Why 2021 is a year of opportunity for boards to build business resilience
Integrated thinking connects companies to the needs of their stakeholders, which fosters business resilience and creates long-term value.
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The IIRC’s founder and Chair Emeritus, Professor Judge Mervyn King, recently said that “business is a part of society, not apart from society”. This message has never been more relevant than in 2021.
Business resilience continues to be strongly tested in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and, as the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Risks Report revealed, rising socio-economic inequality and the challenges of environmental sustainability remain the context for the year ahead. The systemic scale of these risks poses challenges for organisations’ boardrooms. At the heart of decision-making and implementing real change, a board nee
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