Integrated thinking connects companies to the needs of their stakeholders, which fosters business resilience and creates long-term value.

The International Integrated Reporting Council’s annual conference hears how a focus on people and communities is helping to tackle Covid-19.

This year’s IIRC Global Conference will be held online, enabling it to reach a wider audience in a year that has made integrated reporting more relevant than ever.

Participants in the Corporate Reporting Dialogue have concluded a global market consultation on building better alignment between reporting frameworks.

The International Integrated Reporting Framework will help companies translate their commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals into business models and corporate purpose.

Research by the Better Alignment Project highlights confusion over differing sustainability reporting frameworks and the language and taxonomy they use.

Some companies encounter obstacles to full integration of ESG principles. It may be that consumers have more power than they imagine to change corporate behaviours for the better.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development and the International Integrated Reporting Council have agreed to work together to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for building sustainable business models.

Jane Diplock, one of the founders of integrated reporting and a committee chair at the International Integrated Reporting Council, believes we’re finally moving towards a new, more holistic era for capitalism — but it’s early days yet.

The ICGN-IIRC Tokyo Conference will mark Japan’s governance reforms and focus on creating on long-term value.