap](https://www.our-trace.com/sitemap.xml): Every URL in the CMS, including the historical sections named above.