The role of accounting in achieving net zero goals – Charlotte O'Leary

New accounting standards could revolutionise how we approach net zero investments. Discover how these changes can transform costs into valuable assets.

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Pensions for Purpose has long supported the impact investment case – that positive, intentional and additional impact in investing leads to better long-term outcomes for people and planet, alongside profit. After all, there is no greater impact goal than net zero.

What has been at odds is a system that has externalised that impact by not recognising those assets and obligations. This has made it harder for asset owners to hold companies to account, to engage and reward the companies that set themselves higher goals.

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