Accountants must aid fight against climate change, industry bodies urge

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Accountants will play a key role in reshaping economic policy and market mechanisms for the net zero transition, sector bodies argue

The UK's top accounting bodies have today called on the profession to use its skills to the support efforts to accelerate climate action, publishing a declaration urging the world's accountants to put...

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