Exploring investor perspectives on technology, sustainability, and crises management in creating long-term value. Insights on the importance of transparent financial reporting amidst volatile environments. Key takeaways emphasize technology, sustainability reporting, and transparent information for companies.
Companies should focus on evolving sustainability reporting and preparing for new regulations.
Investors value companies' utilization of emerging technologies like AI and expect transparency on progress and risks.
Deep dives
Emphasis on Sustainability Reporting Evolution
Companies are urged to focus on the evolution of sustainability reporting during the current reporting season, with an emphasis on embracing new regulations and conducting test runs to prepare for future requirements. Outside of regulations, companies are advised to balance materiality to investors and stakeholders, reflecting on past and forward-looking information.
Investor Interest in Technology
Investors show enthusiasm for companies' utilization of emerging technologies like AI, expecting transparency on progress, risks, and opportunities. The accelerated adoption of AI ranks as critical to the value equation, highlighting investors' interest in technological advancements and the need for thorough reporting in this area.
Importance of Sustainability Integration
Investors place significance on sustainability management by companies, requiring detailed disclosures on sustainability-related risks, opportunities, and impacts on financial assumptions. There is a growing demand for integrating sustainability into corporate strategies, with a focus on clear, consistent, and comparable information to build trust and address the reporting trust deficit posed by investors.
As we kick-off the new year, Laura Kennedy is joined by PwC’s Global Reporting Leader Nadja Picard, and Eleanor Larner from our global investor engagement programme to find out what investor’s want to know about how companies are managing crises and staying resilient, while creating and protecting long-term value in today’s fracturing world.