Tech Talk Blog - What does this pessimism in business confidence figures mean to us accountants? ACCA/IMA Q3 Economic Survey: http://instituteofmanagementaccountants.hqcampaign.com/ps/ion-355-global-business-confidence-hits-four-year-low-says-imaacca-report-11-17-15?hq e=el&hq m=1798317&hq l=10&hq v=f74506b875 We most of us been through downturns in both consumer and business confidence as well as ensuing revenues and profits
It is right that we develop a set of corporate governance principles to enhance confidence that they act in the public interest.”
Watch out United States EDGAR Online – the European Union is building a “next generation” -- “EDGAR-LIKE” corporate disclosure platform to be used by 28 EU member states for global investors that will be built upon BLOCKCHAIN and global financial and non-financial data access standards like...
Great article written by the global law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP on the need for public companies to be aware of the growing trend of non-financial reporting disclosures (commonly known as "Sustainability Reports", "Corporate, Social Responsibility (CSR)", "Environmental, Social,...
In September 2017 -- The IMA in partnership with COSO issued the following white paper on “Leveraging the COSO Internal Control—Integrated Framework to Improve Confidence in Sustainability Performance Data.”
v=Hx4dvrIunpw Given the rising demand for sustainability performance data to support internal and external decision making in creating, growing and reporting value, the paper asserts that confidence in this type of information is strengthened by the application of the COSO ICIF, a robust and globally recognized framework designed to apply to both financial and non-financial information. Former FASB Chairman Robert Herz, IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) President and CEO Jeff Thomson, and sustainability reporting expert Brad Monterio of Colcomgroup, today released a jointly authored thought paper, " Leveraging the COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework (ICIF) to Improve Confidence in Sustainability Performance Data ."