INTHEBLACK November 2021 - Magazine - Page 10
GET
SMART
NOVEMBER 2021
COMPILED BY SUSAN MULDOWNEY
NEW
GREEN
GUIDE
With 614 sustainability reporting
requirements across 84 countries
and 25 stock exchanges now requiring
environment, social and governance
reporting as a listing rule, organisations
are relying on finance professionals
to provide the knowledge, skills and
processes to stay ahead of corporate
reporting trends.
Accounting for Sustainability
(A4S) and its Accounting Bodies
Network (ABN) have released
10 ITB November 2021
Navigating the Reporting Landscape:
An introduction to sustainability-related
reporting for finance professionals,
which provides a guide to the changing
corporate reporting landscape. It
summarises recent key developments
in sustainability reporting and how they
affect the role of accountants and shape
the future of corporate reporting. It also
highlights how this area is likely to evolve.
“With a clear global trend towards
mandatory sustainability reporting, the
expectations of finance professionals are
changing,” says Jessica Fries, executive
chair of the A4S project.
“A4S and ABN have produced
guidance to help accountants navigate
the rapidly changing corporate reporting
landscape and make sustainable
business ‘business as usual’.”
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