ACCA convenes finance professionals from around the world on Earth Day with a warning: the cost of inaction is already showing up on the balance sheet.

In a world of trade tariffs, geopolitical tension and shifting regulation, some businesses have quietly stepped back from their sustainability commitments by deprioritising net zero targets, scaling back ESG programmes, and waiting for things to change. It may be the most expensive mistake they make.

PostEurop welcomes the European Commission initiative to review the EU taxonomy climate delegated act to update and simplify the technical screening criteria. Its feedback to the draft delegated act focuses on the Climate one. This position is based on the practical experience of PostEurop members in the implementation of the technical screening criteria.

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Leading global accountancy body questions whether the traditional limited liability company is  right  for the future

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) argues that it’s time for an alternative to the traditional limited liability company.

An ACCA report  argues that the legal form of the limited company leads to a damaging single focus  on financial results at the cost of the environment and communities and societies who expect businesses to  serve them.

The EU’s good intentions to reduce the bureaucratic burden on businesses are increasingly becoming nothing more than lip service. Old and new regulations are placing an ever-heavier burden on small and medium-sized industrial enterprises.