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The shortage of accountants has become a major concern for universities and companies alike, which have dedicated various resources and initiatives to raise awareness about the profession among college and high school students. Article includes interviews with Helen Partridge, IFAC CFO and Director...

Management accountants can help to clean up corruption via education, partnerships, standards, and global policy frameworks.

As a key to global sustainable development, anti-corruption should not be buried as a subaction under SDG 16, Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions. It should be the 18th SDG. 

The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) released a report in November 2022 that focused on corporate emissions reduction reporting and found that inconsistency and incomparability of target disclosures may pose challenges for investors, regulators, and other stakeholders who require...

The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) issued 2022 G20 Call to Action in November 2022, urging global cooperation among G20 leaders on issues such as sustainability, the need for strong public financial management, and the fight against corruption.

Firms’ senior management need to get behind the changes to support an ethically robust environment

The Moroccan Asmâa Resmouki, former Vice President of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), was elected as the new President at the IFAC General Assembly on 15 November 2022 in Mumbai.

She succeeds Britain's Alan Johnson, who has retired as scheduled. Asmâa Resmouki has over 30 years of...

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the International Federation of Accountants released a joint report Thursday on fostering the professionalization of the public finance workforce and building its capabilities to improve public financial management. 

PFM reforms are government...

A lack of consistency and comparability in corporate sustainability disclosure may pose challenges for investors, regulators, and other stakeholders who require decision-useful information, according to a new report from the International Federations of Accountants (IFAC).

The International Federation of Accountants released “Getting to Net Zero,” a global review of corporate disclosures on emissions targets, analysing the disclosure trends and transition plans of the 40 largest exchange-listed companies in 15 jurisdictions, at the beginning of COP27.