News in Sustainability
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Climate change reporting
This article summarises the developments in climate change reporting.
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Pension schemes: climate governance
Read the ICAS response to the DWP’s consultation on climate governance and reporting by pension schemes.
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Sustainability standard setting
Read about the IFRS Foundation Trustees consultation on the global approach to sustainability reporting.
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World Habitat Day 2020
Read about World Habitat Day and the importance of our towns and cities to our economy and wellbeing.
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Comprehensive corporate reporting
Five global organisations announce a shared vision of what is needed for comprehensive corporate reporting.
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Scotland’s Climate Week 2020
As part of Scotland’s Climate Week, we summarise how we can all play a part in tackling the issue of climate change.
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UK adopts ISAE 3000
This article highlights the UK adoption of International Assurance Standard ISAE 3000.
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Consistent metrics for reporting
Dave Marshall CA looks at WEF’s call for common metrics and consistent reporting of sustainable value creation.
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FRC update
We highlight a number of recent announcements from the Financial Reporting Council.
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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.
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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.
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SDG disclosure recommendations
A new report issued today calls for improved reporting on the UN SDGs.
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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
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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.
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SDG 13 Climate action
Discover the role of the CA and the UN SDGs, Meg Burns CA, focuses on SDG 13, Climate Action, and its relevance to the accounting profession.
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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.
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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.
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Blockchain is changing our world
Learn more about the ways in which blockchain technology is changing our world.
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Accountability for the future
Why business needs to consider sustainability issues and be accountable for the future.
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SDG 8 and the CA
"The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“SDG’s”) aim to create a better, more sustainable world for future generations. Set in 2015 by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they represent an urgent call for action, and have been adopted by all United Nations Member States."