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Accounting for a better world: your agenda for action

22nd Apr 2024

ACCA has identified five ways for professional accountants to make a positive impact in tackling issues such as climate change, social inequality and a widespread lack of trust.

At a glance

  • Drive meaningful change with practical actions
  • Boost professional influence through inclusive, sustainable accounting practices
  • Advance an inclusive workplace culture by recruiting from a diverse talent pool and practising inclusivity
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As a professional accountant, you can help to build a better fairer and more sustainable world.

Solving the biggest problems facing the world today is a challenge that faces all of us – not just governments and large organisations. ACCA believes that we all have an important role to play as individuals and that there are five key areas to focus on:

  1. Drive the sustainability agenda in your organisation
  2. Understand the benefits of AI adoption as a potential huge force for good
  3. Promote the importance of good ethics by upholding our code of coduct and acting as an ethics guardian
  4. Advance an inclusive workplace culture by recruiting from a diverse talent pool and practising inclusivity in your day-to-day interactions with others
  5. Develop a continuous learning mindset by learning new things nd being prepared to adapt to changing circumstances.

A better, fairer and more sustainable world will only happen if we make it happen. ACCA believes that if we all work together, we can change the world. Professional accountants are perfectly placed to make practical and important contributions in shaping the safe, secure future which we all crave.

Ronnie Patton FCCA

ACCA President

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