Risk
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NEWS: Climate disclosure, 8 March, 2024
SEC votes in new US climate risk disclosure rules
The US regulator-approved rules mean companies must make extensive new disclosure on “material” climate change risks.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 8 March, 2024
EU negotiates in bid to pass sustainability directive
After the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive vote was delayed, Belgium has come up with proposed revisions.
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PODCAST: Global competitiveness, 5 March, 2024
Competitiveness: what can Europe do to improve economic prospects?
An expert panel discuss their view of global trends for the business world in Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.
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NEWS: Climate disclosure, 5 March, 2024
US regulator to vote on new climate disclosure rules
The level of materiality in the new regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission remains to be seen.
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NEWS: Sustainability due diligence, 22 February, 2024
Campaigners push for progress on due diligence law
Germany urged to rethink its stance on the recently delayed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
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NEWS: Ethics, 19 February, 2024
Businesses at risk of ‘mistaking’ their ethical priorities in the face of economic woes
The impact of the cost-of-living crisis, high energy costs and inflation tops list of risks in Institute of Business Ethics research.
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NEWS: Financial regulation, 9 February, 2024
Changes to London listings ‘expose investors to undue risk’
FCA proposals will ‘roll back’ governance and mean ‘weaker voting rights’, writes global investor stewardship body.
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NEWS: Directors' duties, 24 January, 2024
ClientEarth queries Shell climate ruling
The NGO says the court’s ruling ‘raises important questions’ on whether too much ‘discretion’ was given to directors over section 172.
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NEWS: Governance, 23 January, 2024
Regulator updates UK governance code
Reporting on internal controls is a key feature of the scaled-down 2024 update, as is the principle of ‘comply or explain’.
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PODCAST: Inflation and interest rates, 18 January, 2024
2024 uncertainties: inflation, interest rates, trade wars and skills shortages
An expert panel discuss their view of global trends for the business world in Board Agenda's The Macro Memo podcast.
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NEWS: Chief executives, 18 January, 2024
Female CEOs take on less debt than male CEOs
Women are more risk-averse leaders than men, especially when market competition is high, research suggests.
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INSIGHT: Cybersecurity, 11 January, 2024
5 questions to ask chief information security officers
Board involvement helps to not only defend an organisation from cybersecurity threats, but also strengthen its resilience.
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NEWS: Governance, 11 January, 2024
Post Office scandal inquiry to scrutinise governance
Investigation into wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters appoints experts to report on culture and leadership.
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NEWS: Business disruption, 11 January, 2024
CEOs ‘more anxious’ than last year
Many fear for their jobs and are concerned about the US presidential election, US-China relations and keeping up with AI, research reveals.
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NEWS: Technology, 10 January, 2024
Boards are ‘inundated with data’ and face growing compliance risks
Organisations are struggling to achieve the data literacy that would empower their decision-making, new survey reveals.
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NEWS: Audit market, 14 December, 2023
Big Four continue to dominate audit market
FRC review of audit market competition reveals 98% market share that ‘leaves little room for challengers to emerge’.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 13 December, 2023
Railpen backs sustainability reporting standards
The UK pension fund notes in voting guidelines that the ISSB reporting standards IFRS S1 and S2 should be seen as a ‘minimum’.
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NEWS: Artificial intelligence, 7 December, 2023
Avoiding AI catastrophe is ‘beyond corporate governance’
It is ‘inevitable’ that the risks from artificial intelligence require public governance, according to a corporate governance expert.
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PODCAST: Sustainability, 6 December, 2023
Where next for sustainability?
An expert panel discussed their view of global trends for the business world in Board Agenda's The Macro Memo podcast.
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NEWS: Governance, 23 November, 2023
OpenAI reinstalls Sam Altman as chief executive
The CEO’s departure and return have raised questions about the state of governance at the trailblazing ChatGPT creator.