Risk
-
INSIGHT: Crisis management, 3 March, 2025
Could your board cope with a crisis?
To survive a cyber crisis, operational failure or a scandal, boards need to take action on oversight, planning and review.
-
NEWS: Sustainability reporting rules, 11 February, 2025
Campaigners fight for rigorous EU sustainability rules
Economists, academics and unions fear the proposed revision of new legislation will increase risk of climate disruption.
-
NEWS: Board confidence, 7 February, 2025
Corporate confidence falls amid economic uncertainty
Boards have become more pessimistic about their organisations’ ability to cope with disruption, survey reveals.
-
NEWS: Chief executives, 31 January, 2025
CEO turnover at record global high
Figures show a steep rise in chief executives moving on in 2024, many prompted by the challenges of AI and investor activism.
-
INSIGHT: Regulatory risk, 28 January, 2025
How to avoid breaching financial sanctions
In an evolving regulatory landscape, boards need to ensure they do not engage with businesses under sanctioned ownership.
-
INSIGHT: Risk management, 24 January, 2025
Are you ready for the speed of business change?
Boards that fail to properly prepare for the coming changes in the global business environment are unlikely to survive them.
-
NEWS: Sustainability reporting rules, 21 January, 2025
Debate intensifies over sustainability reporting rules
As the EU readies its simplified directive to combine the CSRD and CSDDD, Germany warns of ‘bureaucratic burden’.
-
INSIGHT: Risk management, 8 January, 2025
A guide to risk management for board directors
Risk management goes beyond compliance: it’s a critical aspect of governance that supports long-term success.
-
PODCAST: International trade, 9 December, 2024
‘Don’t panic over US tariffs’
Other challenges—that affect every business—are more pressing, according to Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.
-
NEWS: Governance code, 27 November, 2024
Only one in 10 companies have ‘good’ internal controls reporting
Annual review of reporting on the UK's corporate governance code reveals some companies make no mention of internal controls in their annual reports.
-
NEWS: Sustainability , 21 November, 2024
Research uncovers doubts about CEO and boardroom abilities
Survey shows unity over sustainability but CEOs harbour doubts about the capability of their boards, while many directors are sceptical of their CEOs.
-
NEWS: Climate risk reporting, 14 November, 2024
Environmental risks get sidelined in corporate reporting
Woefully few companies report fully in line with Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures guidelines, the ISSB has found.
-
NEWS: Risk, 28 October, 2024
Boards ‘may not be evolving fast enough’
Research reveals geopolitical risk is not considered a top priority by boardrooms around the world.
-
PODCAST: Economic growth, 24 October, 2024
Europe must invest to stave off economic ‘decline’
The bloc will face problems with funding but has no option, said a leading economist speaking on Board Agenda’s The Macro Memo podcast.
-
NEWS: Directors' duties, 22 October, 2024
Post Office board was ‘excessively passive’
In a report on the Horizon inquiry, the Institute of Directors calls on all boards to ‘up their game in terms of tech and IT literacy’.
-
COMMENT: Geopolitical risk, 22 October, 2024
Is constant disruption the new normal?
The long period of peaceful growth before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left company boards unprepared for the new geopolitical landscape.
-
NEWS: Audit reform, 16 October, 2024
Government planning sanctions for audit and reporting failures
Company directors’ oversight failures will fall foul of the new audit, reporting and governance regulator, a Lords' debate revealed.
-
NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 15 October, 2024
Sustainability assurance audits raise competition fears
There is a risk the market may become dominated by the Big Four, a study by the Financial Reporting Council reveals.
-
NEWS: AI governance, 9 October, 2024
Call to upgrade governance of AI technology
‘Boards must strengthen oversight and deepen insight,’ says the US National Association of Corporate Directors.
-
INSIGHT: Risk management, 30 September, 2024
Why boards struggle to identify and manage risks
At the heart of managing risk is the need for step change, rather than incremental change, in business—and that’s where the trouble lies.