Integrated Reporting: What’s your value creation story?
A 2018 <IR> benchmarking analysis
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83%
report their principal risks
63%
embed sustainability into overall business strategy
48%
provide insight into corporate governance
38%
disclose a strategic vision and include strategic priorities
Communicating value through <IR>
In our most recent benchmarking analysis of Bursa Malaysia Top 50 companies, we are delighted to see greater awareness and improvements in the quality of annual reports being published.
These include:
Providing insight on Corporate Governance activities beyond boilerplate terms of reference
There is now greater clarity over the outcome of the organisation’s governance process. We see a 30% increase in companies discussing the actual activities undertaken by the Board and its committees
Disclosure of principal risks affecting the business
There’s a 67% increase in companies disclosing principal risk(s) from management’s perspective and mitigating actions. An added insight would be to relate these risks back to the company’s strategy
Inclusion of strategic priorities, enhancing the credibility of vision/ mission statements
We see an 18% increase in companies adding disclosures of their strategic priorities in achieving its ultimate vision
Embedding sustainability into the overall business strategy
There’s a 26% increase in companies discussing some linkage of their sustainability goals to their overall business strategy
We hope to see these metrics improve:
Linking the organisation’s business model to its value creation activities
The business model should elaborate the value that the company creates for its stakeholders
Disclosure of KPIs and linking these to the organisation’s strategic priorities
Clarity over how the company measures the success of its actions in achieving its strategies
Discussing market trends and linking these to the discussion of strategic choices
In addition to discussing how market trends affect the business, the company should also discuss how these trends affect its strategic choices, such as key markets and customer segments it operates in