Integrated Reporting & Assurance Services (IRAS), in partnership with the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD), recently celebrated remarkable strides in corporate disability inclusion at a prestigious event held at The Leonardo in Sandton, Johannesburg.
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 25 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 more than 100 assurance engagements in 20 countries, the authorship of multiple 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 15 years developing IRAS into one of SA’s leading consultancies, providing ESG/ Sustainability reporting, assurance and advisory services to clients in multiple industry sectors.
SERVICING CLIENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD
AMERICA | AFRICA | EUROPE | ASIA
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OUR SERVICES
ASSURANCE | AUTHORSHIP | ADVISORY | CSAP TRAINING
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) and Socioeconomic Development (SED) planning, implementation and monitoring & evaluation.
CSAP TRAINING
As an AccountAbility licensed provider of Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (CSAP) training, IRAS offers a unique and value-adding approach to CSAP training. Training begins mid-July 2024.
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.
CSAP TRAINING
As an AccountAbility licensed provider of Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (CSAP) training, IRAS offers a unique and value-adding approach to CSAP training. Training begins mid-July 2024.
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DISABLED PERSONS RATE (DPR)
A 2024 review of the employment of disabled persons within JSE listed companies.
The small, but highly impactful, IRAS team scoured through the 2023 Integrated Annual and/or Sustainability reports published by 235 JSE listed companies to first determine that only 80 of the 235 companies (34.0%) reported either a number of disabled employees or a self- calculated DPR.
This is down from the 87 of 252 companies for 2022 financial periods, and also down in terms of frequency (2022: 34.5%). However, 34.0% remains significantly higher than the meagre 24.1% identified from reports published for the 2021 financial period, demonstrating a trend towards increased transparency, even while listed companies disappear from the JSE.
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