APRA declared in 2017 that managing climate change risk is a prudential obligation for financial institutions as the risks are material. ASIC commissioner John Price commented in 2018 that climate change is also a serious issue for ASIC, with companies required to disclose material climate change risks under relevant laws and regulations. However, ASIC's report in 2018 found that listed companies need to improve consistency in climate risk disclosure, with very limited disclosure outside the top 200 companies.