The Chief Value Officer: Accountants Can Save the Planet - Softcover

Mervyn King; Jill Atkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783532939 ISBN 13: 9781783532933

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

Integrated Reporting is having a profound impact on corporate thinking and reporting. Value is being assessed on the basis of the sources of value creation used by an organisation and not through a financial lens alone. In Chief Value Officer: Accountants Can Save the Planet, Mervyn King, a global corporate governance and reporting leader, challenges some of the systemic issues preventing organizations from managing in an integrated value-creation manner. A shareholder-centric governance model will not result in changes to corporate behavior that can create value in a sustainable manner. The book, therefore, firmly places the accountant in the position of changemaker - the finance professional today should be more of a value officer than a financial officer. Consequently, the Chief Finance Officer should be known as the Chief Value Officer. This book explains this new approach. It encapsulates the essential reasons for adopting integrated reporting, explains its application to date and proposes the next steps needed to achieve change that will improve both business and environmental sustainability.

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Review:

This book is a must read for every director, every CFO aka CVO, every accountant, as well as all stakeholders with high expectations for tomorrow s companies to create value in responsible and sustainable ways. --Olivia Kirtley, President, International Federation of Accountants

[This book] cements the ideas of integrated thinking and reporting as part of the evolutionary story of the company. It is very powerful in the context of the next phase of the IIRC's strategy, which places corporate governance front and centre. The evolution of the finance profession is extremely well articulated, from CFO to Chief Value Officer.... It is a vital next step in governance in order to bring about the necessary shifts in behaviour. The more into the book you read, the more it feels like a manifesto for 21st century corporate governance. --Paul Drukmann, CEO, International Integrated Reporting Council

About the Author:

MERVYN KING is Chairman of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and Chairman Emeritus of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). He is also Professor Extraordinaire at the University of South Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1783532939
• ISBN 13: 9781783532933
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 138