Corporate Actions

Corporate actions are events initiated by publicly-traded companies that have a direct impact on their shareholders and the securities they issue. These actions can involve changes like stock splits, dividends, mergers and acquisitions, rights issues, and spin-offs, and most announcements are processed manually, resulting in errors, time delays and unnecessary cost, negatively affecting investors across the financial community.XBRL enables straight-through-processing by electronically capturing standardized data directly from issuers when a corporate action is announced. This initiative builds on the work by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), integrating XBRL tagging technology. Read the business case, written by The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), SWIFT and XBRL US.

BNY prepares corporate actions for American Depositary Receipts in XBRL format. View an example of a corporate action in inline XBRL.

Solar Finance Reporting

Rapid expansion in the solar energy industry highlights the need to streamline the collection, management and exchange of solar datasets to reduce market inefficiencies and lower costs for consumers. Orange Button is a U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office-funded program, initiated to establish data standards for the solar industry and make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of electricity.

Related news, papers, and posts.


Orange Button Solar Finance Standards, Final Public Review Launched
News posted February 12, 2018

Investors, solar developers, software providers encouraged to participate SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SunSpec Alliance and XBRL US announced today the start of a second 30-day public review period for the Orange Buttonsm data standards for solar financing. The...

Orange Button Taxonomy Second Public Review
Event on March 12, 2018
Review taxonomy details

Developed as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office-funded initiative Orange Button program, this taxonomy aims to make it easier to aggregate and share solar data for more efficient...




SunSpec Alliance and XBRL US Announce Public Review of Orange Button Solar Data Standards
News posted September 12, 2017

Investors, developers, software providers are encouraged to participate SunSpec Alliance and XBRL US announced today the launch of a 30-day public review period for the initial draft of Orange Button data standards for...

Orange Button Taxonomy Public Review
Event on October 13, 2017
Review taxonomy details

Developed as part of the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative's Orange Button program, this taxonomy aims to make it easier to aggregate and share solar data for more efficient and cost-effective financing...




Solar Industry Stakeholders: Participate in Orange Button Taxonomy Public Review
Event on September 27, 2017
Register for Free Webinar

Attend this one-hour session to learn about the U.S. Department of Energy's mission to reduce the soft costs of solar financing by streamlining data collection and analysis through standards. Find out how you can...

What can the solar industry learn from the grocery business?
Point of View posted February 8, 2017

Jonathan Previtali, Vice President, Environmental Finance Group, Wells Fargo and Michelle Savage, Vice President, Communication, XBRL US In 1974, the first Universal Product Code (UPC) was scanned in Troy, Ohio, automating what had...



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