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Four ways Chartered Accountants can boost mental wellbeing in the workplace
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, CAW had a virtual sit down with Mental Fitness champion Jonny Jacobs. Often, mental health is not a subject that finance professionals talk about, but it is now time for this to change.
In this article Jonny details the steps you can take to shine a spotlight on this topic in your business, whilst also outlining steps which you can take to help both yours and others’ mental wellbeing.
Enterprises, in their endeavours to accelerate digital transformation, have been increasingly adopting smart automation technologies to enhance business performance and process efficiency, and also to reduce costs.
The debate about responsible reporting has not been sidelined by the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, the future of audit, and how it should adapt to changing stakeholder demands, has only grown in importance as financial reporting ecosystem participants consider how to deliver reporting that provides insights for businesses and investors to recover and thrive.
This checklist can be used by members in Australia impacted by natural disasters or to help them better advise clients who have been impacted.
Significant developments bring climate risk further into the domain of accountants
Wellness
Four ways Chartered Accountants can boost mental wellbeing in the workplace
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, CAW had a virtual sit down with Mental Fitness champion Jonny Jacobs. Often, mental health is not a subject that finance professionals talk about, but it is now time for this to change.
In this article Jonny details the steps you can take to shine a spotlight on this topic in your business, whilst also outlining steps which you can take to help both yours and others’ mental wellbeing.
Seneca said: “People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as comes to squandering time, they are true most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”
As unbelievable as it may be, we are well into 2021 and it doesn’t seem like life is going to slow down any time soon. But what if your new year’s goal was to try to reduce your stress this year, asks Helene Vermaak, business director at corporate cultural experts The Human Edge
Whilst some have thrived on the flexibility of remote working, many have not had the same experience. This is, of course, a huge subject but through my work with finance professionals over the past few months, I’ve found that during this latest lockdown even the most confident people are starting to have doubts creeping in.
Sustainability & SDGs
This checklist can be used by members in Australia impacted by natural disasters or to help them better advise clients who have been impacted.
Significant developments bring climate risk further into the domain of accountants
Can accountants link profit and the fate of our planet? Corporate reporting could help shift us to a low-emissions economy.
Digital Disruption
Enterprises, in their endeavours to accelerate digital transformation, have been increasingly adopting smart automation technologies to enhance business performance and process efficiency, and also to reduce costs.
We explore some of the reasons for the lack of adoption of emerging technologies in the assurance space.
At the rate that technology is evolving and how we’re seemingly unfazed by almost every new product and feature that today’s tech giants roll out, one would be led to think that when thrust into a “Covid-19 world”, we’d be perfectly at home with it. Well, not quite.
Covid-19 - Global Recovery
Evolving Conversations
At the rate that technology is evolving and how we’re seemingly unfazed by almost every new product and feature that today’s tech giants roll out, one would be led to think that when thrust into a “Covid-19 world”, we’d be perfectly at home with it. Well, not quite.
In 2019/20, stress, depression and anxiety accounted for 51% of work-related ill health cases, according to new HSE research.
The Conference, which highlighted the changing audit and business landscape, and the challenges brought about by the pandemic, also discussed the strategies that practitioners could adopt to build up their resilience for tomorrow.
In the brighter future when historians write about the Covid-19 crisis, it will hopefully be, for the audit profession, a tale of human ingenuity and adaptability.
Trends, Gaps and Best Practices
The latest Singapore Governance and Transparency Index (SGTI) study, released in August 2020, showed that although Singapore-listed entities had improved overall, there are still many gaps that require urgent improvement, especially in the area of risk management disclosures.
Economics
Audit and an Evolving Financial Reporting Ecosystem
The debate about responsible reporting has not been sidelined by the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, the future of audit, and how it should adapt to changing stakeholder demands, has only grown in importance as financial reporting ecosystem participants consider how to deliver reporting that provides insights for businesses and investors to recover and thrive.
5 key areas to test when building an effective external audit plan
Auditors today are working in an exceptionally complex and ever-evolving industry. In an environment where there is pressure to add more value with fewer people and less time, auditors are challenged to discover more risks, audit more areas, more frequently, and uncover fraud for their clients.
Ethics
Auditing Profession in Peril
If the audit profession in South Africa is serious about restoring trust it will need to reassert the primacy of professional scepticism and independence. There needs to be a balance between radical thinking and practical solutions. Greater clarity and transparency in the profession will ultimately result in a regime that allows auditors to better assess, assure and inform. Only then can real change come about.
Diversity
Dr. Caroline McGroary ACA on women’s education in Saudi Arabia
We asked Caroline about her experiences of educating women in Saudi Arabia and the impact of this work. We also asked about her motivation for joining the Irish FinBiz2030 taskforce and what she hopes to bring to this group.
Leadership
Global Trade
#FinBiz 2030 ‘Building Resilience’ online series: The Business Case for Doing Good
Over 1,500 people from 96 countries joined first #FinBiz 2030 online series of 2021 to learn more about the business case for the sustainable development agenda.
The webinar was an opportunity to hear from leaders who have innovated responsible business solutions, and contributed to a changing culture around positive impact.