Smart Media appointed Global Training Partner to IFRS Foundation for ISSB Disclosure Training

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Smart Media The Annual Report Company Executive Chairman Vijith Kannangara

Smart Media The Annual Report Company has been appointed as a Global Training Partner to the IFRS Foundation for ISSB Disclosure Training.

This enables Smart Media to deliver official training using IFRS Foundation-developed content globally, through trainers who have been assessed and certified by the IFRS Foundation to deliver the program.

Smart Media is one of only 14 organisations listed by the IFRS Foundation as Global Training Partners for ISSB Disclosure Training, and is also listed as the official Jurisdictional Training Partner for Sri Lanka. Founded in Sri Lanka, Smart Media has grown into a specialist corporate reporting firm serving leading companies across multiple markets.

This appointment strengthens Smart Media’s role in supporting companies, boards, finance teams, investor relations teams, sustainability professionals, and capital market participants as they build the knowledge and practical skills required to navigate the evolving sustainability disclosure landscape.

ISSB Disclosure Training is practical and application-focused. It introduces corporate preparers and learners to the concepts and skills needed to prepare high-quality sustainability disclosures for investors and capital markets. Participants who successfully complete the training receive a co-branded IFRS Foundation certificate and are well positioned to progress to the IFRS Foundation’s FSA Level I, should they wish to do so.

Smart Media’s appointment builds on a long-standing relationship with the IFRS Foundation and a broader corporate reporting journey. The Company has been an official training partner for the IFRS Integrated Reporting Framework since 2019. Since 2009, Smart Media has also helped clients, including large and complex organisations, measure and report their greenhouse gas footprint. Since 2011, the Company has operated as a GHG-neutral company across Scopes 1 and 2, and Scope 3 where material and measurable, reducing where possible and offsetting what cannot yet be reduced.

Smart Media The Annual Report Company Executive Chairman Vijith Kannangara said: “This appointment is a significant milestone for Smart Media. For nearly four decades, we have helped organisations produce clearer, more connected corporate reports. As sustainability-related financial disclosures become increasingly important to investors and capital markets, we are pleased to support consistent, high-quality learning using IFRS Foundation-developed content.”

Smart Media Chief Knowledge Officer Ajit Chittambalam said: “The ISSB Standards are reshaping the way companies think about sustainability-related financial information. Our focus will be on demystifying the requirements and helping preparers understand their application from a reporting perspective, with training that is practical, relevant, and grounded in the realities of corporate reporting.”

Smart Media plans to collaborate with accounting bodies, stock exchanges, governance institutes, accounting firms, and sustainability consulting firms, in the respective jurisdictions in delivering ISSB Disclosure Training. As a jurisdiction- and sector-agnostic global partner in corporate reporting, the Company will bring a reporting-focused perspective to organisations seeking to understand and apply sustainability disclosure requirements.