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ESG Assurance and Advisory Services: What Accounting Firms Need to Know

Dec 13, 2022, 13:20 PM

 

ESG Assurance and Advisory Services: What Accounting Firms Need to Know

 

"We really are helping to improve the world."

"Having assurance over ESG really brings quality to that data."

While ESG factors are primarily nonfinancial concepts, accounting firms can support companies and organizations of all sizes on their ESG reporting journey. Many already are and how they are doing it may seem familiar. Donny Shimamato, CPA, founder and managing director of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies, and Ami Beers, senior director of assurance and advisory innovation at the AICPA, explore the opportunities and challenges to consider when incorporating ESG assurance and advisory into a firm's business model. 

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