Revisiting the International integrated reporting framework: What's new in the version (January 2021)?

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 728-739
Author(s):  
Natal'ya V. MALINOVSKAYA
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Corporate Disclosure ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Reporting Framework ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The Impact

Subject. This article discusses the innovations of the revised International Integrated Reporting Framework. Objectives. The article aims to highlight the major changes made to the International Integrated Reporting Framework in relation to their revision and assess their impact on integrated reporting practices. Methods. The study relies upon analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization, and abstraction. Results. The article gives the reasons for the need to revise the International Integrated Reporting Framework and explains the essence of the major changes. Conclusions. The major changes relate to the responsibility for the integrated reporting of corporate governance, the explanation of the term Outcomes when describing the business model, and approaches to disclosure in an integrated report of results information in terms of the impact (positive and negative) on different types of capital. The revised International Integrated Reporting Framework (January 2021) does not contain fundamental changes, while at the same time addressing the urgent terminology and practical problems identified in their application. Their application can improve corporate disclosure practices.

scholarly journals Integrated Reporting and Sustainable Corporate Governance from European Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jukka Mähönen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Environmental Accounting ◽  
Financial Capital ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Corporate Governance Codes ◽  
The Impact

AbstractAccording to the Cadbury Committee (1992) classical definition, corporate governance is ‘the system by which companies are directed and controlled.’ In the Cadbury Report and in other mainstream corporate governance codes, ‘system’ refers only to the ‘financial aspects of corporate governance’, that is, shareholder value and emphasis on the board’s and the management’s accountability to providers of financial capital only. During the last few years however, sustainability has been included through ‘integrated reporting’ in corporate governance codes especially in Africa (South Africa) and Asia (Malaysia, Philippines). For example, the South African King reports on corporate governance connect the use of integrated reporting to report on an organisation’s corporate governance practices and economic-social-environmental triple-bottom-line performance.The leading normative framework for integrated reporting, the International Integrated Reporting Council’s International <IR> Framework, is based on an idea of ‘shared value creation’ by providers of the ‘six capitals’ (financial, manufactured, intellectual, human, societal and environmental capitals). As such integrated reporting represents a stakeholder management model already integrated – at least on the text level – in many corporate governance codes, just enlarging the concept of capital providers from shareholders only to other internal stakeholders, and the goal of capital efficiency and profit maximisation from financial capital only to other five forms of internal capital provisions. It is also a new step in the development of social and environmental accounting and reporting, rooting from the 1970s and sustainability reporting from the 1990s.The concept of a ‘business model’ represents the way how an organisation creates value, comprising all its activities, its relationships with stakeholders and its tangible and intangible assets and liabilities, and finally the boards responsibilities, as for the board, ‘corporate governance’ and sustaining and developing the company’s business model are essentially the same thing. In the end of the day, it is a question what kind of ‘business model’ integrated reporting based corporate governance really reflects, and how it possible varies from shareholder-centred business model.The purpose of this paper is to test (1) what kind of stakeholder model, if any, integrated reporting and especially International <IR> Framework represents, (2) what is the impact, if any, of integrated reporting to material corporate governance in the codes it is included in, and (3) if yes, does an integrated view and especially the ‘integrated thinking’ behind International <IR> Framework represent a genuine sustainable value creation driven business model based on the boundaries of the planet and social foundation for the humanity, or is it only a view to encourage organisations to take care of the profits of the specific capital providers.

Assessing current company reports according to the IIRC integrated reporting framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merve Kılıç ◽  
Cemil Kuzey
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Reporting ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Global Reporting Initiative ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Adherence Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Reporting Framework ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the adherence level of current company reports to the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) integrated reporting framework through analysis of whether and to what extent those reports include the content elements of this framework. This study also aims to examine the impact of corporate sustainability characteristics on the adherence level of current company reports to the integrated reporting framework. Design/methodology/approach The sample for this research comprises the non-financial companies which were listed on Borsa Istanbul, the Turkish stock exchange, as of 31 December 2015. The authors constructed a disclosure index based on the content elements of the IIRC reporting framework. They then measured the integrated reporting disclosure score (IRS) of each company through a manual content analysis of its annual reports and stand-alone sustainability reports. To test the hypotheses, the authors performed a number of statistical analyses. Findings The authors determined that current company reports mainly present generic risks rather than company-specific; provide positive information while dismissing negative information; present financial and non-financial initiatives separately; lack a strategic focus; and include backward-looking information rather than forward-looking information. Consistent with the predictions, the authors found that the IRS is significantly and positively associated with sustainability reporting, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) adoption, sustainability index listing and the presence of a sustainability committee. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature by enhancing the understanding of integrated reporting practices through the application of a checklist based upon the IIRC integrated reporting framework. Further, this study contributes to the literature by evaluating the impact of corporate sustainability characteristics on IRS.

