Accounting for Sustainability in the News
The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project has been the focus of numerous online, newspaper and magazine articles as well as television news. Click on the links below to read a selection of recent references to the work of the Project.
2010
Business Wire
IFAC and The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project Collaborate to Promote Sustainable Organizations, 4th May 2010
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project have entered into a memorandum of understanding to support the global accountancy profession's role in developing sustainable organizations.
Accountancy Age
Profession must lead the way on climate change, 3rd February 2010
The politicians may have failed to get agreement at the Copenhagen climate change summit, but the profession must still press ahead with standards for carbon reporting
Journal of Accountancy
Investor Groups Call for Climate Change Policies and Disclosures, 21st January 2010
Investor groups representing $13 trillion in assets called on the U.S. and other governments to adopt strong national climate policies to help spark the necessary flows of private capital for achieving a low-carbon and sustainable global economy
2009
Accountancy Magazine
Prince Charles holds accountancy forum, 17th December 2009
Accounting for Sustainability features on agenda
Accountants lobby for green convergence, 7th December 2009
Letter sent to leaders in Copenhagen
Accounting & Business, ACCA
Accounting for Sustainability, by Roger Adams, July 2009
Accountancy Age
Accounting for sustainability earns global accountancy backing, Rachael Singh, 7th July 2009
Environmental Leader
Global Accounting Groups Commit to Sustainability Practices, 6th July 2009
Accountancy Age TV
Is sustainability accounting still relevant? Gavin Hinks talks to Paul Druckman, former ICAEW president and chairman of The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project, May 2007
Financial Times
Sustainability: Integrated view can facilitate survival, by Robert Bruce, Financial Times, 4th February 2009.
TV3 (New Zealand)
2008
BBC website
Prince's plea on 'climate crunch', BBC website, 17th December 2008.
Telegraph.co.uk
Prince Charles warns environmental threat even more alarming than recession, Telegraph.co.uk, 17th December 2008.
Journal of Accountancy
Prince Charles to Host Accounting for Sustainability Forum, www.journalofaccountancy.com, 16th December 2008.
Discusses AICPA's involvement in the December event and also contains a link to a video of Bob Laux, an AICPA board member and senior director of financial accounting and reporting for Microsoft Corp., where he discusses accounting for sustainability and the Forum event.
Financial Times
Counters face up to green beans, by Robert Bruce, Financial Times, 1st September 2008.
Now it's easier to be green, FT Report - Chartered Accountancy 2008, by Robert Bruce, Financial Times, 7th January 2008.
Sustainable Solutions
Embedding Sustainability into a company's DNA, Sustainable Solutions, January/February 2008, pp. 58-59
FSN: Business Systems News
Accounting for Sustainability versus Profit - are they opposing forces?, by Gary Simon, FSN: Business Systems News for Finance and IT Professionals,14th January 2008.
2007
Financial Times
Sustainability report seeks the facts, by Deborah Brewster, Financial Times, 9th December 2007.
Accountancy Age
Prince Charles outlines green reporting vision, by Alex Hawkes, Accountancy Age, 12th December 2007.
Prince Charles' green report out tomorrow, by Alex Hawkes, Accountancy Age, 11th December 2007.
Accounting for sustainability: future proof, by Sir Michael Peat, Accountancy Age, 5th July 2007.
Highlighting the problem: Damaging corporate activity needs to be identified, by John Adams, Accountance Age, 11th January 2007.
Sustainable Solutions
Accountability with the Royal seal of approval, by Geraldine Faulkner, Sustainable Solutions, July/August 2007, pp. 60-62
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