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Sustainability

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COP27 and the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) 2021-2025: Implications for Accountants

The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) held on 20 November 2022 in Egypt addressed two critical issues facing the planet…
  • April 17, 2023
  • 1.5K views

Why Professional Accountants will Save the World

As the global voice of the accountancy profession, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) has 180 members representing more than three million professional accountants in over 135 countries.
  • January 16, 2023
  • 2.7K views

CFO Conference 2022 – CFOs as Drivers for Business Resilience and Sustainability

The pandemic that hit the world in 2019, as well as the worsening of the climate crisis, aptly demonstrated that risks to businesses due to circumstances beyond our control are often unavoidable.
  • December 7, 2022
  • 928 views

Positioning Accountants as Climate Leaders in a Net-Zero World

Climate change today is a global crisis, affecting all strata of business and society.
  • August 2, 2022
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Audit Committee Conference 2022: Beyond Effectiveness: Governance, Sustainability and Agility

Good governance is becoming an increasingly important priority as organisations contend with higher enterprise risks and expectations for reporting transparency, driven by sustainability, climate change and COVID-19 concerns.
  • April 27, 2022
  • 1.1K views

ESG Series for Accountants & Finance Professionals 2022

Sustainability today is a tremendous priority for businesses as concerns such as the climate emergency and widening global social inequality affect the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit/prosperity.
  • December 20, 2021
  • 1.7K views

ESG and Climate Consciousness as a Strategic Differentiator for Businesses

As financial stewards and advisors, accountants must be aware that ESG and climate matters are being applied as filters by stakeholders, which could result in non-compliant organisations…
  • October 18, 2021
  • 1.0K views

Accountants as Champions of Climate Change and Sustainability

For many years, the word and term accountants often conjured up the image of a deskbound, suit-wearing employee, calculator on one hand, and sheaves of papers with numbers on the other.
  • August 13, 2021
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Corporate Board Leadership Symposium 2021: Enhancing Governance and Ethics Towards Future Sustainability

In this volatile and uncertain age of “Covidonomics”, it is crucial for Boards to provide a proactive oversight role in supporting the management of an organisation.
  • May 17, 2021
  • 779 views