Strategic focus and future orientaiion. An integrated report should provide insight into the organization's strategy and how that strategy relates to the organization's ability to create value in the short, medium, and long term and its use of and effects on its capitals.
Connectivity of information. An integrated report should show, as a comprehensive value-creation story, the combination, interrelatedness, and dependencies between the components that are material to the organization's ability to create value over time.
Stakeholder responsiveness. An integrated report should provide insight into the quality of the organization's relationships with its key stakeholders and how and to what extent the organization understands, takes into account, and responds to their legitimate needs, interests, and expectations.
Materiality and conciseness. An integrated report should provide concise information that is material to assessing the organization's ability to create value in the short, medium, and long term,
Reliability and completeness. An integrated report should include all material matters, both positive and negative, in a balanced way and without material error.
Consistency and comparability. The information in an integrated report should be presented on a basis that is consistent over time and in a way that enables comparison with other organizations to the. extent it is material to the organization's own value creation story,
Source: "Consultation Draft of the International Integrated Reporting Framework," the International Integrated Reporting Council, April 2013, p. 6.
As illustrated in Exhibit 1.3. the CD introduces and recommends six Guiding Principles. which underpin the preparation of an IR. inform its content and affect how information is presented. The six Guiding Principles are: strategic focus and