Triple Pundit reported on a meeting held in late September at the US Aligning the SDGs with Integrated Reporting. IIRC President Richard Howitt explained how the SDG's can be integrated with other forms of reporting and commented on key indicators of progress in the integrated movement:

1. Release of the official position paper from the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) that integrated reporting is “the future of corporate reporting” – no qualification, no conditions
   
2. Decision of the International Accounting Standards Board to Review its guidelines for the narrative part of the company report, partly to address integrated reporting
   
3. The recommendations of the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance which called integrated reporting “the ultimate ambition,”
   
4. The financial standard-setters and the sustainability frameworks – SASB, CDP, the GRI and CDSB – which combine together in the “Corporate Reporting Dialogue” convened by the IIRC, agreed a joint position statement in favor of the TCFD recommendations

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