Claire reports live from the UK Chartered Governance Institute’s Annual Conference, where she was, unsurprisingly, talking about AI and reporting. She did not expect to be announcing this particular news, however!

Following the publication of Your Precocious Intern in May, Claire Bodanis was joined by Diana Rose, Head of ESG Solutions at our research partner Insig AI; John Elkington, Founder and Chief Pollinator at Volans, who wrote the report’s foreword; and Sam Mudd, Chief Executive Officer of Bytes Technology Group. They discussed the research findings and recommendations, and the debate ranged far and wide, prompted by many questions from the audience.

The Falcon Windsor/Insig AI team are very grateful to London Standard columnist, Chris Blackhurst, who interviewed Claire and wrote the following piece on Your Precocious Intern. For print geeks, it was particularly exciting since it was a double-page spread in the 29 May edition! The online version is available here, but you can read the full text below. The issues Chris raises will certainly be on the agenda at our webinar on 12 June, with sustainability guru John Elkington, and Sam Mudd, CEO of FTSE 250 company, Bytes Technology Group. Please sign up for that here. We do hope you will join us!

Yesterday, the Falcon Windsor/Insig AI team published ‘Your Precocious Intern’, our research and practical recommendations for how to use generative AI responsibly in corporate reporting, based on our project with FTSE companies and investors. In today’s blog, prompted by the unexpected appearance of generative AI in her personal life, Claire cross-examines her own motives, and invites you to share your thoughts too.

Our response to the FRC consultation – opportunities for future digital reporting.

Our AI/reporting research project with Insig AI is well under way, and the insights from companies are fascinating in many ways. However, one subject that seems conspicuously absent from internal corporate debates about adopting generative AI technologies is energy…

While struggling to marshal her thoughts for this month’s FW blog, Claire turned to an unlikely source for inspiration…

FW writer Tamara O’Brien digests the issues from Claire’s recent webinar on the uses and abuses of AI in sustainability reporting. Corey Walrod, from the ISSB’s technical staff, gave the inside track on the new IFRS sustainability standards;  Diana Rose, ESG Research Director at Insig AI, explained the pros and cons of common types of AI and how corporate reporters should approach them; while Adrian Clark of Royal Bank of Canada explored the uses and limitations of AI in making judgement calls about potential investments.

Claire comments on a gap in the UK Government’s strategy for developing a pro-innovation approach to AI regulation – namely, the lack of focus on corporate reporting. But fear not: our research in partnership with Imperial College London and Insig AI should help fill it!

Claire holds back her planned blog to bring you the exciting news that this week her campaign for the responsible use of AI in reporting was the subject of The Banker’s editorial.

Claire discusses the launch of her guidance for Boards and management on the responsible use of AI in corporate reporting. All blogs and documents referenced can be found in the new AI campaign section of our website.

Claire gives an update on her proposal for regulating the use of AI in reporting, and invites all those interested to take part in an hour-long focus group discussing the topic. If you’d like to join what promises to be a lively debate, please email claire@falconwindsor.com.