Sustainability, the environment, corporate accountability, social
justice, integration - these are the buzzwords of our century. This book
takes readers on a journey through the landscape of standard-setting
giants and corporate reporting paradigms through the eyes of two
companies that have taken very different paths toward integrated
thinking. Both stories provide new insights into the transition to
integrated reporting, as envisaged by the International Integrated
Reporting Council (IIRC), and how integrated reporting is reshaping our
views on transparency. However, the top-down approach adopted in studies
of integrated reporting in practice has left many questions unanswered:
Is it effective? How does it evolve into established practice? Is it
just another management fad? This bottom-up critique answers all these
questions and one more: Could integrated reporting become the corporate
reporting norm? We shall see.
Given its depth of coverage, the book appeals to IIRC academic
community, participants in integrated reporting networks, and others
interested in integrated reporting.