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09 February 2009
Despite the current recession, sustainability needs to remain high on the business agenda, according to CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants). With this in mind, the Professional Accountants in Business Committee of IFAC (International Federation of Accountants), of which CIMA is part, has developed a new Sustainability Framework ' a web-based tool aimed at providing accountants around the world with a framework of sustainability issues and examples of good sustainability practice that can be easily implemented at every level.
The framework is available free of charge on www.ifac.org/PAIB and has been designed from four different perspectives ' business strategy, internal management, financial investors, and other stakeholders. The new framework challenges conventional ways of thinking about economic, social and environmental achievements. It also promotes the injection of sustainability leadership into the full management cycle.
Helenne Doody, Sustainability Specialist at CIMA, comments:
'The framework is a user-friendly web tool that should help our members navigate their way through a complex but important area. It provides useful guidance for accountants in business and explains their role in helping to integrate sustainability into business strategy.'
To find out more about CIMA's sustainability agenda visit www.cimaglobal.com/sustainability
For press enquiries please contact:
Katie Scott-Kurti
Senior Press Officer, CIMA
+44 (0) 20 8849 2347
Katie.Scott-Kurti@cimaglobal.com
Notes to editors
1. The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founded in 1919, is the world's leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants, with 171,000 members and students operating in 165 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit organisations. CIMA works closely with employers and sponsors leading-edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it remains the employers' choice when recruiting financially-trained business leaders. CIMA is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy. CIMA is proud to be the first professional accounting body to offer a truly global product in the fast-moving area of Islamic Finance.
CIMA has been awarded Superbrand status in the UK for a third year in a row this year and for the first time in Sri Lanka.
For more information about CIMA, please visit www.cimaglobal.com.