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Why Reportl: Transforming corporate reporting

Corporate reporting is undergoing a major transformation. As digital-first approaches become the norm, companies are moving away from traditional print formats and embracing new ways to deliver accessible, compliant, and engaging reports.

Author: Louise Coen

Print reduces, while digital rises

Today, very few corporate annual reports have large print and mailing requirements. PDF functionality has led this shift for 10-15 years. But, while the PDF remains important in reporting, today’s audiences also expect companies to provide online content that is easy to navigate, mobile-friendly and accessible to all users. PDF-led reporting limited capability in digitisation.

Digital reporting regulation is now accelerating this shift. Mandatory digital reporting requirements, such as iXBRL, are driving companies to reconsider how they produce and distribute their reports.

iXBRL is a web format.. It’s intended to make reports machine-readable, transparent, and accessible to everyone. However, owing to software limitations, many companies publish mandatory digital reports that are not fully functional or user-friendly online.

Regulators have highlighted the need for significant improvement. Software advances are now helping to enable this, offering companies the opportunity to transform their reporting.

Introducing Reportl: A new era of digital reporting

Reportl is a purpose-built platform designed to enable companies to deliver beautiful, interactive, and compliant corporate and sustainability reporting — all from one system.

Whether publishing to PDF, online, print, or iXBRL, Reportl streamlines the process with a powerful suite of features that offer benefits for companies and their stakeholders.

Why choose Reportl?

More efficient processes

Manage content in one place with single-source publishing
Sign off once, then publish to all formats effortlessly
Edit remotely, with no special software required
Automate hyperlinks, contents, and page references
Generate iXBRL seamlessly within the platform — no separate process needed
Sync financial data directly from spreadsheets or finance systems
Easily link key sections of your report using intuitive parent/child relationships

More engaging for stakeholders

Deliver reports in all required formats: PDF, online, print, and iXBRL
Optimised for mobile and all modern devices and browsers
Enhance reports with video, interactivity, and intuitive navigation
Improve discoverability with Google-indexable content and SEO-friendly structure
Built with AI-ready code and tagging for future-focused applications
Track engagement and user behaviour with integrated analytics
Add language translation to reach global audiences

More compliant

Follow best-practice 'native' XHTML, as recommended by regulators
Generate well-formed XHTML that improves iXBRL data quality
Enables reports to meet WCAG accessibility standards
Publish and file all formats simultaneously
Designed in line with FRC guidelines and XBRL International recommendations
Support digital assurance and control requirements

A smarter way to work

Reportl replaces traditional print design tools with a single, collaborative platform. Reporting teams can design, build, write, tag, and edit directly in the system — then deliver all required formats at the click of a button.

It’s a smarter, faster, and future-ready approach to reporting.