Do corporate attributes drive integrated reporting amongst listed companies in Nigeria?

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael O. Adelowotan ◽  
Ini E. Udofia
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Reporting Framework ◽  
Primary Data Analysis ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Research purpose: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the association between corporate attributes and the implementation of Integrated Reporting (IR) among quoted companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange which currently operates a voluntary based disclosure environment.Design and method: Using content analysis to derive the disclosure scores for integrated reporting and corporate attributes, the authors investigated the impact of corporate attributes on the implementation of the integrated reporting of a sample of 90 listed firms. The annual reports covering 2013–2017 were analysed using the disclosure methodologies developed by prior researchers in IR. The hypotheses were tested using panel least square regressions.Main findings: The authors found that corporate attributes have a statistically positive and significant impact on the implementation of integrated reporting framework, that share ownership structure and firm age have an insignificant influence over corporate implementation of the integrated reporting framework. The research findings extend integrated reporting research in Nigeria from mere primary data analysis to quantitative data analysis.Practical implications: The empirical findings provide regulators with evidence on the current level of integrated reporting disclosures and the influence of corporate attributes in driving integrated reporting.Originality and value: The study makes significant contributions to integrated reporting literature from a developing country’s perspective. It also provided empirical evidence of a high level of disclosure compliance with the IR framework among quoted companies in Nigeria.

Does intellectual capital disclosure affect the cost of equity capital? An empirical analysis in the integrated reporting context

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 985-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Salvi ◽  
Filippo Vitolla ◽  
Nicola Raimo ◽  
Michele Rubino ◽  
Felice Petruzzella
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Corporate Disclosure ◽  
Cost Of Equity Capital ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the impact of intellectual capital disclosure on the cost of equity capital in the context of integrated reporting, which represents the ultimate frontier in the field of corporate disclosure.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employ content analysis to measure intellectual capital disclosure levels along with a panel analysis on a sample of 164 integrated reports.FindingsEmpirical outcomes indicate that intellectual capital disclosure levels have a significantly negative association with the cost of equity capital.Originality/valueThis study's major contribution lies in its originality in terms of empirical examination of the relationship between intellectual capital disclosure in integrated reports and the cost of equity capital.

scholarly journals IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF BUSINESS MODEL OF AN ENTERPRISE THROUGH PREPARATION OF INTEGRATED REPORTING

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-177
Author(s):  
O. Pimenova O. ◽  
S. Pimenov
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Synthesis Methods ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Management Indicators ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis

The necessity of formation of integrated reporting by Ukrainian enterprises is investigated. The importance of business presentation of information on the company's value creation, its effectiveness, opportunities, risks it faces, and development prospects for investors and other stakeholders in the form of integrated reporting is determined. It is investigated that integrated reporting should provide stakeholders with information on the long-term development of the enterprise in contrast to financial reporting, which cannot provide such full information. That is the main purpose of integrated reporting is to explain to financial capital providers and other stakeholders how an enterprise creates and plans to create the value in the future over a long period of time. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need of taking into account the needs of stakeholders in the work of enterprise and the disclosure of non-financial information in the form of integrated reporting, which will increase the efficiency of the business model. The methodological basis of the study is a set of general and special principles, provisions and methods of scientific research, the use of which is determined by the purpose and objectives, in particular, methods of generalization, comparison, analysis and synthesis, methods of system and structural analysis, diagnostic evaluation. In particular, in the process of research the methods of generalization, analysis and synthesis were used in defining the concept of integrated reporting and its individual elements; methods of system and structural analysis in the study of the basic principles of integrated reporting; method of comparison in the study of scientific approaches to the formation of integrated reporting. It is substantiated that by providing information on value creation, in particular on the company's competitive advantages, strategic assets, environmental, social and management indicators (ESG), the company will gain an advantage over competitors, effectively implementing its business model in the market and be able to achieve sustainable development in the long run.

scholarly journals Integrated Reporting’s Impact on Corporate Governance: Study in Asean Capital Market

