Assurance: A worthwhile prize

The case for stakeholder-led assurance using the AA1000 Assurance Standard was made recently to members of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) by Two Tomorrows executive chairman Mark Line.

Mark was speaking at an event at which ACCA launched two new research papers on key sustainability topics to its members.

An audio recording of the event was made by ACCA and is now available for anyone to download.

Download podcast from ACCA website (.mp3, 46MB, 116 mins)
Mark’s presentation starts at 1h:10m:14s

Other speakers included:

• Professor David Owen of Nottingham University Business School, author of the new ACCA paper Key Issues in Sustainability Assurance
• Nick Barter, a researcher at the University of St Andrews School of Management, and co-author of the new ACCA paper Pursuing Environmental Sustainability
• Barney Rhys Jones of Good Energy Ltd, the renewable energy provider
• Jessica Fries of the Accounting for Sustainability project.