Stakeholder Connections: Section 172 Trends - Design Portfolio

How are small and mid-cap companies reporting on Section 172? Design Portfolio’s latest whitepaper looks at emerging trends from the first annual reports published under the new regulation and provides some golden rules to boost your stakeholder disclosure.

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Having dominated the UK corporate reporting agenda for nearly two years, mandatory Section 172 statements are now being published for the first time, and no one could have imagined them arriving under more turbulent circumstances. But how are they shaping up?

To find out, Design Portfolio reviewed the first small and mid-cap annual reports published under the Section 172 reporting regime.

Download “Stakeholder Connections” to see what we uncovered, included detailed insight into:

  • The latest Section 172 reporting trends
  • The challenges facing small and mid-caps
  • Best practice examples
  • Guidance on how to improve your reporting


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We are strategic advisors, creative thinkers and compelling storytellers. We are trusted partners to companies of all sizes and all stages of growth, helping them to tell their unique equity and ESG stories effectively to their stakeholders. We advise on strategic direction, facilitate stakeholder engagement, create engaging narratives and memorable brands, and ensure that each client’s story is told consistently through: Corporate reporting, Websites, Branding, Sustainability, Investor presentations, Video and animation and Employee communications.


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Published 28 April, 2020