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Narrowing the Gender Pay Gap – Learn how to take action today
A new CA ANZ playbook shows inventive ways of working can create a more inclusive and fair workplace, narrow the gender pay gap, attract talented professionals and provide an impetus to growth.
On 29 June 2022, Chartered Accountants Ireland partnered with Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network USA for a webinar on how accountants can tackle global modern slavery.
While accountants are by no means at the forefront of the global fight against modern slavery, they do have a pivotal role to play in combatting the problem.
Check out some clips of our Beyond Event in partnership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland.
Check out some clips of our Beyond Event targeting the future of the industry through education and future skills.
Check out some clips of our latest episodes of the Beyond Accounting Difference Makers Podcast.
Beyond Accounting
Modern slavery and the role of accountants
On 29 June 2022, Chartered Accountants Ireland partnered with Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network USA for a webinar on how accountants can tackle global modern slavery.
While accountants are by no means at the forefront of the global fight against modern slavery, they do have a pivotal role to play in combatting the problem.
Check out some clips of our Beyond Event in partnership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland.
Check out some clips of our Beyond Event targeting the future of the industry through education and future skills.
Check out some clips of our latest episodes of the Beyond Accounting Difference Makers Podcast.
Wellness
The Finance+ insight series
ICAS has something new for 2022. The Finance+ insight series helps put you in the bigger picture, exploring the key issues and opportunities for today’s finance professional.
Recent events have revealed the need for resilience and the readiness to grasp new ways of thinking, living and working. They have also shown that with change comes opportunity and demonstrated the role ICAS Members can play in shaping a better future for us all.
In a recent caba survey, eight out of 10 respondents said stress and poor mental health are a problem within the accountancy profession. Are we facing a mental health pandemic?
Accountants are significantly more stressed than employees across other sectors, with workload, long hours and the lack of margin for error in the job tipping many over the edge, new research has found.
Bupa explain some of the ways that too much technology could affect your mental health and share their top tips to help you get the balance just right.
Whether you’re using the latest accounting software or ordering a last-minute birthday gift, it’s hard to remember a time when technology didn’t make everyday life that little bit easier. This has been particularly true over the last 18 months. During the pandemic, technology helped us to stay connected with loved ones, continue working remotely and discover the best recipe for lockdown banana bread.
In the third part of ICAEW’s remote worker series mental health speaker Nick Elston explains what can be done to ensure people don’t feel disconnected in a home working environment.
Whilst some have thrived on the flexibility of remote working, many have not had the same experience.
Sustainability & SDGs
As customers become more aware of their personal carbon footprint, they’re causing organizations to take a cold, hard look at their operations—and make some changes.
Climate change has become a driving force in the way companies operate, and consumers and stakeholders are largely behind the push, experts say. As they become more aware of their carbon footprint, people are adjusting their behaviour accordingly—and organizations are catching up.
ICAS has something new for 2022. The Finance+ insight series helps put you in the bigger picture, exploring the key issues and opportunities for today’s finance professional.
Recent events have revealed the need for resilience and the readiness to grasp new ways of thinking, living and working. They have also shown that with change comes opportunity and demonstrated the role ICAS Members can play in shaping a better future for us all.
This rapidly growing role spans every area of an organization, from corporate strategy to disclosure.
As organizations work toward becoming net zero and meeting the requirements of the Paris Agreement, jobs that help foster corporate sustainability are becoming more common, especially in the financial sector. One such position is the chief sustainability officer (CSO).
Climate Change
Starting a sustainability reporting revolution
Investors are demanding better reporting on ESG issues and a new sustainability standard setter may deliver what’s required.
This rapidly growing role spans every area of an organization, from corporate strategy to disclosure.
As organizations work toward becoming net zero and meeting the requirements of the Paris Agreement, jobs that help foster corporate sustainability are becoming more common, especially in the financial sector. One such position is the chief sustainability officer (CSO).
What CPAs should know about the conference’s discussions that covered net-zero economies, a carbon market deal and reforestation strategies
Investors are demanding better reporting on ESG issues and a new sustainability standard setter may deliver what’s required.
Digital Disruption
Expertise will depend on your role, level of seniority and career trajectory
CPAs need to be prepared for opportunities as Canada works to enact an official open banking system, targeted for 2023
ICAS has something new for 2022. The Finance+ insight series helps put you in the bigger picture, exploring the key issues and opportunities for today’s finance professional.
Recent events have revealed the need for resilience and the readiness to grasp new ways of thinking, living and working. They have also shown that with change comes opportunity and demonstrated the role ICAS Members can play in shaping a better future for us all.
Covid-19 - Global Recovery
How to tackle the pandemic’s effect on social mobility
Findings from research by the Resolution Foundation give key insights into what needs to be done to repair social mobility after the pandemic.
The shockwaves sent through the economy, labour market and children’s education by the pandemic must be addressed in order to repair social mobility, according to the Resolution Foundation.
As we embark on shaping the next phase of work, there is a mix of concern and excitement about getting the transition right. Kevin Empey explores what leaders can do with this once-in-a-generation opportunity to mould the future of work here and now.
In the coming months, chief financial officers will have a key role to play in keeping a tight focus on what really matters in these chaotic times
As the fallout from COVID-19 continues, business owners remain concerned about their survival and the safety of their employees, and chief financial officers can help.
Workspaces will start to look a lot different because of the pandemic.
Economics
Highlights – CAW Network USA: West Chapters – Not for Profit Fireside chat
Check out some clips of our latest fireside chat highlighting the non-profit sector.
Highlights – What’s Happening with International Financial Reporting Standards? March 2022 update from BDO
Check out some clips of the newest updates from BDO on the current International Financial Reporting Standards.
Ethics
AML: how money launderers use virtual assets
In the seventh instalment of Anti-Money Laundering: The Basics, IFAC and ICAEW look at the risks associated with virtual assets.
Cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets offer a lot of opportunities for legitimate businesses, but it’s also potentially useful for money launderers.
Diversity
Leadership
Interview: Rukasana Bhaijee on benefits of inclusion in the workplace
It is not so long ago, when corporate discussions about “diversifying the workforce” meant one thing only: more women.
But true diversity, true equity, true inclusion, encompasses so much more in 21st-century business and society: greater awareness of and representation around gender, race, disability, religion, culture, ethnicity, age, language, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity and sexual orientation. A big picture of the whole world.
Philanthropy
Spotlight The Highlights of – Philanthropy: Focus on Malawi
CAW Network USA’s David Powell interviews Gordon Cowie, Founder and Chairman of Trustees – Friends of Sick Children in Malawi and founder member of ACAUS.
Gordon Cowie found himself in New York City in 1982, working with Roger Musson, the second president of ACAUS. While he dedicated much of his time and expertise to the organization, he simultaneously explored a variety of paths in his professional career.
Global Trade
Diversify markets and innovate systems to thrive in 2022
Business confidence in the first quarter of 2022 has returned to pre-pandemic levels, suggesting that companies are looking to the future after an unprecedented two years, ICAEW says.
ICAEW’s Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), which surveys 1,000 chartered accountants across the UK, found confidence at 27.6 (out of 100) in the first quarterly index of 2022. Although this is significantly below the highest-ever reading of 47 two quarters ago, the peak was explained as a blip following the introduction of the vaccine.