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Educating Accountants for a Sustainable Future

A Literature Review of Competencies, Educational Strategies, and Challenges for Sustainability Reporting and Assurance

Recent years have seen a significant shift in demand for relevant sustainability-related disclosure, reporting, and assurance and the accountancy profession is working to prepare current and future professionals to meet these stakeholder demands. The literature review identifies the new and existing competencies required of professional accountants to provide these services; educational strategies to develop them; and the challenges the accountancy education community will face.

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