* Provide sound advice and services as organizations, capital markets and governments develop and implement plans for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
* Use and implement existing and developing reporting frameworks, such as those from the International Integrated Reporting Council and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
* Contribute to the efforts of the organizations they work with to integrate climate change risk into organizational strategy, finance, operations and communications.
* Support sustainable decision making within the organizations they work for by allocating budgets and resources, and by developing high quality and timely information and insights through measurement and disclosure, built on robust and transparent accounting systems.
* Provide their members with the training, support and infrastructure they need to apply their skills to the challenge.
* Support relevant market-based policy initiatives and incentives, consistent and well-considered regulation, and more useful disclosure.
* Provide sound advice to help governments to create the policy and regulatory infrastructure necessary for a just transition to a net zero carbon economy.
* Rick Ellis, CEO, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
* Barry Melancon, CEO, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
* Mark Farrar, CEO, Association of Accounting Technicians
* Klaus-Peter Naumann, CEO, Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer in Deutschland e.V. (IDW)
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A joint statement signed by the heads of 14 international accounting associations