Winner of the 2010 PROSE Award for Best Business, Finance, &Management Book! One Report refers to an emerging trend in business takingplace throughout the world where companies are going beyondseparate reports for financial and nonfinancial (e.g., corporatesocial responsibility or sustainability) results and integratingboth into a single integrated report. At the same time, they arealso leveraging the Internet to provide more detailed results toall of their stakeholders and for improving their level of dialogueand engagement with them. Providing best practice examples fromcompanies around the world, One Report shows how integratedreporting adds tremendous value to the company and all of itsstakeholders, including shareholders, and also ultimatelycontributes to a sustainable society. * Focuses on the emerging trend of integrated reporting as a toppriority for companies, investors, regulators, auditors and civilsociety * Provides compelling case studies from some of the world'sleading companies doing integrated reporting * Addresses how companies can move toward One Report and how itcan become a keystone of a sustainable strategy for both thecompany and society * Explains what others-such as analysts, shareholders, otherstakeholders, auditors, regulators, legislators, and civilsociety-need to do to enable the rapid and broad adoption of OneReport Filled with case studies and the most current trends onintegrated reporting, this book is an invaluable guidebook on thefuture of reporting and how this future can lead to a sustainablesociety.

If you are an investor, shareholder or financial analyst, with aninterest in sustainability, you will probably enjoy the recentpublication, One Report. In this book, the authors offer astrong endorsement of integrated reporting, claiming a compellingcase for this to be adopted all over the world, by public andprivate companies alike. ( csrwire.com, April 13, 2010) One Report is about creating a better corporatereporting system that integrates the reporting of financial,environmental, social, and governance performance, with aparticular focus on the ability of a company to operate in anenvironmentally sustainable manner. The book incorporates severalexcellent real-world examples of the One Report concept. Thebook is well-researched and the quality of the writing isexcellent. (accountingtools.com, April 2010) This is the first book I have seen on integrated reporting. Oneof the most telling points made in the book is the need forcompanies to integrate sustainable strategies into theirbusinesses. The authors go on to say that integrated reportingforces companies to do this because of the governance requirementsfacing organizations today. I also like the sections dealing withhow companies should be making use of social media such as Facebookto communicate and engage with stakeholders. The book is well worthreading. It is short and gives a good overview of the topic. (sustainabilitysa.org, April 2010) In an interview with IR Magazine, Krzus makes it clearthat he and Eccles aren't touting a new product or service. Fortheir book, they identified and cataloged best practice by studyingcompanies such as the Netherlands' Philips, Denmark's Novo Nordisk,Brazil's Natura, and US-based United Technologies Corporation. (thecrossbordergroup.com, March 9, 2010) Integrated reporting is the subject of Harvard Business SchoolSenior Lecturer Robert Eccles' new book, One Report.According to Professor Eccles, there are only a handful ofcompanies in the world that practice integrated reporting. The ideabehind integrated reporting is much more than a static paperdocument or PDF. It's a web-based approach that makes strategic useof Web 2.0 tools and technologies to enable users to do their ownanalyses. Integrated reporting offers several benefits...such asdeepened engagement with stakeholders, improved corporategovernance and communication of performance with ONE conversation. Just imagine, one conversation to share yourreputation. (reputationxchange.com, March 8, 2010)

Robert G. Eccles joined the faculty of the Harvard BusinessSchool in 1979 and received tenure in 1989, leaving in 1993 to workin the private sector. He rejoined the faculty in September of2007. He has co-written two previous books on improving corporatereporting: The ValueReporting Revolution: Moving Beyond theEarnings Game and Building Public Trust: The Future of CorporateReporting. Michael P. Krzus is a partner with Grant Thornton LLP inits Public Policy and External Affairs Group. He is GrantThornton's global expert on improving corporate reporting and hasrepresented his firm in U.S. and international business reportinginitiatives. He is a member of the AICPA Assurance ServicesExecutive Committee.