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04th
February 2012
Sustainability
Conference: A vital career development opportunity
for Accountants
Accountants
and other business leaders in the Caribbean
have a unique opportunity to enhance the long
term viability of their organizations and their
own careers by participating in the International
Sustainability Conference to be hosted by CGA
Caribbean on February 10 2012 at the Hilton
Hotel, Barbados.
This is the word from CEO of CGA Caribbean,
Graham Clarke who describes the Conference themed
as “Improving the Bottom Line, Protecting
the Environment, Developing People” as
a landmark event for the accounting profession
and business in general in the Caribbean.
“It is important that Accountants in the
Caribbean see the link between sustainability
and financial performance and the emerging need
within corporations to include criteria and
some form of measurement for social and environmental
performance as well,” Clarke said.
He added “There is hard evidence of the
positive impact on companies that incorporated
policies and practices aimed at improving reputation
management, environmental protection and good
governance, especially with regard to ethics.
Many companies have found that integration of
these performance criteria and reporting on
them has led to enhanced motivation of employees,
innovation, investor and customer satisfaction
along with better financial performance”.
The conference will be headlined by Barbados
Prime Minister, Hon. Freundel Stuart, a member
of the UN Global Panel on Sustainability, who
will deliver the keynote address focusing on
“The Creation of Green Economy in Barbados”.
The sessions will seek to create understanding
of how being eco-friendly can lead to cost efficiency
and competitiveness with a focus on the role
of the accountant in its measurement and reporting.
Clarke stressed that to be global players Caribbean
businesses needed to have suitable systems to
measure their environmental performance, reputation
and contribution to the people both inside and
outside of the organisation.
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One of the global contributors
to the International Federation of Accountants
(IFAC) Report on Sustainability, globally
recognized CGA Fellow and author of several
texts on the subject, Nick Shepherd will be
coming to Barbados to speak at the conference
on “Sustainability Reporting, the Triple
Bottom Line Approach” focusing on “people
planet and profit”, which has given
rise to the inclusion of corporate responsibility
reporting in most major corporations.
Mr. Oliver Jordan, Chartered Accountant and
CEO of Deloitte Consulting who has a strong
background in finance, banking and business
development within the Caribbean Region will
be one of the presenters at the conference.
He will address the topic of “Sustaining
Your Business During this Economic Recession”
and will explore new models and ideas for
doing so.
Dr. TA Loeffler, a gifted and engaging motivational
speaker who is known to have her audiences
laughing out loud one moment and deep in thought
the next, will also address the topic related
to one of the three bottom lines, “Developing
people, Reaching for the Top.” This
internationally acclaimed speaker not only
talks about reaching the top, but is literally
leading by example having climbed the highest
peaks on five continents in pursuit of her
goal to do so on all seven including Mount
Everest.
Clarke also noted that the Conference presented
an excellent opportunity for CGAs to earn
Professional Development credits which are
essential for maintenance of the CGA designation.
There are five hundred and fifty (550) .CGAs
in the Caribbean. These finance professionals
are employed in government, industry, not-for-profit,
education and many are in public practice.
Several from outside of Barbados will also
be attending the conference.
The CGA International Sustainability Conference
is sponsored by KPMG, the Nation Publishing
Company, SAGICOR, Insurance Corporation of
Barbados, Scotiabank, and Hilton Barbados.
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