The Corporate Box

Great example of responsible behaviour by US companies. From @nytimes: Corporate America is having a civic awakening as thousands of companies encourage voter participation by offering workers paid time off and sessions on how elections work. nyti.ms/3opSoav

Australian world first guidance on including climate-related information in the financial statements. It complements #TCFD reporting. Here's my take, with quotes from AGL director John Stanhope. bit.ly/34XxG8P

News Ltd's @SamanthaMaiden made what I thought was a good point about #GladysBerejiklian on today's @ABCthedrum. In short (I paraphrase SM) does GB's strong self-belief in her own integrity make her feel that what she does must be ok? It's a question for many leaders. Hubris.

Climate-related litigation is the red hot topic for insurers. Litigation risk may drive the agenda faster than insurers are capable of moving. bit.ly/33DQ7yO #TCFD

Just watching a webinar about Principles for Sustainable Insurance and the Task force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. #TCFD brighttalk.com/webcast/17290…

German court being asked to decide whether German #GHGas emitter RWE should pay the costs of environmental warming to a Peruvian community. Even though RWE doesn't have operations in Peru. Podcast from ABC. ab.co/3ez48kF Background article here bit.ly/30cd6PN

Check out my latest article: Accountants: get your CDR submissions in linkedin.com/pulse/accountan… via @LinkedIn

Time for all diligent corporate reporters to run the ruler over @theiirc's proposed revision to the #integratedreporting framework. There's plenty of time until August 19 to do the survey. But to join a virtual meeting, you'd better act now. integratereport.com/iirc-slo…

Goodbye @cpaaustralia's Paul Drum. A mentor, a sparring partner, a blizzard of ideas.

Shout-out to @AcuityMag, the magazine of chartered #accountants, online today: bit.ly/3clZxBn Great stories about life after COVID, and my piece about Australia's Consumer Data Right regime. #CDR might give consumers a taste for controlling their data. Tech, take note.

If your company is used to reporting tax information according to OECD base erosion profit shifting standards, you should know that this won't be enough for #GRI207 4 (country-by-country reporting), said GRI's Mia D'Adhemar during the GRI207 webinar.

#SASB and #GRI often talk about complementing each other's standards. Here's what I think SASB should do to complement #GRI207. integratereport.com/what-wil…

#GRI's new standard on tax disclosure #GRI207 asks for too much information. But the request for country-level disclosure of tax payments is reasonable and meaningful. It will be very interesting to track the corporate response. integratereport.com/gri-207-…

We're starting to smell CSR rubber hitting the road. In this BBC Business Daily episode @BBCSimonJack asks Mars chair #StephenBadger and Unilever CEO #AlanJope if their companies' shareholders will tolerate sacrificing financial profit to wider interests. bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csy74…

I'm back blogging at Corporate Box! Latest: has #integratedreporting had its day? Kinda, sorta. There's a thicket of non-traditional reporting out there. integratereport.com/integrat…

Suspect @fsb_tcfd might get faster traction with #accountants and #investors than #integratedreporting, because its #climatechange risk mitigation goal is so clear compared to fuzzy value creation. And how many protocols can fit on a pointy head, anyway? bit.ly/2DQKuTU

Should @GRI_Secretariat get into #sustainability assurance certification? Chief exec @TimJMohin exploring options. bit.ly/2r4qS4K

Here's @TimJMohin talking to @ITBmagazine about his plans to lift the take-up of #GRI standards. #sustainability. bit.ly/2r4qS4K

Does the SEC have the autonomy to enforce #ESG-related initiatives such as @FSB_TCFD recommendations? Unlikely under #Trump, says Bob Laux.

Here's why US tech companies aren't into #integratedreporting, and what @theiirc's Bob Laux wants to do about it. bit.ly/2otTCGv