The DBT’s Modernisation of Corporate Reporting Review should be coming our way soon. Claire explains how you can influence it; and gives an update on Trust me, I’m listed for the age of AI.
Read MoreThe FT’s Sustainable Views is back again, covering our AI campaign
To disclose or not to disclose? That is – or was – the question discussed at our January webinar on the responsible use of generative AI in corporate reporting. Clearly a popular one, given not only the attendance, but also the coverage! Claire summarises it here.
Read MoreWebinar blog: The responsible use of generative AI in corporate reporting #2: Should companies disclose the use of generative AI in reporting, and if so, how?
A hot topic in our focus groups with companies and investors was the value, or otherwise, of disclosing the use of generative AI in reporting. In the second of our four-part webinar series, FW founder Claire Bodanis hosted a discussion with research partner Diana Rose who gave an update on AI tools, Martin Blaxall, Director, Corporate Brand and Communications, AstraZeneca, who talked about the results of their trials of AI tools in reporting; and Freddie Woolfe, Jupiter Asset Management, who gave his perspective as an investor on what he would want to know.
Read MoreAn FW present that’s not just for Christmas: a new model for corporate reporting
Claire offers a handmade Christmas present to all reporters, and the Department for Business and Trade’s corporate reporting review team. Says Claire: ‘Enormous thanks to the 50+ FTSE companies, technical and regulatory experts, auditors and investors, whose contributions greatly improved my own handiwork.’
Read MoreWebinar blog: The responsible use of generative AI in corporate reporting #1 – What might reporting look like in an AI-enabled future?
In the first in our new, four-part webinar series, FW founder Claire Bodanis and research partner Diana Rose of Insig AI discussed FW’s new proposal for the reform of reporting, and how to make best use of AI, with Jonathan Labrey, who leads the IFRS Foundation’s integrated reporting effort ; and Ida Woodger, Group Company Secretary of FTSE 100 company, Intertek. FW’s proposal will be sent to the UK Government ahead of the launch in the new year of the consultation on its ‘Modernisation of Corporate Reporting’ review.
Read MoreAre the stars aligning? Rethinking reporting for the age of AI
With thanks to the IR Society for commissioning a version of this blog for the Summer edition of their magazine, Informed.
Awash with reporting consultations and discussions, and with AI marching swiftly on, Claire believes the time is right to rethink reporting from first principles – to ensure that it achieves its purpose for investors and other stakeholders, while making it much simpler and easier to produce. Claire’s gathering support for her proposal, so if you’re interested in supporting or hearing more, please contact her – claire@falconwindsor.com.
Read MoreHot news! ‘Trust me, I’m listed’ for the age of AI
Claire reports live from the UK Chartered Governance Institute’s Annual Conference, where she was, unsurprisingly, talking about AI and reporting. She did not expect to be announcing this particular news, however!
Read MoreWebinar blog: Your Precocious Intern – How to use generative AI responsibly in corporate reporting
Following the publication of Your Precocious Intern in May, Claire Bodanis was joined by Diana Rose, Head of ESG Solutions at our research partner Insig AI; John Elkington, Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans, who wrote the report’s foreword; and Sam Mudd, Chief Executive Officer of Bytes Technology Group. They discussed the research findings and recommendations, and the debate ranged far and wide, prompted by many questions from the audience.
Read MoreThank you, The Standard, for writing Claire’s blog! (About AI of course)
The Falcon Windsor/Insig AI team are very grateful to London Standard columnist, Chris Blackhurst, who interviewed Claire and wrote the following piece on Your Precocious Intern. For print geeks, it was particularly exciting since it was a double-page spread in the 29 May edition! The online version is available here, but you can read the full text below. The issues Chris raises will certainly be on the agenda at our webinar on 12 June, with sustainability guru John Elkington, and Sam Mudd, CEO of FTSE 250 company, Bytes Technology Group. Please sign up for that here. We do hope you will join us!
Read MoreWhat Friday Night Dinner taught me about gen AI
Yesterday, the Falcon Windsor/Insig AI team published ‘Your Precocious Intern’, our research and practical recommendations for how to use generative AI responsibly in corporate reporting, based on our project with FTSE companies and investors. In today’s blog, prompted by the unexpected appearance of generative AI in her personal life, Claire cross-examines her own motives, and invites you to share your thoughts too.
Read MoreA golden opportunity to rethink reporting – thank you FRC!
Our response to the FRC consultation – opportunities for future digital reporting.
Read MoreCould adoption of generative AI put companies’ net zero targets at risk?
Our AI/reporting research project with Insig AI is well under way, and the insights from companies are fascinating in many ways. However, one subject that seems conspicuously absent from internal corporate debates about adopting generative AI technologies is energy…
Read MoreHow ChatGPT cured this writer’s block
While struggling to marshal her thoughts for this month’s FW blog, Claire turned to an unlikely source for inspiration…
Read MoreAI and the new sustainability standards: help or hindrance?
FW writer Tamara O’Brien digests the issues from Claire’s recent webinar on the uses and abuses of AI in sustainability reporting. Corey Walrod, from the ISSB’s technical staff, gave the inside track on the new IFRS sustainability standards; Diana Rose, ESG Research Director at Insig AI, explained the pros and cons of common types of AI and how corporate reporters should approach them; while Adrian Clark of Royal Bank of Canada explored the uses and limitations of AI in making judgement calls about potential investments.
Read MoreThe UK Government, AI and regulation: why not the FRC?
Claire comments on a gap in the UK Government’s strategy for developing a pro-innovation approach to AI regulation – namely, the lack of focus on corporate reporting. But fear not: our research in partnership with Imperial College London and Insig AI should help fill it!
Read MoreHold the front page! FT’s The Banker covers our AI campaign
Claire holds back her planned blog to bring you the exciting news that this week her campaign for the responsible use of AI in reporting was the subject of The Banker’s editorial.
Read MoreIf you can’t change your mind about AI…
Claire discusses the launch of her guidance for Boards and management on the responsible use of AI in corporate reporting. All blogs and documents referenced can be found in the new AI campaign section of our website.
Read MoreGot a view on AI in reporting? Here’s a chance to get your voice in Government’s ear
Claire gives an update on her proposal for regulating the use of AI in reporting, and invites all those interested to take part in an hour-long focus group discussing the topic. If you’d like to join what promises to be a lively debate, please email claire@falconwindsor.com.
Read MoreRegulating AI in reporting? Here’s how
Claire has drafted a proposal for how to regulate the use of AI in reporting, which she’s sharing with the FCA and FRC. You can read it here.
Read MoreReporting regulators: act now and save reporting’s soul from AI
Claire calls on all those involved in UK reporting regulation to prohibit the use of AI in reporting – right now.
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