To learn about us, we start with our founder. Clive Lotter was a commercial copywriter who was briefed on his first company report in 1996 – and has not looked back since. Over the following 29 years the team has grown to include specialist writers, strategists, sustainability experts, organisational architects and data scientists. With operational and quality controls deeply embedded within The Corporate Reporters, we assemble ‘horses for courses’ teams for your reports and projects.
In all this, we stay the pace at the leading edge of sustainability and integrated reporting, by continuously monitoring the fast evolving landscape of frameworks and standards. We’re on track for what standards you presently need to report against.
To enable our clients to uncover and publicise the true value of their business through effective storytelling.
Experience. Skill. Energy. Curiosity. Care.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WORDSMITH
Clive is the founder and chief wordsmith for The Corporate Reporters.
For 29 years, Clive has written company reports and complex business proposals, evolving over the years into a thought leader in the integrated and sustainability concepts that began sweeping through corporate reporting after the 2008 global economic crisis. Clive also writes sensitive inter-business correspondence, project proposals and tenders.
Clive gets inspired by contemplative walks with his dogs in the hills surrounding his home village of McGregor in the Western Cape.
SUSTAINABILITY AND REPORTING STRATEGIST
Boudewijn has promoted sustainable business practice for over 20 years. From conducting social compliance audits for UK retailers to launching Fairtrade International in South Africa and leading international initiatives like Bonsucro and Solidaridad Network in Africa. Boudewijn has extensive experience in working with sustainability standards and a strategic approach towards excellent reporting.
WRITER AND PROJECT MANAGER
Kombe is a Writer and Project Manager at The Corporate Reporters, where she combines in-depth research expertise with a passion for storytelling to deliver compelling and accurate content. Holding an MA in Industrial & Economic Sociology and extensive experience in research, reporting, and client engagement, Kombe crafts insightful reports that resonate with diverse audiences. She brings a track record of writing, strategic communication, and relationship management, shaped through roles in academia, consulting and training. Outside of work, she stays energised and inspired through running, hiking, and other active pursuits that fuel her creativity and focus.
ACCOUNT MANAGER
After the infamous Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill off a pristine Alaskan coast sparked an international outcry, The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) gets launched.
Clive’s advertising copywriting work reaches four
Loeries Awards finals, but doesn’t win any 
The first working draft of Integrated Reporting standards are released for public review. As a result, Clive recognises the first glimmers of a new dawn in authentic corporate reporting.
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is founded and recognised in the USA.
Clive is commissioned to write world first analyses of the <IR> framework. Over the next two years he pens a monthly column on integrated reporting and sustainability issues for SAICA’s ASA magazine (a publication dedicated to accountancy).
The Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is launched.
Clive rebrands and relaunches his consultancy as ‘The Corporate Reporters’. The business is no longer just about Clive – its bedrock is the crack team of energetic, motivated individuals that begin joining or collaborating with The Corporate Reporters.
Clive Lotter, an advertising copywriter, is briefed in his first ‘long-form’ report. After some initial scepticism and eye-rolling, Clive takes to long form writing with enthusiasm.
The founding of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) turns world attention to the emission of carbon and greenhouse gasses.
The global economic crisis rips the veil from corporate misreporting, manipulation and lying. In despair, Clive seriously contemplates exiting the industry.
Clive takes a business decision to focus purely on corporate reporting and set aside his generalist writing for advertising and websites.
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) launches its official <IR> integrated reporting framework.
As a consequence of mounting demand for his work, Clive starts recruiting employees and specialist contractors.
The United Nations announces its Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) aimed at ending word poverty and environmental destruction.
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB ) introduces its IFRS S1 and S2 standards, which will boost comparability in corporate sustainability reporting.
European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Standardises requirements for EU and some non-EU companies to report on their human rights and non-environmental practices.
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Guides EU company due diligence requirements in reporting on their human rights and environmental impacts.
The Corporate Reporters enters into an alliance with Future Focused Leadership (FFL), a consortium of specialist consultancies that collectively offers end-to-end solutions for companies needing internal and business transformation to remain sustainable.
After the infamous Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill off a pristine Alaskan coast sparked an international outcry, The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) gets launched.
The founding of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) turns world attention to the emission of carbon and greenhouse gasses.
Clive’s advertising work reaches four Loeries Awards finals, but doesn’t win any ☹
The global economic crisis rips the veil from corporate mis-reporting, manipulation and lying. In despair, Clive seriously contemplates exiting the industry.
The first working draft Integrated Reporting standards are released for public review. As a result, Clive recognises the first glimmers of a new dawn in authentic corporate reporting.
Clive takes a business decision to focus purely on corporate reporting and set aside his generalist writing for advertising and websites.
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) is founded and recognised in the USA.
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) launches its official <IR> integrated reporting framework.
Clive is commissioned to write world first analyses of the <IR> framework. Over the next two years he writes a monthly column on integrated reporting and sustainability issues for SAICA’s ASA magazine (a publication dedicated to accountancy).
As a consequence of work pressure mounting, Clive starts recruiting employees and specialist contractors.
The Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is launched.
The United Nations launches its Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) aimed at ending word poverty and environmental destruction.
Clive rebrands and relaunches his consultancy as ‘The Corporate Reporters’. The business is no longer just about Clive – its bedrock is the crack team of energetic, motivated individuals that begin joining or collaborating with The Corporate Reporters.
The confusing alphabet soup of corporate reporting standards begins consolidating under the aegis of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), at last bring the promise of certainty and comparability in corporate reporting.
