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Carbon accounting

Coalition confirms introduction of mandatory carbon reporting

Nick Clegg confirms companies listed on the London Stock Exchange will be required to report on their carbon emissions from next year

20 Jun 2012

Carbon emission

IAASB publishes landmark green assurance standard

A new global standard to assure greenhouse gas statements is published by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

07 Jun 2012

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PwC: Utilities struggling to cope with 80% rise in energy demand

Survey of energy industry executives reveals growing concerns over blackout risks

24 Apr 2012

Businesses hit by environmental budget

Chancellor George Osborne announces changes to levies and incentives to encourage greener behaviour from businesses

21 Mar 2012

Budget2012: Carbon tax could be introduced

Carbon Reduction Committment is "burecratic" and could be replaced with an alternatibe tax

21 Mar 2012

Big Four rank high up on corporate responsibility index

Big Four firms pick up gongs in the Business in the Community Corporate Responsibility Index awards

20 Mar 2012

Technology promises to make green reports easier to navigate

New XBRL tagging system to help investors and stakeholders better track firms' environmental performance

15 Mar 2012

KPMG sponsored Energy report branded 'shoddy nonsense'

AF Consult launches heavily criticised report on the costs of UK green energy targets, after sponsor KPMG walked away from findings

05 Mar 2012

Calculating the true price of carbon reporting

Exxon Mobil’s £2.7m fine for misreporting carbon is just the tip of the iceberg if companies don’t take carbon reporting seriously warns Peter Grant

01 Mar 2012

China climate change expert joins PwC sustainability team

Allan Zhang joins the Big Four firm's climate change and sustainability team in the UK

23 Feb 2012

KPMG: Hidden environmental costs equal 41% of earnings

New report urges businesses to protect themselves from 10 environmental and economic 'megaforces' that could prevent growth

17 Feb 2012

Exclusive: KPMG refuses to release controversial green energy report

Consultancy will not publish full findings of report, after leaked press release criticising green energy costs sparked media storm

07 Feb 2012

Green tax strategy slated by MPs

MP condemn government refusal to define what green taxes are

07 Feb 2012

Understand sustainability to make money

Doing your homework on sustainability could bolster service lines says Jae Mather

26 Jan 2012

Companies unsure of legal obligations to report emissions

A third of companies are unsure of their legal obligations to report carbon emissions and 58% have never heard the term “carbon accounting”

26 Jan 2012

AS2011: Reducing green levy will cost £75m

Reducing the Climate Change Levy will cost the government £75m over four years

29 Nov 2011

AS2011: Fuel duty rise cancelled

Fuel duty rise of 1p in January cancelled

29 Nov 2011

AS2011: Increase relief on climate change levy

Energy intensive industries Climate Change Levy relief will be increased

29 Nov 2011

Osborne lines up tax relief for energy-intensive industries

Chancellor to outline tax relief for businesses hit by emmissions trading scheme

28 Nov 2011

HW Fisher wades into sustainability market

Firm offers environmental services to SMEs to calculate impact on their businesses

22 Nov 2011

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Profession reaches end of its tether with PAC

After the Public Accounts Committee's latest hearing - in which it heavily criticised Google's tax affairs - many advisers have had enough

#AAYP 2013: Talent is ageless, but youth unemployment is a problem

The principles of developing future leaders apply whether you've just left school or got years of experience under your belt

To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

Women on board quotas may have a bad rep, but it’s the only way to address inherent bias argues Fiona Hotston Moore

CABA's Wendy Saunders and CEO Kath Haines

Feature: Inside the Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

After seeing a 70% rise in demand, Calum Fuller visited the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association to learn more about its efforts to provide support

Success of FRS 102 needs to be replicated on going concern

The consultation process for FRS 102 was arguably the most wide-ranging the FRC has ever conducted. It should apply the same rigour to going concern

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

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Briefings

budget-management

Why budgeting fails: One management system is not enough

If budgeting is to have any value at all, it needs a radical overhaul. In today's dynamic marketplace, budgeting can no longer serve as a company's only management system; it must integrate with and support dedicated strategy management systems, process improvement systems, and the like. In this paper, Professor Peter Horvath and Dr Ralf Sauter present what's wrong with the current approach to budgeting and how to fix it.

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iXBRL: Taking stock. Looking forward

In this white paper CCH provide checklists to help accountants and finance professionals both in practice and in business examine these issues and make plans. Also includes a case study of a large commercial organisation working through the first year of mandatory iXBRL filing.