ISCPA Sustainability
Goals & Efforts

The most popular definition of sustainability can be traced to a 1987 UN conference. It defined sustainable developments as those that "meet present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs"(WECD, 1987).

Robert Gillman, editor of the In Context magazine, extends this goal oriented definition by stating "sustainability refers to a very old and simple concept (The Golden Rule)...do onto future generations as you would have them do onto you."

Our Goal:

To help our members provide the link between sustainability, business risk and value creation for their clients as well as themselves and then move toward helping them develop the tools for measuring, accounting for and reporting the value of doing so.

We will achieve this goal through

• Example
• Education
• Leadership
• Support

ISCPA Efforts & Commitments
This is a short video that outlines what the ISCPA staff has done, and will be doing, in our efforts at sustainability, both at the office and in our personnel lives.

AICPA Panel Discussion
This is a 14 minute video showing highlights of an AICPA panel discussion on sustainability

• Moderator: Arleen R. Thomas, CPA-CO, Senior VP, Member Competency and Development
• Panelists: Patricia Cochran, CFO – Vision Service Plan
• Michael C. Knowles, Partner – Frank, Rimerman & Co
• Aaron M. Nelson, President and CEO, Chapel Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce

HRH
This is a 20 minute video featuring HRH Prince Charles and his Accounting for Sustainability Forum.

Idaho Green Jobs Grant Update