Sustainability: Practical Methods for CPAs
Credits:	4*	Type:	Live	Fee:	$115.00
Date:   #1	05/05/09	Site:	L.O.	Time:	1:00 - 4:45 p.m.
Location:	4004 Kruse Way Place Building 4004 SW Kruse Way Place (above Merrill Lynch) Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Registration:	Registration Form - Seating is limited.
Date:   #2	06/12/09	Site:	Port.	Time:	8:15 - 12:00 p.m.
Location:	Bank of America Financial Center 121 S.W. Morrison Portland, OR 97204
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, today’s 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 sustainability 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, a B.A.in Business Administration (Cum Laude) from Washington State University, and an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (BGI), the nation's leading business school focusing on sustainable business. An experienced teacher, Brian also works as a teaching assistant at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute.

Brian is the founder of TriLibrium, a triple-bottom line CPA firm that focuses on serving individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a sustainable economy. He also works as a consultant to local, socially responsible, and sustainable business organizations and others that aspire to become greener. more »

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

** Take two courses together and save $55.00.
$175.00 for both the morning and the afternoon session of these courses.
8 hours of cpe credit.
On May 5th:
Tax Return Preparer Penalties: The New Rules (morning) &
Sustainability: Practical Methods for CPAs (afternoon).
More information at:
Tax Return Preparer Penalties: The New Rules & Sustainability.

On June 12th:
Sustainability: Practical Methods for CPAs (morning) &
Tax Planning in an Unstable Real Estate Market (afternoon).
More information at:
Sustainability & Tax Planning in an Unstable Real Estate Market.

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