There has been real movement over the last six months to drive a new, cohesive, holistic reporting system that responds to market needs. The IIRC’s focus is on ensuring the principles of integrated thinking and reporting are embedded into a comprehensive and international system that can drive the most robust and effective reporting possible. We …
The International Integrated Reporting Council has, together with CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) written an open letter to Erik Thedéen, Director General of Finansinspektionen, Sweden, and Chair of the Sustainable Finance Task Force of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). …
One of the Netherland’s leading banks has been engaging with integrated thinking and shaping their business model and strategy through it since 2014. ABN AMRO identified the importance of a value creation strategy, which focuses on financial and pre/non-financial drivers that affect and are affected by the bank, such as manufactured, human and intellectual. By …
There are just 13 days left to respond to the IIRC’s consultation on revisions to the International Integrated Reporting Framework. Feedback is encouraged through our online survey: www.integratedreporting.org/2020revision The consultation focuses on two key revisions: How those charged with governance take responsibility for the integrated report How to ensure businesses report effectively on outcomes/impacts – both …
IVO Capital Partners has signed the IIRC’s investor statement, signalling its support for integrated reporting and encouraging companies to use the International <IR> Framework to communicate effectively. The statement, already signed by over 20 investor organizations from around the world, demonstrates the demand for integrated reporting by investors internationally – as they call for focused, strategic information on …
The ACCA Insights division has released a podcast focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals Disclosure (SDGD) Recommendations, authored by Carol Adams, Professor of Accounting, with Paul Druckman and Russell Picot, Honorary Professors at Durham University Business School, which offer a new approach for businesses and other organizations to address sustainable development issues. The Recommendations attempt …
Charles Tilley will continue in his role as IIRC CEO, having initially been appointed Interim CEO in June 2019. Charles is a long-term leader in the field, having served as Chair of the IIRC’s Technical Task Force – the body responsible for the creation of the International <IR> Framework. The announcement comes as the IIRC …
The Good Governance Academy, an international collaboration of business schools, institutions and universities that shares information on critical governance and business science issues, has released a report ‘Integrated thinking and doing an integrated report’, the report brings together insights and findings from a Colloquium it held in May 2020. The colloquium was attended by over …
In the wake of unprecedented economic disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are rethinking their fundamentals and assessing how their corporate purpose, strategy and business model will drive long-term success. To support businesses in this uncertain environment, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), and the Association of International …
Today’s Accountancy Europe feedback statement on the Cogito paper, Interconnected Standard Setting for Corporate Reporting, clearly highlights the need for an interconnected global corporate reporting system, underpinned by a single set of standards linked by an integrated conceptual framework. The unifying principles of integrated reporting – a focus on multi-capital value creation, integrated thinking and connectivity between financial and …