The International Integrated Reporting Framework and Integrated Thinking Principles have been developed and are used around the world, in 75 countries, to advance communication about value creation, preservation and erosion. The cycle of integrated reporting and thinking result in efficient and productive capital allocation.

Integrated reporting aims to:

• Improve the quality of information available to providers of financial capital to enable a more efficient and productive allocation of capital
• Promote a more cohesive and efficient approach to corporate reporting that draws on different reporting strands and communicates the full range of factors that affect the ability of an organisation to create value over time
• Enhance accountability and stewardship for the broad base of capitals (financial, manufactured, intellectual, human, social and relationship, and natural) and promote understanding of their independencies
• Support integrated thinking, decision-making and actions that focus on the creation of value over the short, medium and long term.

The Integrated Reporting Framework and Integrated Thinking Principles are maintained under the auspices of the IFRS Foundation, a global not-for-profit, public interest organisation established to develop high-quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted accounting and sustainability disclosure standards. The Integrated Reporting Framework can be used to connect financial statements and sustainability-related financial disclosures. The IFRS Foundation’s International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) are jointly responsible for the Integrated Reporting Framework.

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