Can accountants save the planet?

Published: June 2, 2020, 10:05 a.m.

Accountants are unlikely revolutionaries, but according to author Jane Gleeson-White, they’re leading the charge in reforming the global economy for the good of us all. An international movement has begun in the finance world. Global companies are looking at how to include nature and society in the costs of production. The triple bottom line: profit, people and the planet. Jane says that double-entry bookkeeping revolutionised accounting five hundred years ago and in the twenty-first century accountants can help us to make critical decisions about climate change by putting a value on the social and environmental impact of capitalism.