This article was first published on Market Mogul Who realised that non-financial performance could excite such passion? But this article posted in May, drew the biggest response to anything I have written online. And largely about one topic; monetisation of the non-financial. It is the idea that converting non-financial factors and inputting to financial analysisContinue reading “Monetising the non-financial”
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IIRC’s 6 Capitals model and common ancestry
It was in a discussion with Paul Druckman, CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), last week that I experienced something of an epiphany. I now finally understood the IIRC’s 6 Capitals model and, as a result, realised I had probably written the first integrated report aligned with the capitals concept……..in 2006. The 6Continue reading “IIRC’s 6 Capitals model and common ancestry”
Climate change disclosure is part of the fundamental short-termism problem
The following is an extract, to which I contributed, from the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets’ submission to the public consultation on the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. The full response can be found here. Dominance of short-term thinking in the financial system and society has created a dysfunctional “tragedy of theContinue reading “Climate change disclosure is part of the fundamental short-termism problem”
What are the parameters of non-financial performance?
This article first appeared on Market Mogul on April 1. I am currently working on a response to the European Commission’s consultation on ‘Non-binding guidelines for reporting of non-financial information by companies’. The regulation is in place and now the Commission seeks guidance for enabling compliance by the estimated 6,000 listed companies across theContinue reading “What are the parameters of non-financial performance?”
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