Since 2022, IRAS has partnered with MyWalk, an enterprise development (ED) project started by Adcock Ingram and Netcare to produce low-cost school shoes from recycled IV drip bags.
Integrated Reporting & Assurance Services
DELIVERING WORLD CLASS SERVICES TO WORLD CLASS CLIENTS
Integrated Reporting & Assurance Services
DELIVERING WORLD CLASS SERVICES TO WORLD CLASS CLIENTS
In operation since January 2009, IRAS is a very small yet highly impactful niche/boutique advisory and assurance services
provider focussing primarily on the provision of independent third-party assurance over the Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) (or “Sustainability”) content within integrated annual reports.
IRAS is passionately driven by Michael H. Rea, the Managing Partner and
Lead Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (CSAP). Over the past 24 years, Michael has continued to learn and
grow with the evolution of integrated reporting and sustainability assurance, developing an experience statement that
includes the completion of 105 assurance engagements in 20 countries, the authorship of more than a dozen Integrated
Annual, Sustainability and/or ESG & Climate Change reports, and countless sustainability-related projects throughout
South Africa and around the world.
Having worked with clients representing a diversity of industry sectors, Michael has
spent the past 14 years developing IRAS into one of SA’s leading consultancies, providing ESG/ Sustainability reporting, assurance and advisory services to clients in over 20 countries.
SERVICING CLIENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD
AMERICA | AFRICA | EUROPE | ASIA
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OUR SERVICES
ASSURANCE | AUTHORSHIP | ADVISORY
ASSURANCE
Provision of Independent Third-Party Assurance over the ESG/Sustainability content within Integrated Annual Reports, Social & Labour Plan Annual Reports and various other corporate reports to stakeholders
AUTHORSHIP
Writing & graphic design of Integrated Annual Reports, Social & Labour Plans (SLPs), SLP Annual Reports, Mine Community Resettlement Reports and various other corporate reports to stakeholders.
ADVISORY & OTHER
Stakeholder Engagement Plan Development, Training & Lecturing, Corporate Social Investment (CSI) and Socioeconomic Development (SED) planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation.
ASSURANCE
Provision of Independent Third-Party Assurance over the ESG/Sustainability content within Integrated Annual Reports, Social & Labour Plan Annual Reports and various other corporate reports to stakeholders
AUTHORSHIP
Writing & graphic design of Integrated Annual Reports, Social & Labour Plans (SLPs), SLP Annual Reports, Mine Community Resettlement Reports and various other corporate reports to stakeholders.
ADVISORY
Stakeholder Engagement Plan Development, Training & Lecturing, Corporate Social Investment (CSI) & Socioeconomic Development planning, implementation & monitoring & evaluation.
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2022 Update on ESG/Sustainability Data Transparency in South Africa.
A review of more than 55 000 potential data points for a total of 204 ESG/Sustainability data indicators across the entire population of 270 JSE listed companies for the January – December 2021 reporting period (i.e., all FY2021 reports that were published in 2021).
The primary purposes of the research is to provide insight into whether or not JSE listed companies are providing stakeholders with a reasonable amount of quantitative (numerical), comparable ESG/sustainability data.
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Our primary research consists of an annual review of how well JSE listed companies meet reasonable expectations for ESG/Sustainability data transparency. By reviewing ALL annual reports and supplemental documentation, IRAS creates an annual score representing how much quantitative (numerical) comparable performance data is made available to stakeholders. Additional research reports are produced to cover additional topics such as SDG Reporting and ESG/Sustainability Assurance.