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The shift towards net-zero: do it alone or ask the experts?
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- 30 Apr 2021
The emphasis on net-zero carbon emissions in recent years has forced all organisations to take a hard look at their operations. But the complexities can make it tricky to know where to start.
Trust in data has helped us raise $45bn to tackle global epidemics
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- 30 Apr 2021
Tracy Staines, Inspector General at The Global Fund, has built on her core accountancy skills to ensure huge amounts of money are spent appropriately where they’re needed most.
The goals that represent the most urgent challenges facing humanity
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- 30 Apr 2021
We look at how chartered accountants are addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and how the profession could be impacted by them.
Shaping the public’s trust in data and information
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- 30 Apr 2021
Ed Humpherson holds the UK government to account for the data that it publishes. He argues that chartered accountants have a key role to play.
Don’t make accounting a foreign language
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- 30 Apr 2021
As chartered accountants increasingly help colleagues or clients, they must to learn to become better communicators, argues Peter Margaritis, author of ‘The Accidental Accountant’.
Chartered Accountants can be ‘difference makers’ in the climate change battle
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- 29 Apr 2021
Young leaders in finance and business have a pivotal role to play in helping organisations understand and tackle the climate-related risks and challenges they face, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said.
FRC outlines proposed audit and corporate reporting supervision powers
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- 29 Apr 2021
The Financial Reporting Council has provided more details relating to supervision under new corporate governance proposals, including broadening the regulator’s review powers to allow it to scrutinise the entire contents of a company’s annual report and accounts.
Chart of the week: The debt of G7 nations
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- 29 Apr 2021
This week’s chart looks at how the pandemic has driven government debt levels higher, a topic that will be on the agenda at the G7 summit in Cornwall in six weeks’ time.
Finance for the Future awards: entries now open
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- 28 Apr 2021
The window is now open for entries to ICAEW’s Finance for the Future awards, which recognise financial leadership in building sustainable economies.
EU reporting framework for financial information remains fit-for-purpose
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- 28 Apr 2021
The European Commission has released the results of its legislative review of corporate reporting in the EU. While comprehensive changes are underway to enhance sustainability reporting in the EU, financial reporting is assessed as being broadly fit-for-purpose.
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