Press Releases 2010
KING UNVEILS WORLD-FIRST INTEGRATED REPORTING GUIDELINES - Johannesburg, Tuesday 25 January 2011 - A world-first integrated reporting guidance document was unveiled by Professor Mervyn King in Johannesburg today.
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LAUNCH OF THE INTEGRATED REPORTING COMMITTEE IN SOUTH AFRICA - Johannesburg, Monday 31 May 2010 - Five major South African organisations have come together to form the Integrated Reporting Committee (IRC). The organisations are: Association of Savings and Investment SA (ASISA), Business Unity SA (BUSA), Institute of Directors SA (IoD), JSE Ltd and SAICA (SA Institute of Chartered Accountants). The IRC will develop guidelines on good practice in integrated reporting. The JSE now requires that listed companies produce an annual integrated report, in terms of the King III Code of Governance. This means that South African companies will be among the first in the world required to produce integrated reports. The IRC will work with the International Integrated Reporting Committee to harmonise international standards on integrated reporting.
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KING: MAKING MORE WITH LESS INCREASES GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS AND LONG-TERM PROSPERITY - Johannesburg, Wednesday, 9 February 2010 - Making more with less and carrying on business as unusual is good hard-nosed business, because it would increase a company’s global competitiveness and long-term prosperity.
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DEMAND FOR SUSTAINABILITY ASSURANCE MUSHROOMS - Johannesburg, Friday, 26 February 2010 - With sustainability reporting assuming ever greater prominence in the business world, the demand for sustainability assurance has been mushrooming, said Jayne Mammatt, head of sustainability services at Ernst & Young.
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WORLD’S THREE PARALLEL CRISES CALL FOR ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED REPORTING “Corporate reporting is not what it used to be.” - Johannesburg, Tuesday, 13 April 2010 – Business can no longer be conducted as usual because the past 150 years of take, make and waste has depleted the world’s natural capital.
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CALL FOR LOOMING CARBON TAX TO BE REVENUE-NEUTRAL - Johannesburg, Thursday, 29 April 2010 - A carbon tax looms on the near horizon. When it happens, it must be revenue neutral.
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