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Risk

  1. cope with a crisis

    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.

  2. EU sustainability rules

    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.

  3. economic uncertainty

    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.

  4. 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.

  5. financial sanctions

    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.

  6. speed of business change

    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.

  7. Olaf Scholz

    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’.

  8. guide to risk management for board directors

    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.

  9. us tariffs

    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.

  10. 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.

  11. boardroom, conference, corporate governance

    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.

  12. COP29

    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.

  13. collaboration

    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.

  14. euro investment

    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.

  15. post office

    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’.

  16. geopolitical risk

    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.

  17. Government debate

    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.

  18. audit market

    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.

  19. AI governance

    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.

  20. manage risks

    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.

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