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High-quality business reporting is at the heart of strong and sustainable organizations, financial markets, and economies. It allows organizations to present a cohesive explanation of their business and helps them engage with internal and external stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders, creditors, and regulators, while also promoting better internal decision making. Professional accountants are integral to all phases of organizational reporting. See the full overview.
A Call to Action: Walk the Talk on Integrated Reporting
by Stathis Gould, Head of Professional Accountants in Business and Integrated Reporting, IFAC | June 6, 2017
IFAC recently issued a policy position on integrated reporting highlighting the need for a single report providing a fuller picture of an organization’s ability to create value over time, and greater interconnectedness between different reports.
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Learning from the Pioneers—New Corporate Insights on Integrated Reporting
Good practice examples and key challenges identified from a review of integrated reports, survey data and interviews with experts.
by Yen-pei Chen, Corporate Reporting and Tax Manager. Professional Insights, ACCA | April 20, 2018Indian Railways Right on Track for Accrual Accounting
Governments across the globe are placing greater emphasis on the efficiency and transparency in public spending for the ultimate good of the end-user.
by Atul Kumar Gupta, Central Council Member, ICAI and Director of ICAI—ARF | April 20, 20184 Key Steps for CFOs to Instill Integrated Thinking and Reporting
Four key actions CFOs and their finance teams can consider to enable integrated reporting in their organizations.
by Laura Leka , Technical Manager, Global Accountancy Profession Support, IFAC and Stathis Gould, Head of Professional Accountants in Business and Integrated Reporting, IFAC | April 9, 2018Research Insights—Integrated Report Quality: Capital Market and Real Effects
Higher-quality information for internal and external stakeholders is associated with improved decision making; given that, how is integrated report quality related to firm value?
by Elmar R. Venter, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Pretoria in South Africa, Li Chen, Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Auckland Business School, Mary E. Barth, Joan E. Horngren Professor of Accounting, Stanford University, Graduate School of Business and Steven Cahan, Professor of Financial Accounting, University of Auckland Business School | March 18, 2018It Is Time for Africa to Accelerate Implementation of Integrated Thinking and Reporting
Adopting integrated thinking and IR will contribute to improving decision making, transparency and accountability especially as to how organizations in the public and private sector are creating value and contributing towards improving lives of...
by Patrick Kabuya, Senior Specialist, World Bank Group | February 2, 2018News and Resources
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Developing and Reporting Supplementary Financial Measures—Definition, Principles, and Disclosure
IFAC - September 22, 2014Differences in Financial Regulation Cost Business $780bn Annually
Financial Times - April 20, 2018
The Debt of Nations
ICAEW - April 20, 2018
IASB Completes Revisions to Its Conceptual Framework
IFRS Foundation - April 9, 2018
Vision for the Future of Integrated Reporting and the Role of CPAs: Building a Corporate Reporting Model to Support Sustainable Value Creation
JICPA - March 18, 2018
Spotlight on Integrated Reporting: Communicating Value Creation to Capital Markets
CPA Canada - March 18, 2018
Insights into Integrated Reporting 2.0: Walking the Talk
ACCA - March 14, 2018Get The Latest. Sent twice monthly.