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Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... threats. Integrated reporting is designed as a tool for investors. The combination of financial and non-financial information and the forward looking outlook of the integrated reporting draft model is designed to help investors gain a more complete view ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... governments of the day to take the decisions that serve the interests of community." Given the value that extra-financial information can have in informing decision making for investors, government and other actors, the panellists criticised the fact ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Companies' extra-financial information, such as disclosures on governance and environmental issues, is used by analysts and investors to help analyse and inform investment decisions, according to research conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... least transparent and 10 most transparent, ranked on how the companies are structured and the amount of financial information provided for each company in which they operate. Norway's Statoil was top rated,with a score of 8.3. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton ...

IIRC releases outline to integrated reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... the release of the IR outline. "The concept of 'integration', embedding value-relevant financial and non-financial information into strategic decision-making and a company's reporting cycle, is gaining momentum as a vital step in the evolution of corporate ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... said. "Under those circumstances, this is analogous to the sort of information that would be reported with financial information. We have tried to develop the AWAS parallel with financial reporting, so that there's consistency in terms of concepts and ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... evolution of financial reporting. It's where financial reporting is going. It is the integration of this non-financial information in a coherent and consistent form into the financial reporting. There's a long way to go there because financial reporting ...

Integrated reporting to provide analysis, innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... on Sustainability and Integrated Reporting, Diplock suggested that integrated reporting, which combines financial information with non-financial information such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, could provide investors with information ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Although nine companies in the ASX50 are "well placed" in how they integrate non-financial information with financial disclosures in public documents, the majority of ASX50 companies have been assessed as being less than 50% integrated, according to ...

Integrated reporting discussion paper released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... others to develop principles, methodologies, guidelines and standards for the accounting and reporting of non-financial information." "The IIRC aims to forge a global consensus on the direction in which reporting needs to evolve, creating a framework ...