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Practising ESG: where rubber meets the road

Future CFO

She pointed to the UN Global Compact CFO Coalition for the SDGs as one of the best resources for CFOs and sustainability leaders. CFO and Chief Sustainability Officers can access micro-sector-specific tools as well as guidebooks. The group doesn't focus on "terms" they focus on sustainable finance results.

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Formula for Calculating Internal Rate of Return (IRR) in Excel

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Businesses use it to determine which discount rate makes the present value of future after-tax cash flows equal to the initial cost of the capital investment. Or to put it more simply: What discount rate would cause the net present value (NPV) of a project to be $0?