Our 2026 Women in Business report explores the mid-market’s commitment to DE&I and gender diversity in leadership and the impact this has on business success.
Mid-market firms are scaling sustainability for growth, not just compliance. Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) 2025 report reveals how sustainability investments are driving profitability, resilience and global expansion — despite regulatory shifts and political uncertainty.
Instability has come to define the global business landscape and the ability for mid-market firms to thrive through disruption is becoming a key differentiator.
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has added to the transitional reliefs it already had proposed in relation to the adoption of its first two Sustainability Standards. In their first year of reporting, entities will only need to report sustainability risks and opportunities in relation to climate.
Green House Gas (GHG) emissions are classified into categories of Scope 1, Scope 2 or Scope 3. This is a way of grouping emissions between those created by the company and those created by its wider value chain.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive revises the 2014 Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), extends the scope of covered companies and strengthens the reporting requirements for in-scope companies.
This year’s Women in Business report – The Push for Parity shows that globally, 32.4% of senior management positions are now held by women.
Progress on the overall number of women in senior leadership continues, but it’s concerningly slow.
Although positive, progress is slow. This year, women in mid-market companies hold 32.4% of senior management positions, up 0.5pp from last year’s 31.9%.
Grant Thornton research reveals big increases in the percentage of women occupying chief executive officer (CEO), managing director (MD), and chief information officer (CIO) positions.
Accounting is a language that does not live from being conceptually perfect, but from being generally accepted and understandable
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) confirms the effective date of its new Standards
Here you will find reports from our 19 years of research; opinions and advice to help your business be more diverse and inclusive.
Five recommendations to push for parity, and accelerate progress.
In businesses adopting a hybrid model, with a defined mix of onsite and remote working, there are higher levels of women in senior management.
Insights into IAS 36 provides assistance for preparers of financial statements and help where confusion has been seen in practice.
The articles in our ‘Insights into IAS 36’ series have been written to assist preparers of financial statements and those charged with the governance of reporting entities understand the requirements set out in IAS 36.
This article provides a summary of the IAS 36 disclosure requirements and highlights particular areas of focus for regulators, including select illustrative examples for these areas of focus.
Providing awareness of new Standards, Interpretations that have been issued and amendments made to existing ones.