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1. Integrated Reporting (<IR>): The State of the Art?

Author : Cristiana Bernardi

Published in: Implementing Integrated Reporting

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Business is changing. And it’s changing fast. The challenges we face in contemporary society are unprecedented and daunting—globalization, climate change, poverty, social inequality, and corruption… to name a few. However, with crisis comes courage, and the voice of the people is growing louder: organisations need to step up and take responsibility for their corporate actions. For some, the cutting edge of this clarion call is what they see as the future of corporate disclosure—Integrated Reporting (<IR>).

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Title: Integrated Reporting (): The State of the Art?
Author: Cristiana Bernardi
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Implementing Integrated Reporting
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-11192-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-11193-9

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11193-9_1