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Insights: Risk

sustainability

COMMENT: Climate risk, 23 July, 2026

Why standardised sustainability reporting gives false comfort

Reporting consistency is a great step forward, but boards need to build on this with a dynamic approach to climate risk.

climate litigation risk management

INSIGHT: Climate litigation, 1 July, 2026

The board’s role in climate risk management

With its links to failures of governance, disclosure or internal controls, climate litigation is a strategic business risk.

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INSIGHT: Executive security, 22 June, 2026

The cybersecurity gap that boards are missing

Are you prepared for an attack on the organisation coming through a breach in a director’s personal network?

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INSIGHT: Cybersecurity, 17 June, 2026

How to shore up your corporate security

Stop planning for a threat landscape that no longer exists. Here are the right questions for boards to ask about corporate security.

cybersecurity

INSIGHT: AI and cybersecurity, 10 June, 2026

The risky business of AI consultancy

Boards need to be wary: the current ‘gold rush’ of AI consultancy work poses a real threat to enterprise security.

nature risk

COMMENT: Supply chain risk, 4 June, 2026

How can boards tackle nature-dependent disruption?

To prevent further price shocks and supply crises, we need to focus now on nurturing resilience to nature risk.

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INSIGHT: Risk management, 29 May, 2026

How legal leaders can help boards to monitor enterprise risk

As boards face elevated risk, the work of the general counsel is going well beyond classic legal advisory tasks, Diligent’s research reveals.

legislation

INSIGHT: Board liability, 27 May, 2026

Can legislation tackle fraud risk?

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act reshapes how UK boards confront fraud risk, but its success will turn on what comes next.

cyber risk and business growth

COMMENT: Cyber risk, 21 May, 2026

Three boardroom steps toward cyber resilience

The UK government’s new Cyber Resilience Pledge presents an opportunity for boards to govern, rather than leave cybersecurity to IT.

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COMMENT: Future-ready boards, 8 May, 2026

Why the best boards invest in multiple futures

In an unpredictable world, the best boards fund multiple pathways and move as fast as their understanding will allow.

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COMMENT: Internal audit, 5 May, 2026

The high cost of neglecting internal audit

When internal controls fail, the results are felt not only in heavy fines, but in the real economy and in people’s everyday lives.

cybersecurity

INSIGHT: AI cyber risk, 30 April, 2026

5 steps to stay ahead of AI cyber risk

Technology is moving faster than the law—and most boards—can keep up with. Start adapting now, before an incident forces your hand.

AI agents

INSIGHT: AI and the board, 13 April, 2026

The AI risk faced by every board right now

Even if no one in the organisation planned their arrival, AI agents are already present and working in the systems you trust.

sustainability litigation

COMMENT: Non-financial disclosure, 13 April, 2026

Is your board at risk of sustainability litigation?

ESG disclosures, until recently focused on reputational risk and stakeholder expectations, are now becoming legal evidence.

AI and boards

NEWS: AI and the board, 19 March, 2026

Boards ‘should discuss AI at every meeting’

More than 70% of boards fail to give enough attention to artificial intelligence oversight, survey reveals.

general counsel

INSIGHT: General counsel, 10 March, 2026

How to stay on the right side of the law

What happens when an organisation’s general counsel resigns? Effective succession planning is key to good governance.

black swan

INSIGHT: Risk management, 16 February, 2026

Are you ready for a ‘black swan’ event?

Black swan events—unforeseen but monumentally impactful incidents—demand from boards actionable strategies and organisational resilience.

AI governance

INSIGHT: AI and the board, 3 February, 2026

6 steps to protect leaders in the era of AI

Organisational trust and board members’ reputations increasingly need safeguarding in a digital, algorithm-driven world.

cybercrime AI

COMMENT: Cybersecurity, 19 December, 2025

Cybercrime in the age of AI

Businesses that ignore AI do so at their peril—but there is peril in embracing it, too. How can boards protect themselves from cybercriminals?

risk strategy

INSIGHT: Risk management, 16 December, 2025

5 ways to embed risk into strategy

How to unlock resilience and growth in an environment of ‘nonlinear, accelerated, volatile and interconnected risks’.

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