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The Impact of ESG Matters on Financial Reporting and Audits WEBINAR

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2.0 Credits

Member Price $89.00

Non-Member Price $109.00

Overview

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has become an area of increasing focus. ESG reporting includes a broad spectrum of quantitative and qualitative information. Interested parties seek to understand the effects of relevant ESG matters on an entity’s business strategy, cash flows, financial position, and financial performance. This course will focus on the impact of ESG-related matters on the fair preparation of financial statements and related disclosures, and the related financial statement audit considerations.

Highlights

Overview of the impact environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters have on the financial world. Evolving guidance from the AICPA and other stand-setters related to ESG matters. Risks of material misstatement in financial statements and related disclosures emerging from ESG matters.

Prerequisites

None.

Designed For

Anyone with financial reporting or audit responsibilities.

Objectives

Recognize the increasing importance of environmental, social, and governance matters to financial statements and annual reports. Recall audit risks and considerations in a financial statement audit related to environmental, social, and governance matters.

Preparation

None.

Notice

None.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Jennifer Louis, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and presenting high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical accounting, auditing, and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organizational success. She is the principal author of audit and attest related courses for Surgent and a frequent speaker at Surgent live programs and seminars. Ms. Louis is also the president of Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, a company she founded in 2003, dedicated to developing and delivering a wide variety of accounting and auditing training services, including audit staff training, audit productivity improvement, and value-added auditing. Prior to that, she was executive vice president/director of training services at AuditWatch, Inc. Before joining AuditWatch, Ms. Louis was the financial/operational internal audit manager at AARP. While at AARP, she served as one of their specially trained facilitators available as a resource throughout the organization for designing and leading strategic meetings and training sessions. Ms. Louis was also an audit manager for Deloitte and Touche, LLP. During her years in that firm’s Washington, D.C. office, she served as an instructor for the firm’s national “Train the Trainers” program. Ms. Louis graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA in accounting.

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Non-Member Price $109.00

Member Price $89.00