During 2008, we established the Accounting for Sustainability Forum to take forward development of the tools and the reporting model.
One of the unique aspects of the Forum is that we have brought together an international grouping of accounting bodies to actively collaborate, both with each other and with a wide range of other organisations from the private and public sectors. This is a significant first step towards achieving a common approach to accounting for sustainability. Click here to find out more about the Accounting Bodies Network.
Representatives from the business, investor, academic, accounting, government and NGO sectors are also participants in the Forum.
Click here to find how to get involved with the work of the Forum
Forum Events
On Thursday 15th December 2011, over 200 representatives from the international accounting and business communities, investors, government, academia and civil society gathered at St James’s Palace State Apartments to hear His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales speak about the economic invisibility of nature and consider how the value of the planet’s natural resources, ecosystems and biodiversity can be taken into account, fully and consistently, in economic, accounting and decision-making systems.
On 15th December 2010, around two hundred representatives from the international business and finance communities, investors, government, academia and civil society and the Accounting Bodies Network gathered in London for the meeting of The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Forum. The subject of the meeting was how the global economy needs to evolve to meet the challenges of the sustainability revolution.
On 17th December 2009, the subject of the A4S Forum event was the role of the finance and accounting community in coming forward with an international financial reporting framework to provide integrated, concise, clear and comparable financial and non-financial information about organisations’ sustainability performance.
On 17 December 2008 we held our first Forum event at St. James’s Palace State Apartments to discuss “decision-making and reporting in a resource constrained world“. Vist our A4S Forum event page to find out more.
Accounting Bodies Network members
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Chartered Accountants of Canada (CICA)
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
CMA Canada
Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti e Degli Esperti Contabili (CNDCEC)
Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)
CPA Australia
Far, the Institute for the Accountancy Profession in Sweden
Global Accounting Alliance (GAA)
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)
Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland (IDW Germany)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI)
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (JICPA)
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA)
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
The Zambian Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA)
Click here to find out more about the Accounting Bodies Network.
Other Forum participants
Private sector
Aviva
BP
BT
EDF Energy
Ernst & Young
Grant Thornton
HSBC Holdings
J Sainsbury
KPMG
Microsoft International
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Public sector
(including members of the HM Treasury-led working group)
Cabinet Office
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland (DFPNI)
Department of Health
Environment Agency
Highways Agency
HM Treasury
Ministry of Defence
National Audit Office
Sustainable Development Commission
The Scottish Government
The Welsh Assembly Government
West Sussex County Council
Non-governmental organisations
Business in the Community
Forum for the Future
Global Reporting Initiative
Academia
Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
London School of Economics and Political Science
Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Royal Holloway, University of London
Saïd Business School, Oxford University
University of Cambridge Programme for Industry
University of Dundee
University of Lancaster
University of Nottingham
University of Sheffield
University of Strathclyde
Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Intergovernmental organisations
World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform, Europe and Central Asia Region
