CFO Articles
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A Personal Accomplishment : An interview with their CFO, James Wind
Flow Sciences, a leading provider of containment systems for laboratory, pilot plant, and manufacturing would like to congratulate CFO, James Wind on his Certified Management Accountant (CMA) ...
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The CFO and the Sustainability Reporting Chain: Why CFOs Should Care About Sustainability Reporting
As requests for sustainability data increase, the sustainability reporting chain becomes more complex. Understanding how to streamline your sustainability reporting chain is essential for keeping pace with these new demands. The CFO and the Sustainability Reporting Chain explores how to simplify this increasingly complex landscape of sustainability reporting. It also provides some guidance for ...
By Workiva
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The Energy CFO’s Guide to Robust Risk Management
Energy Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) should design and develop standardized decision-making frameworks to maintain a consistent approach to managing risk, says Brent Ridge, Chief Financial and Risk Officer, Energy Northwest. “The most important risk management strategy is driving judgments down the organization and not driving decisions up,” he goes on to say. A speaker at the ...
By Marcus Evans
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Equipping business for success
Businesses are ramping up to meet increasing demand and market opportunities in response to continued signs of some economic improvement. Acquiring equipment to operate and grow is critical, and for smart businesses, equipment financing is a key acquisition strategy. Equipment financing is tailored to individual business considerations, including that of maintaining cash reserves. The current ...
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Demand Charges: The Key to Reducing Your Organization`s Electricity Bill Without Reducing Consumption
CFOs and COOs often struggle to fully understand the different energy saving approaches that are being pitched at them on a daily basis. One of the most mysterious is “demand charges“. Translating this bit of utility-speak is important because in some parts of the country, demand charges can account for up to 50 of your utility bill cost. The good news is that even 24/7 operations can ...
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`Environmental Compliance and Sarbanes-Oxley,` presented at the 2005 NCASI West Coast regional meeting
Outline Intro and pre-Sarbanes-Oxley requirements Application of Sarbanes-Oxley toEnvironmental Disclosure The EMS as a tool for Sarbanes-Oxleycompliance Seven Elements of an EffectiveCompliance Program The role of a technology solution insatisfying Sarbanes-Oxley Introduction Sarbanes-Oxley (Sarbox) is intended to restore investorconfidence by increasing the accuracy and ...
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Download Your Copy of the Water Industry Report
At the recent World Water-Tech North America summit, leading water experts and utility CEOs gathered to discuss global water challenges, strategies for fostering innovation and the principal factors that influence investment decisions. If you do business in the water sector, this is the only report you need to gain first-hand insight into the key drivers and barriers to accelerating adoption of ...
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Environmental Strategist Certification
Environmental Strategist Certification: www.estrategist.com For business professionals (insurance agents, attorneys, bankers, accountants, realtors, environmental engineers, business owners, CEO’s, CFO’s and risk managers) interested in leveraging their business model in today’s sustainable business environment, www.estrategist.com is the first step you take on your sustainable ...
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Fuel strategies: fueling the waste industry
Fuel is a significant cost factor in the waste industry, accounting for billions of dollars a year in fact, and its price volatility lead to less predictable operating expenses and margins. The fuel supply chain complexity combined with erratic price cycles caused by market and weather issues causes concern for CFOs and purchasing executives when attempting to minimize expenses. Fleet managers in ...
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Company Interview: Colin Ryan, Cansolv Technologies, Inc.
This is a TWST Interview with Colin Ryan, CFO of Cansolv Technologies Inc. SECTOR – POLLUTION & TREATMENT CONTROLS(WAR614) TWST: Could you begin by giving us a brief overview of Cansolv Technologies? Mr. Ryan: Cansolv Technologies Inc. was founded in 1997 by a group of entrepreneurial technology developers from Union Carbide (now Dow Corporation). This team had worked together in ...
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Common pitfalls of the business proposal
Trying to justify the purchase of a software purchase you know will help you do your job better? As we all know, getting approval from those that hold the purse strings can be a tough proposition, regardless of how great the proposed solution is. Building your case, what you need to know is that your business proposal can make or break you chances of landing that coveted solution. Since EHS and ...
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Why Zambia? SRS Crisafulli Mine Dredges Provide Useful Options.
African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA Forum 2011, Lusaka, Zambia was an odd destination. But that is where a Montana delegation of Small and Medium Enterprises, or "SMEs" went in early June, 2011. The overarching goal of the AGOA Forum is to increase US - Africa trade volume. Why would SRS Crisafulli participate? SRS Crisafulli Dredges provide reliable and effective water ...
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For $50,000, who wants to be a SRS Crisafulli Millionaire?
SRS Crisafulli's factory location is intriguing. SRS Crisafulli is a dredge and pump manufacturer with a factory in land-locked Eastern Montana. "Glendive, Montana is a unique and very rural community" says SRS Crisafulli President/CFO, Laura M. Fleming. "Glendive is about as far off the beaten track as can be found in modern America. We had two visitors from Israel this week, and sent ...
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Choice environmental: connected to the environment and its people
Committing to providing cost-effective services, superior customer service and protecting Florida’s environment, Choice Environmental is an independent waste company based in Fort Lauderdale, FL giving residential, commercial and industrial solid waste and recycling services. Founded in 2004 by Glen Miller, CEO and Chairman of the Board, and Neil Rodrigue, president and CFO, Choice ...
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Why Your Organization Needs A Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
Organization charts normally have boxes for lots of chiefs – whether it’s chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), chief operating officer (COO), or even chief technology officer (CTO) – to indicate positions of senior responsibility for large areas the organizations’ day-to-day and strategic operations. There are a growing number of chief ...
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Communicating the Value of a Risk Reduction Culture – Free Live Webinar
Join our next webinar! Live dates: 19 September at 9:00 AM EST (New York Time) 24 September at 11:00 EST (New York Time) You’re not just an EHS Manager; you’re a Risk Manager. Your role involves having a keen eye for managing risks in a number of areas like workplace hazards, environmental releases, non-compliance penalties, and company reputation. Most EHS Managers will agree ...
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The Difference Between CapEx and OpEx Software Purchases
The reality is that enterprise software purchases are complex. The purchase process can be long and drawn out and include dozens, if not hundreds of factors. When it comes to making decisions around which solutions to go with, technology and technological capability are merely one subset of these factors. How to pay for new software is another and equally important element of a purchase decision ...
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Municipality entering cable recycling - Case Study
Recycling areas: Cable Company name: FFV Energi & Miljø A/S/ Faaborg-Midtfyn Located: Faaborg, Denmark Founded: 2000 About company: FFV Energi & Miljø A/S is responsible for utilities like electricity, water and heat supply in the municipalities Faaborg, Ringe, Broby, Ryslinge and Årslev in Denmark. Would it be possible to make an additional ...
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The Use of Leading Indicators to Predict Safety Performance
To find sources of leading safety indicators, we need to look at the base of the Heinrich Safety Pyramid. Leading safety indicators are derived from safety incidents that did not result in injury. These can include everything from job safety observations and attendance at safety meetings to unsafe acts and near misses. These are different than lagging indicators, which are statistics that result ...
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Profitability through improved work environment and sustainability
FluidWorker 100 offers a new method for the machine industry to improve work environment and profitability, in applications with process fluids used for metalworking, quenching and washing. The message around the new UV-based technology naturally focus on the ability to avoid exposure to harmful biocides. The financial implications are not as obvious, and are not always thoroughly analyzed and ...
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