integrated reporting: sustainability & the true cost of doing business

Integrated Reporting

Robert A.G. MonksJune 17, 2014

www.ragm.com

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True cost of products &

services

Costs factored into market

price

Fewer regulations & prosecutions

Fewer fines & settlements

"The university's review has concluded that coal is one of the most carbon-intensive methods of energy generation and that other sources can be readily substituted for it. Moving away from coal in the investment context is a small, but constructive, step while work continues, at Stanford and elsewhere, to develop broadly viable sustainable energy solutions for the future."

-Stanford President John Hennessy

Consumers and investors are complicit in problems caused by corporate externalities.

No More Enablers

ExternalitiesInjuries & damages

Impact on Environment

Lawsuits, Fines &

SettlementsMoney in

politics

<IR> solves those problems“An integrated report benefits all stakeholders

interested in an organization’s ability to create value over time, including employees, customers, suppliers, business partners, local communities, legislators, regulators and policy-makers.”

– IR Framework, www.theiirc.org