PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND MEDIA RELATIONS BLOG - Clive Booth http://blogs.accaglobal.com/clive_booth/ en-GB Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:32:10 +0000 http://www.typepad.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification PublicAffairsAndMediaRelationsBlog-CliveBoothhttp://feedburner.google.com Is there anything left to be said about sustainability? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PublicAffairsAndMediaRelationsBlog-CliveBooth/~3/oJE_HoGOY6Y/is-there-anything-left-to-be-said-about-sustainability.html http://blogs.accaglobal.com/clive_booth/2010/03/is-there-anything-left-to-be-said-about-sustainability.html ACCA hosts a public debate in London on 26 March at which the great and the good will discuss how to overcome the barriers for organisations to be environmentally sustainable and financially viable. Two pieces of research to be published on the day examines organisations that have put ecological sustainability at the core of their mission, and how they are modifying business processes in response to the demands of the sustainable development agenda. Pursuing Environmental Sustainability: A Survey of Organisations That Put the Environment First also explores the barriers these organisations face in seeking to operate in an ecologically sustainable... ACCA hosts a public debate in London on 26 March at which the great and the good will discuss how to overcome the barriers for organisations to be environmentally sustainable and financially viable.
 
Two pieces of research to be published on the day examines organisations that have put ecological sustainability at the core of their mission, and how they are modifying business processes in response to the demands of the sustainable development agenda. Pursuing Environmental Sustainability: A Survey of Organisations That Put the Environment First also explores the barriers these organisations face in seeking to operate in an ecologically sustainable manner.
 
Key Issues in Sustainability Assurance considers sustainable assurance reporting. Sustainability assurance reports are viewed differently by different people, who often have different views and needs when looking at these reports. But their future usefulness cannot be ignored and there remains a place for assurance reports in the world of sustainability.
 
To mark the publication as well of Pursuing Environmental Sustainability: A Survey of Organisations That Put the Environment First, ACCA is looking forward to hearing from the following panellists:
  • Jessica Fries, project director, The Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability Project
  • John Lelliot, director of finance and information services, The Crown Estate
  • Mark Line, executive chairman, Two Tomorrows
  • Barney Rhys-Jones, managing director, Good Energy
  • Professor Jan Bebbington and Nick Barter, University of St Andrews
  • Professor David Owen, University of Nottingham
  • Steve Priddy, director of technical policy and research, ACCA (chair)
To attend this free event, please email extevents@accaglobal.com to reserve your place.
 
Friday 26 March 2010  
  • 4.30pm-5pm - Registration
  • 5pm-6.05pm - Speaker panel
  • 6.05pm-6.45pm - Q and A
  • 6.50pm-7.30pm - Reception  
Venue
ACCA, 29 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3EE (map) 
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