How New Accounting Standards Can Help Reduce Sustainability Risks
An academic talk and Q&A with Sacha Sadan, Director of ESG at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as part of CAIR.
- Event Time
- 16 May 12:30 - 16 May 13:30
- Event Location
- Alliance Manchester Business School, Booth Street West, Manchester, M15 6PB
- Event Type
- Business speakers
Capital markets and corporate boards are asked to reconfigure their decision making in light of new Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) frameworks. In recent years, investors have poured significant resources into ESG-friendly asset management vehicles putting pressure on corporations to adapt rapidly in order to remain attractive to these funds.
This has created a new impetus for regulators and policy makers to establish appropriate standards to protect these investments against misinformation (e.g., greenwashing), establish a competitive landscape and, in general, enhance the positive externalities of ESG initiatives for shareholders and stakeholders alike.
Leading figure in global ESG, Director of ESG at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Honorary AMBS Professor, Sacha Sadan, will talk about recent developments in this area and how current proposals for new accounting standards could help reduce sustainability risks. After the talk you will also be given the opportunity to ask your own questions during the Q&A.
In 2016 he was recognised in the Financial Times as one of the 30 most influential people in the City of London, while in 2021 he was also named by the Financial News as one of the biggest 25 names who have been instrumental in shaping the UK's financial services industry. Sacha is also an alumnus of The University of Manchester, holding a BA(Econ) in Accounting and Finance.
The event will be open to academics, students and practitioners interested in accounting standards, climate risk and ESG in general.
