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18 November 2020: Olam’s finance team measures more than just financial capital. Managing director and group CFO for Olam Food Ingredients Rishi Kalra explains how they did it.
17 November 2020: The European Securities and Markets Authority has highlighted the need for timely disclosures on the consequences of the pandemic in annual financial reports as part of next year’s enforcement priorities.
16 November 2020: The Chancellor has set out the government’s plans to make the UK a world-leader in green finance and financial technology.
10 November 2020: COVID is the latest knock in a 10-year recession for Greece. Is it really viable for sustainability to form part of its recovery? Marios Psaltis, Managing Partner of PwC in Greece, believes it’s not only possible but essential.
6 November 2020: Renewables, imports and nuclear are expected to provide around 85% of UK electricity generation by 2040, but will that be good enough to achieve carbon neutrality a decade later in 2050?
13 October 2020: Sally Orton is the newly appointed Group CFO of Zedra, which supports high-net-worth individuals, families, larger companies and asset managers with their investment structuring. She calls for alignment between sustainable profitability and the impact companies have on the environment.
8 October 2020: Revelations about poor working conditions in small UK clothing factories may not have proved to be modern slavery, but certainly acted as a wake-up call. Can this also prove a catalyst for change?
6 October 2020: ICAEW has collaborated with the British Embassy in Athens and WWF Greece to talk about a sustainable response to COVID. The two virtual events delivered key messages on the climate agenda and the use of green financing tools.
1 October 2020: Following ICAEW’s commitment to carbon neutrality, Caroline Kearns and Richard Spencer discuss ICAEW’s ambitions and the crucial importance of collaboration in delivering carbon reductions.
30 September 2020: Ruth Tsim, Group CFO of Hutchison Ports, talks to ICAEW Insights about COVID, technology, the environment, freight flows and the movement of the vaccine by sea.