Sustainability: Practical Methods for CPAs
Date:	12/10/08	Type:	Live	Time:	1:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Credits:	4*	Site:	Vanc.	Fee:	$115.00**
Location:	Marshall House 1301 Officers' Row Vancouver, WA 98661
Registration:	Registration Form - Seating is limited.
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Audience: Any CPA, CFP, or other financial professional wanting to increase his or her knowledge of the rapidly expanding field of sustainability accounting. Includes information useable for both you, your organization, and your client’s practices.

Level: Basic

Description: To aid in decision making, todays investors, shareholders, customers, and knowledgeable companies seek information concerning a company’s entire economic health. Corporate social responsibility now encompasses the reporting of a company’s environmental, social responsibility, and economic performance. Many organizations in the Pacific Northwest now issue public sustainability reports as part of measuring the success of their business. Many smaller organizations are also implementing sustainabaility practices. Sustainability reports, although common and sometimes mandatory in Europe, comprise a rapidly growing area of accounting for many American companies. Find out about sustainability reporting now before your clients ask you about it.

Learn About: Incorporating sustainability principles into your CPA practice and your clients' businesses » Benefits and drawbacks of corporate reporting of environmental, social responsibility, and economic performance » Employing triple-bottom line accounting and Non-financial measures » Using metrics to measure sustainability progress » CPA reporting requirements, obligations, and initiatives » Resources available to help your clients implement sustainable practices » and Finding solutions to sustainability problems.

Instructor: Brian C. Setzler, CPA, MBA.
A CPA for almost twenty years, Brian holds an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Insitute, the nation's leading business school focusing on sustainable business. An experienced teacher, Brian also works as a teaching assistant at the Bainbridge Graduate Insitute.

Brian recently launched a new CPA firm in Portland that focuses on helping organizations and individuals put into use sustainable business practices. more »

* Credit varies by profession. Please see our page on Professional CPE Requirements.

** Take two courses together and save $55.00:
Professional Conduct and Ethics for Washington CPAs (morning) &
Sustainability: Practical Method for CPAs (afternoon).
$175.00 for both the morning and the afternoon session. 8 hours of cpe credit.
More information at:
Professional Conduct and Ethics for Washington CPAs & Sustainability.

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