ICA Compliance awards: Shortlisted for ESG and Cyber Risk

Accedia is shortlisted for two ICA Compliance Award 2024 categories: ESG Initiative of the Year and Cyber Risk Initiative of the Year. By participating in these awards, the company aims to share invaluable experience, inspiring others from the industry to embrace best practices within ESG and Cybersecurity domains. 

“We are honored by our double nomination at the ICA Compliance Awards for both ESG and Cybersecurity. This recognition is evidence of our team’s dedication and the impactful work we have done. A huge thank you to everyone at Accedia for their commitment to excellence and innovation,” said Dimitar Dimitrov, managing partner at Accedia.

The ESG Initiative of the Year entry detailed the outstanding work of Accedia showcasing the Accedia Green Community Program. The initiative supported the fight against illegal logging through AI, the absorption of 14,700 kg CO2 annually through Accedia Forest, and the nationwide blood transfusion through the Blood Donation mobile app. The Cyber Risk Initiative of the Year entry highlighted the Accedia Cyber Resilience Program launched in 2023. The initiative demonstrated Accedia's commitment to cybersecurity and environmental sustainability by reducing cloud services costs by almost 15% and helping the implementation of over 300 technical improvements.

ICA’s President, Pekka Dare commented: “On behalf of ICA, I would like to personally thank everyone who entered the ICA Compliance Awards. It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Accedia on being shortlisted as a finalist in both the ESG Initiative of the Year and Cyber Risk Info Initiative of the Year categories. All of the entrants represent the very best of what our industry has to offer...”

About the ICA Compliance Awards

The ICA Compliance Awards recognise and celebrate internal compliance and financial crime prevention teams who go over and above to collaborate, innovate and raise compliance standards across the globe. These awards promote best practices, champion the profession, and highlight the importance of compliance and financial crime prevention in today’s constantly changing regulatory, geopolitical, and business environment.

About ICA

Behavior National Compliance Association (ICA) is the leading professional-recognized global regulatory and financial crime compliance community. Since 2001, we have enhanced the knowledge, skills and behaviour of over 160,000 professionals, either through our internationally recognised portfolio of professional qualifications (awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester) or through accredited in-company training.