Tech capabilities key to finance support of ESG reporting
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Kyle Brasseur2023-07-24T13:09:00
Businesses confronting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters for the first time are finding value in engaging their finance and accounting (F&A) teams for support.
The problem? Those F&A teams are often already overburdened and not granted additional resources to tackle what’s quickly becoming a growing area of disclosure priority.
Harnessing technology to enable automation presents significant opportunities, according to a panel of accounting experts taking part in a webcast sponsored by BlackLine and moderated by Compliance Week in May.
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