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Shanti Shanti ◽  
Bambang Tjahjadi ◽  
I Made Narsa
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Statistical Program ◽  
The Impact

<p class="JurnalASSETSABSTRAK">ABSTRACT</p><p>Integrated reporting (IR) that merges the firm's financial and non-financial information into one single reporting is the latest evolution of corporate financial reporting today. This study purposes to examine the impact of the implementation of IR on corporate governance, especially family business in the mining industry listed on the ASEAN capital market in the 2014-2017 period. The results of the study based on the Stata 14.2 statistical program concluded that the implementation of IR has a positive impact on corporate governance in the ASEAN capital market, i.e. the implementation of IR drivers changes in behavior and perceptions in corporate governance (reporting driven behavior), thus making corporate governance more effective.</p><p><em>ABSTRACT</em></p><p><em>Pelaporan terintegrasi (IR) yang menyatukan informasi keuangan dan non-keuangan perusahaaan ke dalam satu pelaporan tunggal merupakan evolusi pelaporan keuangan perusahaan terbaru saat ini. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti dampak penerapan pelaporan terintegrasi (IR) terhadap tata kelola perusahaan, khususnya perusahaan keluarga dalam industri pertambangan yang terdaftar di pasar modal ASEAN tahun 2014 s.d. 2017. Hasil penelitian berdasarkan program statistik Stata 14.2 menyimpulkan bahwa penerapan pelaporan terintegrasi (IR) berpengaruh positif terhadap tata kelola perusahaan di pasar modal ASEAN, yaitu bahwa penerapan pelaporan terintegrasi (IR) memicu terjadinya perubahan perilaku dan persepsi dalam tata kelola perusahaan (reporting driven behavior), sehingga menjadikan tata kelola perusahaan menjadi lebih efektif.</em></p>

scholarly journals Factors influencing disclosure practices in emerging markets: Case of the gulf countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nermeen Shehata
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Corporate Disclosure ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Gulf Countries ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms ◽  
The Impact

The paper focuses on one homogeneous group of countries in the Middle East North Africa Region, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which provides an opportunity to better understand the environment and context, and help shape future research. The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of three factors affecting corporate disclosure practices in the GCC countries including: economy, capital markets, and laws and enforcement mechanisms. Several recommendations that would help improve disclosure and financial reporting practices in the GCC are presented. Accounting researchers, especially those with interests in disclosure and financial reporting issues, should take into account the impact of the previous factors while designing their empirical research and reporting its findings

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF ISLAMIC CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE, ISLAMIC INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL, ZAKAT, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE (SCnP Model) & ISLAMIC ETHICAL IDENTITY TO SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Yulinda Putri Prativi ◽  
Citra Sukmadilaga ◽  
Cupian Cupian
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Corporate Disclosure ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Ethical Identity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Governance Disclosure

ABSTRAKTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis dampak Islamic Corporate Governance disclosure, Islamic Intellectual Capital, Zakat, Kinerja Keuangan (SCnP Model), dan Islamic Ethical Identity terhadap Sustainable Business. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Data yang dipakai ialah data sekunder dengan teknik pengumpulan data content analysis terhadap annual report 5 bank syariah periode 2015-2019 yang terdapat di negara ASEAN, GCC & MESA. Metode analisis data pada penelitian ini menggunakan regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) Islamic Corporate Disclosure berpengaruh terhadap Sustainable Business, (2) Islamic Intellectual Capital berpengaruh terhadap Sustainable Business, (3) Zakat tidak berpengaruh terhadap Sustainable Business, (4) Kinerja Keuangan (SCnP Model) tidak berpengaruh terhadap Sustainable Business, (5) Islamic Ethical Identity tidak berpengaruh terhadap Sustainable Business. Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan masukan bagi entitas syariah terutama bank syariah dalam pengembangan aspek kinerja keuangan dan non keuangan serta mengi ngatkan kembali akan  pentingnya konsep sustainable terutama kewajiban dalam penyusunan sustainability reporting.Kata Kunci: Islamic Corporate Governance, Islamic Intellectual Capital, Zakat, Islamic Ethical Identity, Sustainable Business. ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of Islamic Corporate Governance disclosure, Islamic Intellectual Capital, Zakat, Financial Performance (SCnP Model), and Islamic Ethical Identity on Sustainable Business. This study uses a quantitative approach. The data used is secondary data with content analysis data collection techniques on the annual reports of 5 Islamic banks for the 2015-2019 period in ASEAN, GCC & MESA countries. Methods of data analysis in this study using multiple linear regression. The results showed that (1) Islamic Corporate Disclosure has an affects to Sustainable Business, (2) Islamic Intellectual Capital has an effect on Sustainable Business, (3) Zakat has no effect on Sustainable Business, (4) Financial Performance (SCnP Model) has no effect on Sustainable Business , (5) Islamic Ethical Identity has no effect on Sustainable Business. This research is expected to provide input for Islamic entities, especially Islamic banks in developing aspects of financial and non-financial performance as well as reminders of the importance of the concept of sustainability, especially the obligations in preparing sustainability reporting.Keyword: Islamic Corporate Governance, Islamic Intellectual Capital, Zakat, Islamic Ethical Identity, Sustainable Business.

