Corporate Transparency Reporting

September 28th, 2010 by Stewart McKie - Executive Advisor

I’m becoming more and more convinced that the next big thing in corporate reporting is corporate transparency reporting (CTR) based on what you might call ‘intentional transparency’. So what exactly is CTR all about? Read the rest of this entry »




The Jelly Hasn’t Set or the Jelly Jive

September 21st, 2010 by Stewart McKie - Executive Advisor

Eric Cohen and his co-conspirators have been manfully evangelizing the XBRL GL (Global Ledger not General Ledger) taxonomy for some years now and Eric’s recent tweet “Are you GL-In?” reminded me that despite being a great concept, XBRL GL still hasn’t taken off yet. So why is that? Read the rest of this entry »




Sustainability Reporting and XBRL

September 17th, 2010 by Stewart McKie - Executive Advisor

As the drive for sustainability reporting gains momentum we should remain mindful of the fact that we have a green-field opportunity to do this right by basing this reporting going forward on a data standard like XBRL. This is not a new idea. As I research sustainability reporting and XBRL, I’ve come across papers and other content from the past that clearly recognized the value of this approach.   Read the rest of this entry »




A GAFIR for the Gaffers

September 7th, 2010 by Stewart McKie - Executive Advisor

I enjoyed reading Brad Monterio’s two articles in Strategic Finance on Sustainability Reporting and XBRL and noted that the Gaffers at the IIRC have come up with a new acronym: GAFIR – a Generally Accepted Framework for Integrated Reporting. According to Brad’s article, we might have a GAFIR by 2020, but then again we might not. Now I’m not too fond of waiting a decade for someone else to figure out stuff that I could probably figure out for myself. So I developed a sustainability performance management application to feed our own Rivet Crossfire, which turned out to be a great way to start thinking seriously about holistic reporting formats. Read the rest of this entry »




XPRL – The New Language of PR

September 7th, 2010 by Stewart McKie - Executive Advisor

I was scouring Twitter today for some interesting XBRL news when I came across this in a Tweet:

XPRL is XML for Business and Financial…

XPRL? At first I thought it was simple typo but then I discovered that XPRL actually exists – it stands for XML Public Relations Language. So that got me to thinking what could be in an XPRL taxonomy? Read the rest of this entry »




Webinar Announcement: Best Practices for Your XBRL Filing

September 1st, 2010 by Rivet Software

If you’re a public company that submits filings to the SEC, then you’ve either already filed using XBRL or you soon will be. XBRL is the future for business filings whether you’re a public company, a mutual fund or an international consortium and you need to know some best practices as you move forward.

This webinar will cover topics we feel would help both current and future SEC filers using XBRL. We will discuss how to improve your XBRL filing process including your review process and how to educate your organization. Please join us for this helpful and informative webinar.

Title: Best Practices for Your XBRL Filing
Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM MDT

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We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Your Rivet Team