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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.

A boom in ESG debt has created some accounting concerns that need of regulatory attention, according to Europe’s markets watchdog.

UrJa Maloo of India is the latest winner in the Big Four firm's competition that highlights rising professionals with a "commitment to the future of the profession and the next generation of tax leaders."

A new bill would end the tax-exempt status for new sales of municipal bonds that finance professional sports stadiums.

The record number of companies going public through special purpose acquisition companies and initial public offerings last year could be facing some extra hurdles when it comes to Sarbanes-Oxley rules.

It's counterintuitive, but basic short selling can boost the after-tax return on an entire retirement portfolio.

Deloitte & Touche chair and CEO Lara Abrash has been watching the Big Four firm’s audit practice changing over the past two years.

Under a commission proposal, funds’ financial statements would need to be audited at least annually.

The Value Reporting Foundation released a guide to the SASB standards with industry-specific guidance on how boards of directors can use SASB standards.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has expanded its alliance with the cloud-based financial reporting technology company Workiva to handle environmental, social and governance reporting and services.

The Top 10 Firm named partner and executive team member Christopher Tower its first-ever ESG strategy and services leader.

EY's Marie-Laure Delarue discusses how accountants can help companies with their ESG reporting, and the formation of the new International Sustainability Standards Board.

IASB vice-chair Sue Lloyd will become vice-chair of the new board, while Value Reporting Foundation CEO Janine Guillot will be special advisor to the ISSB's chair.

Eelco van der Enden is planning to work with the nascent board, while maintaining GRI’s independence.

Chargebee has acquired Brighback; and GTreasury has bought Hedge Trackers.

With inflation reaching a 40-year high, consumers are feeling its cascading effects, and internal auditors should probably start keeping tabs on inflation risks as well.

The idea behind Sarbanes-Oxley was that public companies require an extra layer of accounting checks and internal controls that private companies do not in order to protect average investors.

As companies rush to set climate goals, some aren’t even getting the basics quite right when it comes to accounting for greenhouse-gas emissions.

Corporate governance received a grade of B- and has slipped over the past year, according to a new survey of chief audit executives.

Barry Melancon is warning that the backlog at the service threatens to make this tax season a difficult one for tax professionals and their clients.