Jeremy Nicholls

Gebundenes Buch

The Accounting Paradox

How Financial Accounting Is Damaging the World (But Can Help Repair It)

Beschreibung

Think accounting is dull? Think again. What we accept as 'true and fair' in businesses' accounts is the key to a more just, sustainable future for all of us. Here's how we make the change.

Autor

Jeremy Nicholls has spent his career addressing inequality, arguing that one of the fundamental causes is how the accounting system calculates profit. He became an accountant to support the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, training with PwC. He spent four years as a house parent before starting a regeneration consultancy in Liverpool and then co-founding and becoming CEO of Social Value International (SVI), a global community of social accountants with a mission to change the way the world accounts for value. He left to spend time as the assurance framework lead for the UNDP's SDG Impact Standards, designed to support organizations seeking to maximise their contribution to sustainability before returning as an advisor. He is an Ashoka fellow, a honorary research fellow at the University of Liverpool, a member of Accounting for Sustainability's expert panel and ICAEWs non financial assurance committee and an ambassador for the Capitals Coalition. He has researched and written widely in the field of impact accounting, including regular contributions to Pioneers Post.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Practical Inspiration Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 1g
• ISBN-13: 9781788607124
• ISBN-10: 1788607120
• Artikelnr.: 71263107