-ACCA and ecoDa roundtable attendees discuss the main issues for audit following EC legislative proposals-

Attendees at a recent ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and ecoDa (the European Confederation of Directors' Associations) roundtable in Brussels reached a broad consensus that the value and quality of audit should be enhanced, and that it is important to restore society’s confidence in the ability of audit to add value to corporate activity.

Following a certification audit in October 2011 Camfil Farr Malaysia received the ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems certification on December 5, 2011.

We expect that a systematic approach to energy will lead to savings and help us to become a greener company. Past certification projects, including ISO 9001 Quality management System, OSHAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, have lead to many

Speaking from the UN Climate Talks in Durban, GUE/NGL MEP Bairbre de Brún said:

"As the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol comes into view, there is an urgent need to seek a second commitment period for, without it, the world is rapidly moving towards an extremely worrying 'limbo' situation.

The CARS 21 High Level Group on 1 December 2011 adopted its interim report which covers the group’s consensus on the topics covered by it so far. FIGIEFA welcomes the CARS 21 process but is disappointed that the focus of the Interim Report centres almost exclusively on the manufacturing side of the automotive sector.