In the last five years or more, enlightened businesses and governments the world over have recognised the importance of telling the true and full story of an enterprise. This reflects in the enrolment of companies into the integrated reporting process embracing all its significant dimensions of integrated ‘thinking’, ‘performance’ and ‘reporting’. In India, several large …
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to review its current public reporting requirements to assess whether the EU reporting framework is still fit for purpose. This consultation will help set the path for the future of corporate reporting across Europe. As an increasingly used and important reporting framework, the European Commission are asking about the …
In this issue: Confirm your subscription to the IIRC newsletter – don’t lose your connection with us! European Commission Fitness Check: Show your support for integrated reporting Have you responded to the IIRC stakeholder survey? Professor Mervyn King 2018 landmark address IIRC, UNCTAD, WBCSD and NBA: The role of business in achieving the Sustainable Development …
The discussion of materiality has been a foundation of both financial reporting and more recent frameworks for sustainability and integrated reporting. Recognizing the unique nature of each enterprise, a discussion of materiality serves to identify which aspects of the operational environment internally and externally should be reported on, as being key to transparency and understanding. …
With integrated reporting the internet is gaining even more importance in its role as a publication channel. A lot of multinational companies like BASF, Bayer, Clariant, Philips or Tieto recently published a digital version of their respective integrated reports. But what are the specific benefits of digital reporting? Compared to the PDF format, the advantages …
This article originally appeared on the WONKHE website and has been reproduced in full below. In recent months, Wonkhe has traced how the narrative about universities and students has gone wrong and how the sector has lost its ability to tell a coherent story about itself. On the whole, our universities continue to deliver excellence …
Following a joint event hosted on 23 April 2018 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and the Royal Netherlands Professional Association of Accountants (NBA), the four organizations have released the following statement: As organizations committed to sustainable …
The IIRC welcomes the launch this week of the Social & Human Capital Coalition at a global event hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). CEO Richard Howitt was present at a meeting today in Montreux to launch the Coalition and consult on the Social & Human Capital Protocol. This development is …
The first approved training sessions on the <IR> Framework have now taken place in Mauritius, the island state where integrated reporting continues to gain traction with major local companies. Ali Jamaloodeen, CEO, Ventures AA looks at the reason integrated reporting is proving popular. Around 35 participants took part in <IR> Training Courses held last November …
The first industrial revolution, which began in the late 18th century, focused on the benefits of water and steam power to mechanize production. Machines started to be used instead of human or animal labour. Although there had been pollution prior to this time, the emissions from mechanised factories was the beginning of the dangerous anthropogenic …