Uantchern Loh featured by The Business Times
Black Sun's Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific Uantchern Loh has been featured in The Business Times' recent article, 'Time for a revamp of the annual report', discussing integrated reporting and how bringing together annual, sustainability and financial reports could be the way forward.
Investors are increasingly interested in integrated reporting to appeal to various stakeholder groups looking to understand companies' strategy and approach, especially on sustainability issues.
Uantchern Loh said "PDF is a legacy issue, becuase people had to print last time, (they have) no choice." the medium is not as well-suited for digital consumption, Loh added. " you try reading an A3 spread on mobile phone using PDF. It's not readable."
Companies are still producing PDF reports as they are required under listing rules to provide physical copies to shareholders who request them, Loh said. And with significant money spent already on these reports, companies may be less willing to spend extra for websites. Loh therefore believes the requirement to provide physical copies should be eased, and investors who are interested in hardcopy annual reports can proceed to make the print versions themselves. “If we look at the technology for Web-to-print, meaning that you do a website (and are) able to print nice PDFs from the Web, the technology is available already,” he said.
Read more on The Business Times website.
ENDS
For more information, contact Black Sun’s Marketing Manager, Matilda Paterson.
About Black Sun
We are global stakeholder communications company with offices in London and Singapore. We are united by a common purpose of making businesses more valued by their stakeholders. We are powered by a unique mix of strategic insight, creative inspiration, and technology advantage, and help businesses communicate authentically how they deliver value to their stakeholders. We believe that inspiring strategic communications can spark positive change and drive long-term sustainable performance.
Black Sun's Chief Executive Officer, Asia-Pacific Uantchern Loh has been featured in The Business Times' recent article, 'Time for a revamp of the annual report', discussing integrated reporting and how bringing together annual, sustainability and financial reports could be the way forward.
Investors are increasingly interested in integrated reporting to appeal to various stakeholder groups looking to understand companies' strategy and approach, especially on sustainability issues.
Uantchern Loh said "PDF is a legacy issue, becuase people had to print last time, (they have) no choice." the medium is not as well-suited for digital consumption, Loh added. " you try reading an A3 spread on mobile phone using PDF. It's not readable."
Companies are still producing PDF reports as they are required under listing rules to provide physical copies to shareholders who request them, Loh said. And with significant money spent already on these reports, companies may be less willing to spend extra for websites. Loh therefore believes the requirement to provide physical copies should be eased, and investors who are interested in hardcopy annual reports can proceed to make the print versions themselves. “If we look at the technology for Web-to-print, meaning that you do a website (and are) able to print nice PDFs from the Web, the technology is available already,” he said.
Read more on The Business Times website.
ENDS
For more information, contact Black Sun’s Marketing Manager, Matilda Paterson.
About Black Sun
We are global stakeholder communications company with offices in London and Singapore. We are united by a common purpose of making businesses more valued by their stakeholders. We are powered by a unique mix of strategic insight, creative inspiration, and technology advantage, and help businesses communicate authentically how they deliver value to their stakeholders. We believe that inspiring strategic communications can spark positive change and drive long-term sustainable performance.