A step in the right direction, or a step too far? In this webinar, Claire Bodanis and fellow panellists Carol Bell, Co-Founder of Chapter Zero; Storm Taylor, ESG Lead, Vulcan Energy; and Corey Walrod, member of the ISSB Technical Committee, discuss the nitty-gritty of what IFRS Standards 1 and 2 mean for the natural resources industry.
Read MoreAt the Chartered Governance Institute’s virtual annual conference, 5-7 July, the second day saw TMIL author Claire Bodanis facilitating a discussion between company secretaries Sally Fairbairn of energy giant SSE, and Lorraine Clover of media group Reach. Two issues currently dominating reporting were on the agenda: the coming requirement to file the annual report in a taggable XHTML format, and the not-entirely-straightforward road towards a global set of ESG reporting standards.
Read MoreOur expert panel represents different points of view from the reporting spectrum: Tim Mohin is EVP and Chief Sustainability Officer at Persefoni (US); Annie Heaton is Head of Sustainability Dialogue and Disclosure at ArcelorMittal; and Jeremy Osborn, Director of Business Relationships & Networks at the Value Reporting Foundation (newly created from the merger of SASB and the IIRC). With reporting against TCFD mandatory for many in the coming reporting season, we discuss the challenges for companies of reporting on both risks and opportunities in the transition to a net zero, low-carbon world.
Read MoreClaire reports from the International Institute of Finance’s US Climate Finance Summit, with the startling (good) news that the US SEC seems to be coming round to the idea of principles-based reporting, and of a global approach, which may herald good things for new ESG reporting standards. With comments from Andy Griffiths of The Investor Forum, Mark Babington of the FRC and Prof Robert Eccles, Founding Chairman of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.
Read More’Twas the webinar before Christmas, and in a dark, chilly basement somewhere Dickensian, author Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor; auditor Maria Kepa; and independent investment and governance expert Paul Lee gathered by lantern-light to discuss the relationship between auditors and companies in the wake of the Brydon Review. Their conversation was captured with faithful and utmost accuracy (1) by TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien.
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Read MoreHow should companies talk about this strangest of years in their annual reports to build trust with investors? TMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, reflects on a discussion between Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor, and Nadine Windsor, Global Head of Credit Trading and Investments at First Abu Dhabi Bank, at the ICSA conference ‘Governance beyond the pandemic’.
Read MoreTMIL’s roving reporter, Tamara O’Brien, struggles to hold on to her preconceptions as lawyers sound very much like writers in this discussion between TMIL authors Claire Bodanis, founder of Falcon Windsor and Heather Atchison, and lawyers Richard Preston and Jonathan Fletcher Rogers of Addleshaw Goddard.
Read MoreClaire talks to Miranda Craig, Director of Strategy and Change, Financial Reporting Council; and Adrian Hornsby, contributing author and discusses why reporter and regulator should be friends.
Read MoreSo what can the Venerable Bede teach us about corporate reporting and writing for a non-technical audience? Claire explains all to an audience of Ireland’s software developers.
Read MoreClaire speaks to Andy Griffiths, Executive Director, The Investor Forum, and Neil Roberts, MD, Falcon Windsor about what’s on the agenda for reporting this year.
Read MoreClaire speaks to Quietroom, a team of writers and strategists, about what non-reporting agencies should know about reporting.
Read MoreClaire talks to Business Editor, Andrew Palmer, about TMIL and how companies can do a better job of reporting to their stakeholders.
Read MoreClaire discusses reporting with Ben Mathews, Group Company Secretary, BP, and Rachael Matzopoulos, Deputy Company Secretary, The Vitec Group
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