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NIRI- Houston Chapter will provide two (2) local chapter members a scholarship consisting of the Body of Knowledge IRC Reference Book and the Investor Relations Charter Examination Fee. The IRC Credential is a New Standard for IR Professionals Investor relations professionals have a high degree of responsibility and can make a significant impact within their organizations. This demands competence across key disciplines including finance, strategy and communications. Earning the IRC demonstrates the necessary knowledge and skills in the IR Competency Framework, the ten subject areas essential to performing the investor relations function, namely: – IR Strategy Formulation
– Message Development
– Financial Reporting and Analysis
– Strategic Counseling and Collaboration
– Regulatory Compliance – IR Planning, Implementation and Measurement – Marketing and Outreach – Business Insights – Capital Market and Capital Structure – Corporate Governance The 180-page Body of ...

New policy statement calls for enhanced ESG reporting, led voluntarily by issuers IR teams have a crucial role to play in ensuring ESG disclosures are company-specific, relevant to investors and don’t fall into the trap of using boilerplate language, according to a new NIRI policy statement. IR professionals should be educating themselves about the types of ESG information investors want and partnering with internal stakeholders to ensure it gets delivered. ‘NIRI encourages IR professionals to work closely with their company’s legal counsel and internal business partners to develop a consistent approach for ESG information that will be disclosed and how that data should be verified before release,’ the policy statement reads. ‘For instance, IR professionals should reach out to their company’s sustainability/ESG team (if one exists), government affairs, communications, supply chain management, human resources and any other business partners that track or maintain ESG data to fully ...