Accounting for climate change

Accounting for climate change

Our TU Dublin colleagues, Mary Jane Webberley and Linda McWeeney, have published a nice article in the August 2021 edition ACCA’s AB Magazine.

“It is essential that businesses understand how sustainability will impact their future financial position, as reflected in their income statement, cash flow statement and balance sheet. The financial impact is driven by the risks and opportunities to which a business is exposed and the decisions it makes to manage those risks and opportunities

Sustainability in the Accounting Profession

Sustainability in the Accounting Profession

Thanks to Susan Rossney, Education Manager at Chartered Accountants Ireland for explaining the growing importance of sustainability in the accounting profession. Chartered Accountants Ireland is working on embedding sustainability throughout our activities. Its Strategy24 reflects our ambition to build a more sustainable profession and institute in all aspects of its work. The Institute was one of 14 accounting bodies worldwide to become signatories to a call to action on climate change issued by A4S in February 2020. In 2020, Chartered Accountants Ireland launched its Sustainability Hub with information, guidance, and supports to help members understand sustainability and meet the challenges it presents.