4 February, 2023

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Risk

    climate-related risk

    INSIGHT: Climate-related risk, 5 December, 2022

    5 questions to help boards walk the green talk

    It may sometimes take courage, but asking questions is the most effective thing a board director can do to address climate-related risk.
    future risk

    INSIGHT: Risk management, 5 December, 2022

    Listen up—and get a feel for future risk

    In a world rife with conflict, boards can develop valuable strategic opportunities from the geopolitical knowledge of their general managers.
    FTX collapse

    INSIGHT: Risk management, 1 December, 2022

    Risk: beware the leadership clique

    The rapid collapse and bankruptcy of huge cryptocurrency exchange FTX carries a salutary lesson about the need for challenge on every board.
    risk data analytics

    NEWS: Risk analysis, 30 November, 2022

    Embrace data analytics to boost risk assessment, advises CIIA

    Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors’ report cites a lack of skills, resources and time as organisational barriers to effective analysis.
    shared audit cost

    NEWS: Governance, 25 November, 2022

    News round-up: this week in governance

    Shared audit’s £1bn cost; failed UK energy firms had no internal audit; governance rules for all; is climate risk reporting an SEC matter?

    audit reform IIA

    COMMENT: Audit reform, 25 November, 2022

    Why we need audit reform right now

    There is an “urgent need” for reform to the audit landscape as well as internal audit, the Chartered IIA argues.

    climate change energy crisis

    COMMENT: Climate change, 16 November, 2022

    Sustainability and climate change: the other energy crisis

    The world is addicted to cheap energy. We need to admit this and have the courage to put oil, gas, and coal into stewardship.
    ESG supply chain

    INSIGHT: ESG-related risk, 4 November, 2022

    ESG and your supply chain

    Businesses looking overseas for innovative solutions to supply chain disruption need to be aware of the potential for ESG-related litigation.
    governance and innovation

    INSIGHT: Governance and innovation, 27 October, 2022

    Governance must not stand in the way of innovation

    As regulation increases, innovation suffers—but a diverse, savvy board can promote a corporate culture open to change.
    CEO succession

    NEWS: Succession planning, 20 October, 2022

    Succession planning can calm the market

    When a good CEO announces their departure, revealing a succession plan eases the pain in more ways than one, finds research.