Preparing Future-Ready Professionals
Accounting for Sustainability. From Sustainability to Business Resilience
IFAC
Jul 29, 2015 | Guidance & Support Tools
ISBN 978-1-60815-241-4
English
This briefing supports accountants in developing a greater awareness of how they can help their organizations address issues of sustainability and more fully incorporate these issues into business strategy. Accounting for Sustainability. From Sustainability to Business Resilience clarifies the important role accountants can, and must, play in embracing sustainability to ensure that the organizations they serve are resilient by linking sustainability to a broader business agenda and strategy.
In addition to highlighting the key elements of developing a sustainable strategy, and how professional accountants can help address opportunities and challenges, the briefing includes references to some of the many resources and tools available to professional accountants to help develop their knowledge and skillset. All listed references are available on the Global Knowledge Gateway (under Sustainability in the subtopic “business resilience”).
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Related Resources
- Additional sustainability & business resilience resources available in the Global Knowledge Gateway
- Project and Investment Appraisal for Sustainable Value Creation
- Investor Demand for Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosures
- Accounting for natural capital: the elephant in the boardroom (joint publication with CIMA & EY)
- Special PAIB Committee eNews—Accounting for Natural Capital