21 September 2016 
Matt Sisson, Projects and Membership Manager
A new joint report between the World Bank, CIPFA, and the IIRC aimed at public sector leaders has found that adopting Integrated Reporting can have a positive impact on public organisations. Whilst universities don’t strictly fit the bill, there’s much in the report that’s applicable to HE, and it makes interesting reading whether or not your organisation has decided to work towards the framework.
Independent research undertaken for the report found that 92% of public sector leaders at organisations that had implemented Integrated Reporting said that it “increased understanding of performance and value creation at leadership level and employee level, as well as with the growing external stakeholder base”, while 87% said that “providers of financial capital better understood their strategy” as a result.
For those who are wondering about the process of implementing Integrated Reporting, the report also includes case studies, which follow the journey of three different organisations. And remember that the BUFDG report on Integrated Reporting in universities, published earlier this year, and which introduces the topic with an abridged but HE-specific framework, is available to download from the BUFDG website.
