Why go digital?
It’s more engaging.
More efficient.
And more accessible.
Transform your reporting.
Why go digital?
Because it’s more engaging
Reportl delivers more interactive, engaging and search-engine friendly reports – attracting many more stakeholders than PDFs.
User analytics show that, on average, digital-first ESEF reports attract 10x more views than PDF reports.
And when offered the choice from a Google search, 85% of stakeholders choose the interactive online ESEF report over a PDF.
Because it’s more efficient
With demands for digital reporting increasing, corporate and sustainability reporting is getting more complex for companies and their design teams.
Reportl makes the transition from print software to a digital-led process simple and efficient.
✓ Fully accessible, multi-format design
✓ Online, PDF, print and iXBRL
✓ Single source content (one sign-off)
✓ Easy remote editing
✓ Automated page cross references
✓ Sync with data sources (e.g. Excel)
✓ Key content/data linking
✓ Live audit trail of all edits
✓ Integrated iXBRL (no tagging delays)
✓ Automated language translation
✓ Analytics (understand your stakeholders)
✓ Native XHTML (best practice)
Because it delivers compliant and accessible reporting
Since the introduction of ESEF in 2021, the whole annual report must be digital (web HTML).
Most companies do this by ‘converting’ their print PDF to HTML, but this has many digital limitations.
Reportl creates digital reports using ‘native HTML’ – this is the best practice approach outlined in the FRC guidelines.
This means Reportl provides accessible online, PDF and iXBRL reports, enabling compliance with accessibility requirements across markets.
What do regulators say?
Better processes are needed to improve digital ESEF reporting.
‘Data quality and usability remain below the level expected for companies in a leading capital market. Unlike PDF, the ESEF is a web-based format.’
UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
‘We expect issuers to devote the same level of care and attention to their digital annual report as they do to their PDF or print report.’
Financial Conduct Authority DTRs and Bulletin 37
‘Consider a report creation process that targets iXBRL/HTML natively, rather than converting a PDF output.’
XBRL International (specifications and standards)
Digital reporting for all
Better for stakeholders
Corporate reporting has to meet a wider range of audiences’ needs than ever before, and digital compliance is becoming more challenging.
Reportl solves this, delivering efficient compliance and transformed communications for companies and their stakeholders.
Informed by user analytics data, Reportl offers fully interactive, accessible and mobile-friendly reporting with video, animation and iXBRL tagging.
Better for companies
Reportl offers companies the opportunity to bring their reporting processes and publishing into the digital age.
It delivers simple solutions to many of the toughest reporting design challenges: full digital compliance; process automation; all formats from one source; efficient tagging; accessibility compliance; and Google/AI-friendly reports.
Reportl also syncs with financial data and consolidation systems, enabling improved internal audit and process controls when delivering the final digital report.
Better for design
Reportl is built to enable designers to digitise their creative and production process without any compromises in quality.
Reportl delivers beautiful and flexible design for both digital and PDF formats from one platform.
It enables experienced reporting design and production teams to enhance their digital skills, without the need for developers.
Reporting teams can now create user-friendly, accessible online reports – maximising the power of the mandatory digital format.
Why is digitisation happening now?
Corporate and sustainability reporting is at a tipping point.
Printed reports have all but gone.
Regulations now require full digital reporting.
98% of web users access content on a mobile.
A print-based PDF is not enough.
Stakeholders expect reporting to be easy to use and accessible.
Reports need be Google-friendly and AI compatible.
Reportl solves this. Beautifully designed, fully compliant reporting with all the digital features that stakeholders need.
What do stakeholders prefer?
Analytics data shows that users want both online and PDF reports
85%
of users choose the online
report over a PDF
10x
increase in digital-first PDF
downloads vs print-first PDF downloads
12x
increase in total user engagements
vs print-first PDFs alone
Source: Google Analytics Period analysed: 1 March 2024 - 20 May 2025 Sample size: 31,680 report users.
