BT Explains: What is limited assurance?

As the demand for sustainability and climate-related corporate disclosures grows — along with the threat of greenwashing — more and more businesses are looking to obtain external assurance for their disclosures.

The thinking behind this is that, as in the case of audits of financial statements, an opinion by an external party gives an independent and verified view of the information presented and, hence, lowers the risk of misrepresentation.

But these can take various forms, and it is important for the users of such information to understand the differences.