Webinar 1: Opening session
Join Sharon Machado FCCA, head of sustainable business at ACCA as she sets the scene to our half-day conference celebrating Earth Day 2024. Sharon will be joined by Jamie Lyon FCCA, head of skills, sectors and technology at ACCA, who will share how accountants can play their part at the heart of sustainable organisations of the future and ACCA's Accounting for a better world campaign.
Webinar 2: Evolving the B Corp movement
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. B Lab is transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet. A leader in economic systems change, their global network creates standards, policies, tools, and programs for business, and they certify companies, known as B Corps, committed to making a positive impact.
With global markets shifting, along with the expectations on businesses and their impacts, B Lab is now evolving the standards that are the foundations for B Corp Certification. This session will explore the opportunities businesses now have to lead to tackle the challenges we face, why B Corp Certification is a solution to drive change, and how the new standards will serve as a guide for all businesses to measure, monitor and improve their impact.
Webinar 3: The role of the finance function and governance in the climate transition
In an era defined by increasing accountability and transparency addressing climate action, this session will delve into the urgent need for strategies and transition plans to combat climate change and promote company resiliency and sustainability in the context of a just transition. The session will spotlight the changing regulatory and reporting landscape, the importance of good governance and ownership at the board level, and the evolving role of CFOs and finance teams in emissions and transition planning.
Webinar 4: Developments in sustainability reporting: what do they mean for you?
While environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory initiatives have been around for some years now, a new wave of ESG regulations are emerging – making responsible corporate behaviour a priority. This session will help you better recognise and proactively monitor frameworks which apply to you now that there is an emerging global shift towards compulsory climate and human rights supply chain reporting. Join Alexandra von Westernhagen in understanding the new prospective, global ESG regulations and how to report on them.
Webinar 5: Future of sustainability in finance panel discussion
Join this panel discussion to hear from the session speakers as they discuss questions around the role of the professional accountant, skills development and strategic change, alongside questions from the audience.
