From my Twitter account this morning: I’ve now worked out what the Sewell Report is really saying. It is that it’s minority ethnic people’s own
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It’s time for the government to learn that what they call greed does not always work
As the Guardian notes this morning: The government has scrapped its flagship green homes grant scheme, the centrepiece of Boris Johnson’s promise to “build back
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The era of hands off government has to come to an end
As the Guardian reported yesterday: The UK government’s flagship home insulation scheme, intended to kickstart a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, has been botched,
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The government’s audit reform proposals fail to address the issue of climate change
The government’s announcement on audit and accounting reform, out this morning, refer to the significance of climate reporting. As they note: The Government agrees with
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When is a company bankrupt?
Throughout the history of accounting a company has generally been assumed to be bust when it can no longer pay its creditors. That can no
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Should accounting face facts or stick its head in the sand?
I wrote yesterday about my proposal for sustainable cost accounting. One commentator, in particular, engaged with me on this issue. In several lengthy exchanges it
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Sustainable cost accounting: a worked example
As many readers will know, apart from my work for Tax Research UK I also direct the Corporate Accountability Network. In that capacity, I work
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Unless a business embraces climate change it is no longer a going concern
Two articles in the FT this morning make clear that the issue of climate change and accounting is not going away. This is the headline
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The only real ESG investment is a Green New Deal
As the FT notes this morning: The reality of investing ethically remains complex and the burden largely falls to investors to determine what represents an
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