Veronica Poole is a Vice Chair of Deloitte UK and Global IFRS and Corporate Reporting Leader. Veronica drives change in the accounting profession, including reporting on sustainability and climate-related matters. She has played a prominent role in facilitating harmonisation of standards by working with leading sustainability standard-setters to advance a comprehensive corporate reporting system. She leads Deloitte’s contributions to the World Economic Forum International Business Council’s ‘Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics’ project. This included leading WEF’s contribution to the IFRS Foundation’s Technical Readiness Working Group that developed prototype standards and made recommendations to the new International Sustainability Standards Board. She helped launch the UK directors’ climate forum – Chapter Zero – and spearheaded Deloitte’s partnership with The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) Finance for the Future Awards. She was also instrumental in establishing Deloitte’s global response to climate change: WorldClimate.