In its new article, IIRC Sees Global Progress in Integrated Reporting, Accounting Today used the occasion of the release by the IIRC of its own 2016 Integrated Report to review the state of the movement reporting that 1,500 companies in 62 countries across the globe are now issuing integrated reports. There are roughly 20 companies in the U.S. issuing this type of report.

The article quotes Barry Meloncon, AICPA president and CEO, who is also global chairman of the IIRC, on the role of accountants

“As integrated reporting becomes more common, there are a lot of aspects of integrated reporting that either the profession would be involved with helping people to produce, or potentially in some parts of the world [provide] some attestation on some of the information,” said Melancon.