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ESG Summit

COMMENT: Sustainability reporting, 21 November, 2025

Why does sustainability reporting matter now?

Boards can’t afford to delay on sustainability reporting. Act now to build a resilient business that understands impacts and risk.

stay silent or speak up

COMMENT: Board decision-making, 21 November, 2025

How silence shapes board decisions

For boards, the dilemma and value of the dissenting voice is not about individual courage to speak up—it's a matter of culture.

COP30

NEWS: Climate risk, 13 November, 2025

Corporate governance has ‘pivotal role’ in tackling climate change

The Taskforce on Net Zero Policy calls on organisations to embed climate considerations and accountability into governance structures.

COP30 brazil

NEWS: Climate risk, 11 November, 2025

Companies slow to make headway on sustainability reporting

Barely half of organisations surveyed are using the information gathered, finds ACCA research released at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

wrong people to lead

INSIGHT: Succession planning, 30 October, 2025

Leadership: how to stop promoting the wrong people

High performance does not automatically equip someone for successful leadership; not everyone is made to lead.

Trump

Diversity and Inclusion, 30 October, 2025

US anti-DEI measures now influencing UK companies

New research reveals many UK companies are changing attitudes and policies under pressure from the White House.

Businessman pressing a cybersecurity lock

Cybersecurity, 29 October, 2025

Cyber security ready for focus on ‘external threat landscape’

The latest Governance Watch podcast hears how cybersecurity is about to go through a paradigm shift and boards need to be proactive to beat cyber criminals.

WEBINAR: Resilience, 22 October, 2025

Shareholders and regulators focus on resilience

Boards are now expected to ensure they are on point in looking to, and handling, emerging risks and trends that will affect business.

AI is not magic

NEWS: Internal Audit Conference 2025, 21 October, 2025

‘AI is not magic; AI is maths’

Correctly decoded, artificial intelligence can help businesses to predict and plan, delegates to the Internal Audit Conference heard.

net zero

NEWS: Net zero transition, 21 October, 2025

Large UK companies look to make progress on net zero

Only 35% of SMEs do the same, with a majority of all UK businesses citing cost and uncertainty over policy as barriers to action.

polycrisis

COMMENT: Risk management, 21 October, 2025

Business must adapt to survive the polycrisis

The risk landscape is changing drastically, and it is only through investing in a new partnership approach that we can move forward.

cyber attack

NEWS: Cybercrime and data security, 15 October, 2025

Cybersecurity ‘is a boardroom issue’

Leaders need to take responsibility for their organisation’s cyber resilience, warns the National Cyber Security Centre.

activist landscape

INSIGHT: Activism, 25 September, 2025

Navigating the activist landscape

How corporate leaders and boards can recognise, prepare for and react to external attacks on their organisations.

cyber-attack

NEWS: Cybercrime and data security, 24 September, 2025

Cybercrime tops UK auditors’ list of risks

The recent spate of UK attacks has brought data security and cybersecurity to the fore, says the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors.

reputation risk

COMMENT: Reputational risk, 18 September, 2025

Think of your reputation—before it’s too late

As with financial risk oversight, reputational risk thinking requires the continuous, systematic and proactive attention of the board.

NEWS: Governance, 29 August, 2025

News round-up: the week in governance

CFOs no longer siloed; trades off between risk management and good governance; petition for maximum CEO pay ratio; finding 'connected' individuals to manage political risk.

modern slavery

Modern Slavery, 26 August, 2025

Codes of ethics move modern slavery policies away from ‘symbolic compliance’

Research reveals a code of ethics makes modern slavery practices more meaningful

coldplay-gate

COMMENT: Work relationships, 14 August, 2025

The Coldplay affair: how to avoid conflicts of interest

The behaviour of Astronomer’s former CEO cost the software company dear: how can boards foresee such relationships and avoid disruption?

biggest risk

NEWS: Business risk, 14 August, 2025

Regulatory changes ‘pose biggest risk to business’

Global policy changes are making a ‘direct and growing’ impact on the risks managed by businesses, says internal auditors’ body.

COMMENT: Digital transformation, 8 August, 2025

Is AI a disruptive technology?

Generative AI plainly creates a steep learning curve for businesses, but corporate fears of impending doom may be misplaced.

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