Global accounting leaders call on profession to help address climate change
Singapore, 25 February – According to the CEOs of leading accounting professional bodies, the world’s accountants must put their skills to use to help businesses fight climate change.
As part of The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) Accounting Bodies Network, which collectively represents over 2.5 million accountants and students worldwide, 14 major accounting bodies1 are today publishing a declaration calling on the profession to put sustainability and the fight against climate change at the forefront of its work.
The accounting bodies said their members had a critical role to play to help effect meaningful change because of their expertise with advising businesses about risk management and their responsibility to act in the public interest.
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