BUSINESS MODEL IN INTEGRATED REPORTING OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostiantyn Bezverkhyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Observation Selection ◽  
Value Creation Process ◽  
By Products ◽  
Selection Of

Introduction. The core of the organization is its business model, which is based on various capitals, understood as resources, and through its commercial activities turns them into products (goods, services, by-products and waste). The activities of the organization and its products lead to results in terms of impact on capital. The ability of a business model to adapt to change (for example, the availability, quality, and availability of resources) can affect the long- term viability of an organization. Misunderstanding of the content of the business model by practitioners leads to the fact that the reflection of the business model in the integrated reporting of both domestic and foreign companies is not uniform. The implementation of the above issue will provide an appropriate author's approach to the interpretation of the business model in integrated reporting, as well as a detailed analysis of its components. Therefore, the topical issue will be the reflection of the business model in the integrated reporting of foreign and domestic enterprises. Purpose. The purpose of the study is to determine the essence of the business model in integrated reporting, as well as analysis of its components, provided by foreign and domestic enterprises. Methods. The following methods were used during the study: analysis and synthesis (disclosure of the economic essence of the business model in integrated reporting); grouping (selection of approaches to the interpretation of the essence of the business model in the scientific works of researchers); observation (selection of foreign and domestic enterprises that reflect the business model in integrated reporting); logical generalization of results (formulation of conclusions). Results. In the course of the study, the author's approach to defining the essence of the business model in integrated reporting was formed, based on the grouping of approaches in the scientific works of foreign and domestic authors. A business model in integrated reporting is a description of an enterprise's activities, reveals its resources (capital) with the help of which value is created, and also the value of an enterprise is formed during its activities. Discussion. Further research is proposed to focus on the value creation process in integrated reporting. This will allow us to understand how the enterprise creates value for society as a whole, and for individual stakeholders.

Sustainable corporate governance and non-financial disclosure in Europe: does the gender diversity matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Nicolò ◽  
Giovanni Zampone ◽  
Giuseppe Sannino ◽  
Serena De Iorio
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Board Of Directors ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Women Directors ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
The Impact

PurposeRecent regulatory changes in Europe have promoted non-financial reporting practices (e.g., Directive, 2014/95/EU) and gender diversity in decision-making positions. Special attention is devoted to promoting the gender balance on corporate boards as a key mechanism to enhance corporate governance effectiveness and better address multiple stakeholders' needs. With this in mind, this study intends to examine the impact of boardroom gender diversity on Environmental Social Governance (ESG) disclosure practices in the European listed firms' context.Design/methodology/approachThe study applies different panel data models on an extended sample of 1,392 firms from 21 European Union (EU) countries for six years (2014–2019).FindingsFindings allow to spotlight the positive role exerted by the presence of women directors on the boards in enhancing ESG disclosure, both at the overall and specific (individual ESG scores) level.Research limitations/implicationsPolicymakers and regulators might consider the study's evidence as a stimulus to continue in promoting strategic actions and reforms that foster gender equality and balance in corporate decision-making positions.Practical implicationsCreating a heterogeneous and diversified board of directors may support implementing a “sustainable corporate governance” recently claimed by the EC.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the literature by disentangling the links between gender diversity and ESG disclosure over a period that covers a long season of European regulations and measures that affected both non-financial reporting practices and the board of directors' composition. Accordingly, it can contribute to enhancing the practical and theoretical understanding of the pivotal role that gender diversity may exert in strengthening corporate governance and, in turn, corporate transparency and accountability behaviours about non-financial issues.

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