IES 2, 3, and 4 have been revised to embed sustainability throughout aspiring professional accountants' training. These updates reinforce the accountancy profession’s role in supporting high-quality sustainability reporting and assurance while upholding integrity and professional quality.

The revisions to IES 6, Formal Assessment of Professional Competence, reflect global changes, modernizing and clarifying the standard to ensure its relevance and longevity.

The revisions to IES 6, Formal Assessment of Professional Competence, reflect global changes, modernizing and clarifying the standard to ensure its relevance and longevity. This fact sheet provides an overview of these changes.

As demand for sustainability-related disclosures increases globally, the accountancy profession must ensure that all professional accountants are able to meet these evolving expectations. IFAC has revised the International Education Standards to embed sustainability—spanning analysis, reporting, and assurance—across aspiring professional accountants’ training. This fact sheet provides an overview of the revisions to IES 2, 3, and 4 addressing initial professional development.

The Fast Future With IFAC is a conversational podcast series about small- and medium-sized practices (SMPs) adapting to the rapidly changing global economy.

Episode 12 features an interview on how SMPs can embrace technology. 

Our guest, Marcel Vulpoi, is General Manager of Vulpoi & Toader Management, a Romanian firm that provides accounting and business consulting services.

Click below or visit IFAC's iTunes podcast channel to listen to this episode.

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