Digital-first reporting, and the importance of structured data in reporting in an AI world.
Integrated reports have spent decades as PDFs - built for reading, not for machines. As regulators move toward structured, tagged disclosure and AI systems become primary readers of corporate data, issuers face a choice: keep publishing static documents, or start reporting in a language machines and stakeholders can both trust. That was the conversation on the day.
What issuers lose when financial and impact data is locked inside a document designed for print, and what structured tagging recovers.
Where JSE-listed issuers stand on structured tagging today, and the practical route from narrative reporting to tagged disclosure.
Why large language models and analyst tools increasingly determine how your report gets read - and what that means for how it should be built.
The full session recorded in Johannesburg, including the panel discussion and audience Q&A.
A snapshot built from the live poll run on the day - shared here to give you a feel for where the sector's thinking sits, not as an ongoing data feed.
"Which best describes your organisation's structured reporting right now?"
"Even as AI reads more of your reporting, where do you think human judgement remains essential?"
"'The future of reporting isn't about producing more reports - it's about creating trusted digital information that people, technology and AI can all understand.' How true does this feel?"
"If there's one thing every issuer should start thinking about today, what would it be?" - from 44 open-text responses
Everything referenced on the day, in one place.
The full presentation by John Turner, CEO of XBRL International.
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