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Accountants and procurement experts are being urged to team up to deal with the supply chain shortages plaguing the world economy during the pandemic.

The Institute of Management Accountants released a guide to the steps that businesses can take to cut carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions in their operations under the leadership of accountants.

North American accountants, however, felt more upbeat than most.

Accountants are seeking out more satisfying places to work where they can realize their career goals or just be able to balance their work and personal lives better.

The institute is allowing candidates for its Certified Management Accountant and Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis exams to take them remotely.

The institute released a report describing the essential competencies it sees as necessary for all entry-level accountants.

The IMA hopes that next year the public will come to view accountants as action heroes, helping them meet the many difficulties confronting society.

The institute hit 46,859 active Certified Management Accountants, with 12,926 new certifications earned in the past fiscal year.

The institute joins two other groups in withdrawing because of the involvement of officials from Myanmar.

CPA Australia and CA ANZ have withdrawn from an upcoming conference in Singapore due to the involvement of officials from Myanmar.

The Institute of Management Accountants is accepting entries for its 2022 Student Case Competition and its annual Carl Menconi Ethics Case Writing Competition.

The institute is highlighting the work it’s been doing to improve ethics for accountants, while acknowledging that more needs to be done.

The institute highlighted the seven for their support of students pursuing and earning the CMA credential.

The Sustainable Business Management Global Task Force will speak about sustainability issues on behalf of the management accounting profession, accountants and finance professionals.

Global confidence among accountants in the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic declined in the third quarter of the year, especially in North America.

The institute has launched a new effort to bring more people into the accounting profession through its credential.

Predictive analytics, combined with knowledge of the business and scenario planning, can help organizations make better forecasts.

The Institute of Management Accountants is planning to increase its efforts to promote greater diversity in the accounting profession with a new director of diversity, equity and inclusion, Darryl Jackson.

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission issued guidance Wednesday on enterprise risk management for cloud computing to help organizations using COSO’s ERM framework improve their cloud governance.

The Institute of Management Accountants officially appointed J. Stephen McNally as chair of the IMA’s global board of directors, and he plans to focus on the organization’s growing presence internationally.