Risk
INSIGHT: Strategy, 29 April, 2021
Why businesses should optimise supply chains for resilience, not just cost
As events repeatedly demonstrate, supply chain disruption is a given. Here’s how improving resilience can benefit your wider strategy.
COMMENT: Risk, 1 April, 2021
What scandal is waiting to be exposed at your company?
Non-compliant conduct is already taking place somewhere inside your operations. And scandal is one of your greatest business risks.
NEWS: Risk, 30 March, 2021
Experts highlight cybersecurity risk amid the pandemic
World Economic Forum report says cybersecurity is “an economic and strategy issue crucial for boards to address given the current environment”.
INSIGHT: Strategy, 18 March, 2021
Risk management lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Covid-19 has posed multiple challenges for risk management professionals. Agility, innovation and the ability to face uncertainty are key.
INSIGHT: Technology risk, 17 December, 2020
Cyber-accountability for C-suite and boards
In an extract from his forthcoming book, Mathieu Gorge explains why CEOs and board members are good targets for hackers and social engineers.
NEWS: Conference, 1 December, 2020
IIRC: Covid-19 crisis ‘has underscored the relevance of sustainability’
The International Integrated Reporting Council’s annual conference hears how a focus on people and communities is helping to tackle Covid-19.
NEWS: Legal risks, 25 November, 2020
Collapse of Victoria’s Secret deal reveals weakness in M&A contracts
Researchers warn that the impact of Covid-19 on a deal involving lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret reveals issues in traditional contract design.
Insight: Risk, 20 November, 2020
D&O litigation on the rise amid host of emerging risks
Directors face liability over a range of new threats, with data breaches, executive misconduct and climate boosting D&O litigation claims.
NEWS: Reputational risk, 29 September, 2020
Businesses ‘can play important role in stemming executive misconduct’
US academic calls for an end to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), changes in the use of arbitration and better reporting of complaints.
INSIGHT: Corporate culture, 25 September, 2020
How good governance can stop toxic ‘bro behaviour’ at companies
Boards and directors are the instigators, nurturers and custodians of one of an organisation’s most critical assets: its culture.