Workshop on the Future Direction of the Corporate Reporting Model

The workshop will discuss current challenges in corporate reporting and ways to address them in order to provide  fair and useful information on enterprise economic activities, as well as activities on corporate social responsibility, environment protection, corporate governance, and impact on sustainable development.  It  will bring together lead international experts on accounting and reporting, key policy makers, regulators, standard-setters, international and regional organizations, professional accountancy organizations, accounting firms, academia, investors, preparers of corporate reports, and civil society.

In particular, the following questions will be debated:

• What are the main current challenges for corporate reporting and specific implications  emanating from post-2015 development agenda?
• What are the main existing reporting models and how they address these challenges?
• What are major achievements, good practices and lessons learned  in the area of financial reporting, non-financial reporting and integrated reporting in the context of sustainable development?
• How to ensure that corporate reporting provides its critical input towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals?