Environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and integration
Purposefully integrating ESG initiatives into your business strategy and operations can provide a positive impact on long-term performance and value creation, thereby helping your business meet increasing multi-stakeholder expectations.
Defining sustainability objectives helps determine resource requirements, build business resilience and ready the organization for integrated ESG reporting and sustainability reporting requirements.
The following resources provide insights for identifying material ESG factors, which will facilitate decision-making and will make way for integrating ESG in your organization’s strategy, risk management, financial planning, governance and more.
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A4S essential guide to incentivizing action along the value chain
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City of Vancouver: Incentivizing action along the value chain case study
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The “S” in ESG: an increasing focus for organizations (and CPAs)
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Integrating ESGs to create long-term value: Guideline and case study
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Overseeing environmental, social and governance matters: A not-for-profit boards of directors framework
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Foresight S03E05: Now is the time for CPAs to become ESG-literate
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Foresight S03E01: Is sustainability a burden or an opportunity for CPAs?
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Navigating the sustainable debt market – Global Research Study
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Overseeing environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters: A framework for boards
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A4S essential guide to engaging the board and executive management
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Foresight S01E01: Can sustainability be a driving force for the Canadian economy?
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Supply chain security in uncertain times: Questions a board should ask
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The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB): Social and human capital accounting
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The Co-operators Group: Social and human capital accounting implementation
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Members of the Canadian Chapter of the A4S CFO Leadership Network
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Brookfield: Social and human capital accounting implementation
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Accountancy profession contributes to sustainability development
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Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) CFO Leadership Network: Canadian Chapter
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