In this week’s sustainability/ESG bulletin we bring you news of how accountants can fight against modern slavery, what businesses can do for biodiversity and a new report on gender bias in Irish business.
Accountants in the fight against global modern slavery
On 29 June, Chartered Accountants Ireland partnered with Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network USA for a webinar on how accountants can tackle global modern slavery. In this engaging webinar, speakers Professor Jan Bebbington, Caroline Haughey OBE, QC and Adam Schafer, Director of Supply Chain Sustainability with Intel explain what modern slavery is, how to spot the signs of it in your or your clients’ business or supply chain and what companies can do to mitigate the risk. With an introduction by Institute’s Chief Executive Barry Dempsey, a questions-and-answers session was moderated by Claire Iball of Intel Corporation. You can watch the session back here.
Business and biodiversity
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is reportedly warning of an accelerating global biodiversity crisis. For businesses, biodiversity means everything from clean air and water, fuel, food, raw materials, minerals and much more. Chartered Accountants Ireland has put together some resources for what businesses can do to in our Sustainability Hub: Accounting for Nature
Gender bias in Irish business
A new report published by LinkedIn has reportedly shown that women continue to be underrepresented at leadership level in Ireland, where women hold only 24 percent of C-suite roles in Ireland. The data, which is included in the World Economic Forum's 2022 Global Gender Gap Report, also shows a gender bias in internal promotions, with men being 15 percent more likely to be promoted internally to a leadership role than their female colleagues in 2021.
Podcast
In case you missed it: In this special Thought Leaders podcast, Liz Riley and Michael Diviney discuss the impact of the social and circular economies with Claire Downey, Policy and Research Director at the Rediscovery Centre, the National Centre for the Circular Economy, Chris MM Gordan, CEO of the Irish Social Enterprise Network, and Kate van der Merwe, FCA, member of the Institute’s Sustainability Expert Working Group.
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