Corporate governance

A group of more than 100 business leaders and companies are backing the recommendations of a task force on providing a voluntary framework for disclosing climate-related information in financial filings.

At the 2017 AAM Summit, experts made it clear that new ways of developing business will be critical for today's accounting firms.

Professional services companies such as CPA firms are unique animals when it comes to marketing.

Everywhere these days, news headlines scream that automation stands to eliminate many of the traditional jobs in the U.S.

Four expense management software vendors—Certify, Nexonia, ExpenseWatch and Tallie—are merging into one company, after an investment firm, K1 Investment Management, said it is investing $125 million in an effort to challenge SAP’s Concur for dominance of the market.

In today’s digitally driven world, properly utilizing social media is necessary for companies who want to remain relevant and competitive—and that includes accounting firms.

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis & Co. blasted Toshiba Corp.’s board for poor governance amid repeated scandals and recommended investors vote against all directors at the company’s shareholders meeting later this month.

If a CPA firm has a partner performance management and compensation plan (and many don’t), rarely is it used as a means of driving strategy and running the firm.

Ahead of next month’s Group of 20 summit in Germany, the International Federation of Accountants is urging world leaders to take steps to rebuild public trust by improving governance practices through all sectors of the economy.

Sustainability information is increasingly a part of corporate reporting, but many companies are still relying on boilerplate language in their disclosures, according to a recent report.

Most firms face a never-ending challenge finding and acquiring new clients. According to a recent study, over 70 percent of firms make business development a major priority. Here are five basic mistakes that undermine many firms’ ability to attract new business.

The company also has modified the user interface for its mobile app.

The Prince of Wales' Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) Chief Financial Officer Leadership Network has produced a new guide to help finance professionals consider social and human capital when making decisions.

There are two types of accountants—those who do their work with blinders and those with wide-open eyes. Both can do competent jobs for their clients, but the ones with the wide-open eyes grow and can do far better work for their clients.

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The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board has overhauled its board structure, adding a nine-member SASB Standards Board, overseen by the SASB Foundation board of directors.

The patent-pending, cloud-based GRC platform manages five major business governance activities.

I think branding is very important. Everyone and every business has a brand. Inattention to branding creates a brand that might not be what you would like, but nevertheless you will have a brand. Branding needs deliberate attention.

A new report finds Deloitte ahead of other Big Four firms in the global market for “digital transformation” services.

I write a lot about a lot of things. On technical topics I never get negative feedback—unless I wrote something wrong, which fortunately has been very rare, and then it is a gentle nudge that perhaps I overlooked or misread something.