Live From Davos: Beginning To Meet Global Goals
Posted
25 January, 2018
This was first published by International Accounting Bulletin on 25 Jan 2018.
The world has agreed global goals, so it is natural that the world’s pre-eminent business forum is debating them.
Much of the last 24 hours for the IIRC has involved a series of meetings on how corporate reporting can genuinely support the Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs).
First up was a discussion on a project led by the World Economic Forum itself on how businesses can pursue this agenda through their value chains, with extra emphasis from companies on influencing – and reporting on – their customers and suppliers.