The emergence of integrated private reporting

Atkins, Jill Frances, Solomon, Aris, Norton, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8337-0944 and Joseph, Nathan Lael 2015. The emergence of integrated private reporting. Meditari Accountancy Research 23 (1) , pp. 28-61. 10.1108/MEDAR-01-2014-0002

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Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to provide evidence to suggest that private social and environmental reporting (i.e. one-on-one meetings between institutional investors and investees on social and environmental issues) is beginning to merge with private financial reporting and that, as a result, integrated private reporting is emerging. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, 19 FTSE100 companies and 20 UK institutional investors were interviewed to discover trends in private integrated reporting and to gauge whether private reporting is genuinely becoming integrated. The emergence of integrated private reporting through the lens of institutional logics was interpreted. The emergence of integrated private reporting as a merging of two hitherto separate and possibly rival institutional logics was framed. Findings It was found that specialist socially responsible investment managers are starting to attend private financial reporting meetings, while mainstream fund managers are starting to attend private meetings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Further, senior company directors are becoming increasingly conversant with ESG issues. Research limitations/implications The findings were interpreted as two possible scenarios: there is a genuine hybridisation occurring in the UK institutional investment such that integrated private reporting is emerging or the financial logic is absorbing and effectively neutralising the responsible investment logic. Practical implications These findings provide evidence of emergent integrated private reporting which are useful to both the corporate and institutional investment communities as they plan their engagement meetings. Originality/value No study has hitherto examined private social and environmental reporting through interview research from the perspective of emergent integrated private reporting. This is the first paper to discuss integrated reporting in the private reporting context.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Emerald
ISSN:	1022-2529
Funders:	N/A
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	29 May 2020
Date of Acceptance:	17 November 2014
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 14:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/131585

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