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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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4 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, 2018Twenty Years of International Public Sector Standard Setting
2017 was a landmark year for international standard setting for public sector financial reporting.
by Steven Cain, Technical Manager Financial Reporting and Auditing Standards, CIPFA | December 20, 2017How Can SMEs Implement Integrated Reporting? A Starter Kit
The specific application of integrated reporting by SMEs and the initial steps SMEs can take to start their integrated reporting journey.
by Paul Thompson, Director, European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for SMEs | December 14, 2017News and Resources
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Developing and Reporting Supplementary Financial Measures—Definition, Principles, and Disclosure
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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, 2018
Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies
Harvard Business Review - March 14, 2018
Preparing an Integrated Report: A Starter's Guide
Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa - March 12, 2018Get The Latest. Sent twice monthly.