Corporate reporting beyond compliance: watch Erwin Groenendal’s CFO Benelux talk

Corporate reports serve more than regulators. Investors use them to assess performance, employees to understand direction, and customers to evaluate the companies they work with. Increasingly, AI also interprets that information on their behalf.

At CFO Benelux, Tangelo Co-founder Erwin Groenendal explored how regulation, digitalization and AI are changing the publication and consumption of corporate information.

Watch the full talk below.

Your reporting format shapes how information is understood

A report can look clear on screen while being difficult for software to interpret. Tables, labels and figures need structure and context to retain their meaning when extracted or summarised.

Erwin explores the differences between traditional PDFs, accessible PDFs, semantic HTML and structured data such as XBRL. Each format affects how people and machines can access and use corporate information.

From publishing documents to making information usable

Meeting regulatory requirements remains essential. But effective reporting also helps stakeholders find answers, understand performance and make informed decisions.

That means thinking beyond the document itself: who needs the information, how will they access it, and will its meaning survive when AI summarises or compares it?

The takeaway from Erwin’s talk: design reporting for both people and machines. Better reporting creates better information, supporting better decisions.

Explore the implications for your reporting

Our whitepaper, AI and Investor Relations: From Controlling the Message to Shaping the AI Lens, offers practical guidance on reporting formats and publishing disclosures that AI can interpret reliably.