Sustainability

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  1. SDG disclosure recommendations

    A new report issued today calls for improved reporting on the UN SDGs.

Sustainable Development Goals

  1. 17 Goals - One global vision

    In 2015, all the UN member states adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a shared strategy for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.

  2. SDG disclosure recommendations

    A new report issued today calls for improved reporting on the UN SDGs.

  3. SDGD feedback

    A report feedback highlights an urgent need to better align an organisation’s goals with sustainable development.

  4. Recommended SDG Disclosures

    As organisations start to incorporate the UN SDGs within their business model, a consultation on a proposed framework for recommended disclosures is issued.

News in Sustainability

  1. Consistent metrics for reporting

    Dave Marshall CA looks at WEF’s call for common metrics and consistent reporting of sustainable value creation.

  2. FRC update

    We highlight a number of recent announcements from the Financial Reporting Council.

  3. Call to action on climate change

    As global accountancy bodies call for action on climate change, learn why this is important to ICAS and its members.

  4. Inter-connected reporting needed

    Accountancy Europe have followed up their 2017 Core & More paper with a new Cogito paper that calls for greater connectivity in the corporate reporting standard-setting environment. This article gives a brief insight into some of the key proposals within the paper.

Practical tools and links

  1. ICAS Sustainability Panel

    Background to the ICAS Sustainability Panel and our video where members can find out more.

  2. Consistent metrics for reporting

    Dave Marshall CA looks at WEF’s call for common metrics and consistent reporting of sustainable value creation.

  3. FRC update

    We highlight a number of recent announcements from the Financial Reporting Council.

Environmental impacts

  1. The problem with palm oil

    What exactly is palm oil and why is there a problem with its use in certain products? Here are some key facts

  2. Environmental Emergency Response

    David Wood outlines the recent report on the state of global nature and highlights a forthcoming event to discuss how organisations should respond.

  3. Waste to Wealth: it's time to stop throwing our future away

    David Wood looks at the Business in the Community’s ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative and highlights a follow up event in Scotland on 15 May.