By Leigh Roberts. Over the past two years, the IRC has released two inter-related Information Papers. The Papers have been well received locally and internationally. In 2023, A global comprehensive corporate reporting system came out […]
Integrated Reporting and Layering Sustainability Disclosures Join the Integrated Reporting Committee (IRC) of South Africa IRC Annual Conference 2024 live webcast on Wednesday 30 October 2024, 9:00 – 15:15pm CAT.
By Leigh Roberts After the last few years of high change, what’s in store for corporate and integrated reporting (IR) in 2024? Of great directional relevance are the feedback results of the International Sustainability Standards […]
By Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC of SA 2023 will bring more changes for corporate reporting. The tumult of the past few years has seen the rise of international sustainability reporting standards and the […]
By Leigh Roberts CA(SA) Things are moving quickly in international corporate reporting … and there’s more change afoot. On 31 March 2022, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) released its first two IFRS Sustainability Disclosure […]
The IFRS Foundation’s Technical Readiness Working Group (TRWG) released three documents of import on 3 November 2021. The General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information Prototype, Climate-related Disclosures Prototype and its Supplement: Technical Protocols. […]
By Leigh Roberts The Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) was formed in July 2021 through the merger of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). On 3 November 2021 it […]
By Leigh Roberts CA(SA) There’s a lot going on in the international corporate reporting arena; leaving many bewildered, bemused, and, for some, a tad irritated to see the main players jostle to get their agendas […]
Over the ten years of integrated reporting in South Africa, I have been asked many times as to what makes a ‘quality integrated report’. It is, for sure, the mindful adherence to the 19 requirements […]
By Bronwyn Forsyth, IRC team member and independent consultant In a volatile operating environment, issues seem to rise to the surface. There’s no place to hide. Our current context has certainly catalyzed broadscale rethinking of […]
By Michael Bray Professor of Practice (Integrated Reporting) – Deakin University, director of the International Integrated Reporting Council, former partner – KPMG Australia. Integrated reporting assurance is emerging: its place in the pathway to the audit […]
By Yvette Lange Adjunct Professor, School of Accountancy, Wits University, and a member of the IRC Working Group 2020 has so far, been a global uphill battle against the coronavirus pandemic. The advice is clear: to […]
By Leigh Roberts CEO of the IRC of SA After ten years the International <IR> Framework is being refreshed by the IIRC. Fear not, it’s not a wholesale revision, but rather a modernisation. And a […]
By Dr Nandita Mishra Associate Professor, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India Over the past few years corporate reporting in India has evolved a lot. The main agenda was to change the conventional and complex reporting […]
The objective of the CSSA IR Awards, one of the longest-running awards for excellent reporting in Southern Africa, is to encourage innovation and excellence in integrated reporting. It is also extremely comprehensive comprising ten categories. […]
By Professor Mervyn King Chairman of the IRC of SA and Chairman Emeritus of the IIRC In South Africa the common law has always been that directors owe their duties and responsibilities to the company. […]
By Sheralee Morland The Integrated Reporting Committee of SA (IRC) Annual Conference 2019 on 18 July at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) affirmed that integrated reporting is receiving ongoing focus – demonstrated by the size […]
By Patrick Kabuya Senior Governance Specialist, World Bank. IIRC and AIRC member What could Africa learn from the 2019 International Integrated Reporting Conference (IIRC) hosted in London on May 16 -17, 2019. This is what I reflected on after […]
By Leigh Roberts CEO of the IRC of SA I attended the IIRC Council meeting in Frankfurt on 11 April. It was well worth the effort of 20 hours’ flying (made more palatable by remarkably good […]
By Graham Terry Member of the IRC Working Group, IRC Honorary Member and IIRC Ambassador In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) with targets to achieve by 2030. We all […]
By Leigh Roberts CEO of the IRC I recently spent time on reading the integrated reports of some of the top 40 companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). How nice to see the progression […]
By Professor Mark Graham UCT and Adjudicator of the EY Excellence in IR Awards Based on a speech at the EY Awards event in Johannesburg on 3 August 2018 The overriding objective in our ranking of […]
By Graham Terry IRC Working Group member, IRC Honorary member and IIRC Ambassador The fourth annual ‘CMA Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards’ took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka in July 2018. To be eligible for awards […]
By Richard Howitt CEO of the IIRC Based on a speech at the IIRC-ICGN Global Conference in Tokyo, Japan on 1 March 2018 Stock Exchanges from Tokyo to Johannesburg, Singapore to São Paulo, Botswana to Frankfurt […]
By Rob Amponsah Greymatter & Finch Greymatter & Finch’s clients come from a diverse range of industries, and despite their different operating environments, a common trend has become clear in the last two years – […]
By Leigh Roberts Chief Executive Officer of the Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa After the opening address at the Nkonki IR Awards 2017 at the JSE on 21 August 2017 some of the attendees asked […]
By Dr Pieter van der Walt Group manager: Information Integration & Sustainability at Altron Ltd. Our integrated reports, since the first in 2010, have progressively moved from focusing purely on the previous period’s financial performance […]
10 Years of IR By Leigh Roberts, CEO of the IRC of SA. This blog first appeared in the IIRC’s 10 year anniversary publication. On the ground floor of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is a […]
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