Engagement Agency: New Service Helps Establish SEC-Compliant Human Capital Reporting Strategies
In light of the new Securities & Exchange Commission requirements for human capital disclosures, the Enterprise Engagement Alliance’s Engagement Agency has launched a new service to help organizations develop effective strategies and content for human capital disclosures and Corporate Responsibility Reports.
Based on a new Securities & Exchange Commission requirement that US public companies disclose human capital resources practices and metrics material to their business, the Engagement Agency has launched the first known service to help organizations develop effective internal and external reporting strategies for public disclosures, according to Bruce Bolger, Founder of the Enterprise Engagement Alliance at TheEEA.org and its Engagement Agency advisory practice at EngagementAgency.net. The same services can be used by private equity firms that often follow SEC disclosure requirements, or any organization that believes it’s time to benefit from a human capital management reporting and disclosure strategy or the ability to measure the return on investment of engagement expenditures. These include such activities as incentive, recognition, loyalty, training, communications, and related engagement efforts. Human Capital Reporting Becomes a Strategic Decision
Explains Bruce Bolger, Founder of the Engagement Agency, “Because of the principles-based approach, the content of these disclosures is not so much a legal matter but a business decision as to how organizations seek to approach human capital and either integrate or distance the issue from its brand. Even more importantly, it’s an opportunity to identify an untapped opportunity for wealth creation by creating human capital dashboards linked to organizational goals that can turn a fixed people expense into a profit center. Therefore, it requires a combination not only of expertise in human capital management processes, metrics, and disclosures, but also in customer and talent brand marketing, as well as corporate communications. Very few organizations bring such a unique combination of expertise to the new task of human capital management strategics, metrics, and reporting.”
Proxy season is coming up and about 3,600 companies now must determine what to do about the new disclosure requirement on human capital that is bound to be closely watched by ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investors, Bolger points out, adding, “While the private equity business is not required to follow these rules, most private equity firms closely follow SEC requirements, especially when they involved matters deemed to be ‘material.’”
SEC to Business: People Truly Are an Asset
Adds Bolger, “The SEC requirement for human capital disclosures provides confirmation that people are material to organizational success and that it’s time to apply a more rigorous analysis of people investments and return on investment to people management practices. Because almost no management receives training in this area, and because the attorneys and other advisors who help CEOs address these issues have equally little training, the Engagement Agency claims to provide a range of advisory expertise with experts in human capital management, marketing, business management and communications who can:
• Inform management on the meaning, intent, and implications of the principles-based reporting requirements of the SEC rules.
• Help organizations develop an overall strategy framework for human capital external and internal reporting based on their current human capital management practices and future roadmap.
• Conduct a gap analysis to help organizations determine their current and ideal state for human capital reporting, and what’s needed to fill short- or long-term gaps.
• Determination of what types of information should and can be disclosed without subjecting the company to competitive disadvantage.
• ROI analysis of current human capital management and engagement practices to determine the value of their contribution to the organization.
• Creation of strategic Corporate Responsibility Reports that address the needs of all stakeholders while protecting competitive advantages when possible.
Explains Bolger, “By using a principles-based approach, the SEC actually raises the stakes for organizations in terms of disclosures. Insightful analysts knowledgeable about people management will be able to readily detect whether a company is sincere in its commitment to people and to measure their impact on the organization. CEOs will have to think very carefully about what they disclose, because that will become the benchmark against which they are held not only in the first year but in the years to come.”
Bolger adds, “The SEC regulation does more than put pressure on CEOs and CFOs to analyze human capital analytics, it raises the red flag that as many as 80% of US organizations have no clear strategy for measuring the ROI and effectiveness of the 50% or more of annual expenses dedicated to people. Organizations using this new service not only will establish a reporting strategy that will be useful and effective with investors, customers, employees, the supply chain, communities and regulators but will also determine a human capital reporting strategy to drive better, more sustainable business outcomes.”
For More Information
Bruce Bolger, Managing Director
Tel. 914-591-7600, ext. 230
Bolger@TheICEE.org
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