SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- INTEGRATE 2033,
LLC (Integrate2033) and SOCAP Global (SOCAP) today jointly
announce the creation of a joint task-force designed to aggregate,
synthesize and recommend a set of CFO best practices for ESG
focused risk assessment, decisioning and integrated reporting. The
Integrate Working Group's (IWG's) objective is to help CFOs
transform the role of finance within organizations, and integrate
the C-Suite through the lens of Environmental, Social, and
Governance investment, innovation, and reporting.
"Empowering CFOs with the right tools is essential as we design
balanced stakeholder business models, seeing business as a force
for good in the world...," said Michael
Kraten, Chair of Accounting, Finance, and Economics Programs
at Houston Baptist University, "...The
work of the IWG is to coalesce integrated decisioning frameworks,
evaluate best-in-class corporate governance models, and assess
integrated and comprehensive reporting solutions."
The IWG, a two-year taskforce formed in early 2020, brings
together many of the world leading innovators and practitioners in
the area of risk management, decision science, and integrated
reporting. IWG members include:
- Joy
Pettirossi-Poland - Managing Director of Building
Bridges 2012, Co-founder of Integrate 2033, and Working Group
Founder
- Scott Broomfield - Chairperson and CFO of
Sustainable Brands & Co-Founder and Managing Director of the
EPIC Fund.co
- Hank
Boerner - CEO at the Governance &
Accountability Institute
- Lou Coppola -
EVP at the Governance & Accountability Institute
- Evan Harvey - Global
Head of Sustainability at Nasdaq
- Timothy Hedley -
Fordham University, Board Member
Connecticut Society of CPAs, Retired Partner KPMG
- Niki King - Director
of Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact at Nordisk
- Dr. Michael
Kraten - PhD CPA, Chair of Accounting,
Finance, and Economics Programs at Houston
Baptist University
- Jessica
McDougall - CFP, Vice President at BlackRock
Investment Stewardship and Corporate Governance
- Brad Monterio -
Chief Learning Officer, California Society of CPAs; board
member, Institute of Management Accountants
- Dr. Barbara M Porco - PhD, CPA, CFF, Professor of
Accounting and Taxation, Director of the Center for Professional
Accounting Practices and the Director of MS Accounting,
Fordham University Gabelli School of
Business
- Helen Sahi -
Director of Sustainability at Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
- Brad Sparks -
Exec Director at the US Chapter A4S CFO Leadership Network
- Neil Stewart - Director
of Corporate Outreach at SASB
- Jake Walko -
Director of ESG Investing and Global Investment Stewardship at
Thornburg Investment Management
- Lindsay Wilkinson -
Director of Corporate Social Responsibility & Public Affairs at
COX Enterprises
The IWG will present its initial results at Integrate 2020 on
November 10, 2020 and will present a
synopsis of the IWG's findings including creating a comprehensive
RFP process that ESG oriented technology solutions providers will
be asked to bid on in early 2021. Further, three IWG members will
lead Integrate 2020's Demo Day, held on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, where ESG centric
technology solutions providers and consultancies will present their
offerings to all Integrate 2020 attendees. The IWG team will
moderate the questions and answers for each demo session.
"Bringing together this diverse group to help aggregate and
synthesis ESG best practices for ESG related decisioning and
reporting will be of great value for CFOs…" said Hank Boerner, CEO of the Governance and
Accountability Institute. Hank continued, "...we hope the work of
the IWG will bring together many of the disparate solutions that
exist in the market and create a comprehensive lens through which
the CFO can clearly see the best ESG systems solutions in an
integrated fashion."
"We created a task force within the MVP (More Value &
Profit) pilot program with the Rhode Island Society of CPA's in
2012 examining how to integrate ESG into the financial statements
to more accurately depict company and investment portfolio value,
which was featured in the CPA Journal "Emerging Issues" in
2014. We are thrilled to continue this work with such an
esteemed group of thought-leaders," said Joy Pettirossi-Poland, Founder of the IWG.
"Additionally, the IWG and the INTEGRATE conference are committed
to supporting SDG 17 "Partnerships for the Goals" and will be
dedicating all of our work in memory of Bruce Klafter, who was one of the first
thought-leaders to join the working group in January 2020."
The INTEGRATE conference will feature two, 60 minute preamble
webinars with our affiliate partners the IMA on September 25th and the Capitals Coalition with
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales on October
7th. The focus for the IMA webinar will center on the CFO as
value creator in the Integrated Enterprise. The focus for the
Capitals Coalition webinar will be on Multi-Capitals thinking and
how to evolve the finance and accountancy professions into problem
solving and innovation within a multi-capitals operating
framework.
For more information please contact:
Kate Byrne @
kbyrne@intentional.co
Joy Pettirossi-Poland @
jpettirossipoland@integrate2033.com
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