The idea of blending in sustainable practices in one's profession, businesses and people interactions can all make a difference. What about human skills , related to being able to quantify impact of not so sustainable practices, their long term ramifications and inherent costs of not reporting challenges or threats.
What about the ability to weigh the need for better Water Management in a major building and look beyond the numbers for about a few decades down the lane.
What about ability to be empathetic, articulate and being able to understand the impact of small actions, have discussions on topics like 'One Health' or even be aware and vocal about Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives and linking them to Sustainable practices. What about Sustainable Lifestyles?.
How about emission controls that can be achieved by just making sure there is enough greenery within each office desk? Quantifying them and then helping global bodies set standards?
Just some thoughts.
But as somebody who wishes to pursue this area in the future, the triad of technology , finance and true ESG mechanisms seem to be very exciting.
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Gautham Krishnan M
Director/Manager
Ernakulam
India
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-07-2023 06:00 PM
From: Shari Littan
Subject: Competencies - corporate accounting and finance professionals - for sustainability
I am opening this discussion as I would like to hear from the community - what are the key, unique competencies that professionals in corporate accounting and finance bring to sustainable business information, management, and disclosure? It's about reporting and compliance, governance, controls, but it's more! It's also about skills sets on setting and meeting targets, performance metrics, risk assessments, engaging with senior leadership, technology applications -- all resting on a commitment to ethics in business.
What are you seeing?
#ESGReporting
#Governance/Controls
#Talent/Community
#Academia
#Connect
#Leadership
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Shari Littan
Director/Manager
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