Write short notes on the following: (d) Sustainability Reporting is an intrinsic element of Integrated Report. Elaborate.
CS Professional · Ethics, Governance and Sustainability · PYQS · December 2018
Write short notes on the following: (d) Sustainability Reporting is an intrinsic element of Integrated Report. Elaborate.
Answer & Explanation:
'Sustainability reporting' is a process that assists organizations in setting goals, measuring performance and managing change towards a sustainable global economy. Sustainability reporting is a process for publicly disclosing an organization's economic, environmental, and social performance. Many companies find that financial reporting alone no longer satisfies the needs of shareholders, customers, communities and other stakeholders for information about overall organizational performance. Through sustainability reporting, organizations report on progress against performance goals not only for economic achievements, but for environmental protection and social well-being. 'Integrated reporting' is an emerging and evolving trend in corporate reporting, which in general aims primarily to offer an organization's providers of financial capital with an integrated representation of the key factors that are material to its present and future value creation. Integrated reporters build on sustainability reporting foundations and disclosures in preparing their integrated report. Although the objectives of sustainability reporting and integrated reporting may be different, sustainability reporting is an intrinsic element of integrated reporting. Sustainability reporting considers the relevance of sustainability to an organization and also addresses sustainability priorities and key topics, focusing on the impact of sustainability trends, risks and opportunities on the long term prospects and financial performance of the organization. Sustainability reporting is fundamental to an organization's integrated thinking and reporting process in providing input into the organization's identification of its material issues, its strategic objectives, and the assessment of its ability to achieve those objectives and create value over time.
Topics: Sustainability
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