In the latest instalment of her sustainability series, Paula Kensington FCCA explores how the role of the CFO must evolve to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world.

With traditional accounting rooted in century-old frameworks, today’s finance leaders must bridge the gap between financial and non-financial data, integrate sustainability into modelling, and lead with insight.

Are your systems, spreadsheets, and storytelling ready for what the future demands?

Building on the first two articles in her sustainability series, Paula Kensington FCCA now turns her focus to the shifting power dynamics in business. Stakeholders, from investors to local communities, are demanding transparency, ethical leadership, and tangible impact. For CFOs, the message is clear: accountability is no longer optional.

Will you rise to meet stakeholder expectations, or wait until the choice is no longer yours to make?

This is the second article in Paula Kensington’s compelling sustainability series, building on her call for a shift from profit-centric to planet-centric systems. In this piece, Paula explores the urgent need to reframe how we deploy capital through a life-centred lens that prioritises business resilience with multi stakeholder value and long term impact.

As a CFO, are you ready to transform your investment mindset to meet the demands of a rapidly changing world?

In today’s evolving business landscape, CFOs are no longer just financial stewards, they’re pivotal leaders in embedding sustainability into strategy, reporting, and investment decisions. Drawing on over 30 years of finance experience, Paula Kensington  FCCA explores why many finance teams are “at least 10  years late to the sustainability party.”

Are you ready to lead the charge—or risk being left behind?

We are in an era where the interplay between business, society and the environment has never been more critical - it is imperative we understand the deep impact of business activities, which can be both positive and negative.

In this series of blogs, beginning with this one, we suggest how businesses can explore, and then commit to, the journey towards true business viability and authentic sustainability.

Michaela Emch 🌱is an advisor to FutureValue, and she continues her thought-provoking reimagining of our financial system and economy in this third article, co-authored with FutureValue founder, Selar Henderson.

How do we learn from nature and adapt its complex systems to our own?

Unearth the Wisdom of Carbon: Forging a Regenerative Economy 🌱

Discover insights from the carbon ever-renewed life-cycle in our latest article, "The Carbon Economy: Lessons in Regeneration for a Sustainable Tomorrow."

Learn how carbon's adaptability, collaboration, and balance offer a roadmap for an economic future in harmony with nature.

Michaela Emch, biomimicry specialist and advisor to Future Value Global, invited Selar Henderson to co-author a series of articles on how nature can inform our redesign of the economy and financial system to be regenerative in intention and execution.

Here is the first article, exploring how ATP, one of nature's most important cellular processes, could provide a new pathway for a regenerative future.