The heir to the throne made his comments during a conference at St James's Palace for his Accounting for Sustainability Forum, which he set up in 2006.

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Mindy regularly speaks about corporate and investor sustainability issues to high-level leaders at the New York Stock Exchange, United Nations, World Economic Forum, Clinton Global Initiative, American Accounting Association, American Bar Association and more than 100 Fortune 500 firms.

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On Tuesday, the SEC hosts a long-planned forum to discuss its "road map" for the convergence of U.S. and international accounting standards.

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