IIRC: International Framework recommended as a key framework in call to action to tackle climate change

27 February 2020

The IIRC’s Framework has been recommended as a key framework for accountants globally to use as they respond to and account for climate change risks. The recommendation has come as part of a call to action signed by 14 accounting bodies and led by the Princes’ Accounting For Sustainability (A4S).

The statement, signed by 13 chief executives representing over 2.5 million accountants and students globally, including IIRC Chairman of the Board Barry Melancon of AICPA and IIRC Board Member Helen Brand of ACCA lists four clear actions for accountants: 

• Provide sound advice and services as organisations, capital markets, and governments develop and implement plans for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
• Use and implement existing and developing reporting frameworks such as those from the International Integrated Reporting Council and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
• Contribute to the efforts of the organisations they work with to integrate climate change risk into organisational strategy, finance, operations, and communications.
• Support sustainable decision making within the organisations they work for by allocating budgets and resources, and by developing high quality and timely information and insights through measurement and disclosure, built on robust and transparent accounting systems.

The IIRC has welcomed this renewed commitment from the global accountancy profession to play their part in tackling the urgent challenges posed by climate change and the recognition of the role integrated reporting can play in ensuring organizations are considering the impact of – and their impact on – climate.

Full press release on IIRC

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