Lees-top 10: De toekomst van ESG is… accounting?

1. When Opportunity Knocks: Dealing With Recruiters
Executive recruiters looking to fill client C-suite positions in various industries are on the hunt for top talent, especially for CFO slots.

2. The Future of ESG Is … Accounting?
While sustainability has become a central concern of many managers, investors, and consumers, a major sticking point remains for the ESG movement: There are still no universally adopted standards for how companies can measure and report on their sustainability performance. Instead, we have a large number of NGOs working independently to develop standards for sustainability reporting, which is creating complexity and confusion for companies and investors. But this might be about to change, thanks to a quiet revolution in the accounting community.

3. 3 strategies to come out ahead of the pandemic
Many of the transformative changes that companies have made to continue business in a pandemic are probably here to stay, a global PwC survey of about 700 CEOs suggests. That means more digitisation, automation, and remote, flexible working conditions are on the horizon.

4. Purpose, not platitudes: A personal challenge for top executives
To harness the power of corporate purpose, CEOs and other senior executives must pressure-test that purpose with their teams, employees—and themselves.

5. 5 of the Most Meaningful Business Moments of 2020
From securing elections to measuring air pollution, these companies have had an outsize impact this year.

6. Technology finance leader: COVID-19 makes the case for upskilling
Richard Knight, FCMA, CGMA, is the CFO of Argility Technology Group, a software provider based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The finance team for South African software provider focuses on communication and on keeping pace with technology.

7. The New Business Models (and Jobs) in Blockchain
From finance to smart cities, distributed ledger technology is beginning to deliver on its vaunted potential in several key sectors.

8. Sitting all day? Just 11 minutes of exercise a day can help reverse the effects
If you have a desk job, there’s a chance that the pandemic has made your life even more sedentary than usual: Your commute to work might now involve rolling over in bed and opening your laptop. (Ask me how I know.) But a new study suggests that even relatively tiny amounts of exercise during the day can help offset some of the negative health impacts of sitting for hours.

9. L’Oréal CFO on driving growth during crisis
Christophe Babule, CFO of the world’s biggest cosmetics group, reveals in an exclusive interview how finance is key to sustainable growth through the pandemic

10. Fighting Financial Crime, Together
Collaboration is key to fighting financial crime and supporting financial system stability. With regulators, among peers, and across our institutions, we must work together.