Risk
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NEWS: Risk management, 23 February, 2023
‘Collaboration’ is key to preparing for geopolitical crises
Geopolitical risk is here to stay, but businesses may not be ready for the next major incident, says report from IIA and Airmic.
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NEWS: Risk management, 10 February, 2023
Resilience within business is key during uncertain times
Boards have an essential role in building resilience in companies so they can survive—and thrive—in the face of ever-changing risks.
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NEWS: Sustainability reporting, 10 February, 2023
EU sustainability reporting rules face scrutiny
As the new rules wend their way through the EU drafting process, interested parties from all sides clamour to be heard.
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NEWS: Climate disclosures, 2 February, 2023
Investors favour votes against directors over say-on-climate proposals
Rather than push for say-on-climate votes, unhappy shareholders tend to simply vote against the reappointment of directors, research finds.
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NEWS: Audit reform, 26 January, 2023
Audit reform in the UK risks ‘losing momentum’
The Financial Reporting Council still awaits the proposed new statutory powers that would allow it to enforce substantive change.
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NEWS: Climate litigation, 18 January, 2023
Companies ‘will face growing climate litigation’
‘Do your homework’ and get ready for a rise in climate-related lawsuits, warn legal experts at this year’s Davos conference.
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NEWS: Investor relations, 17 January, 2023
Top fund fires warning shot at ‘laggard’ boards
Norges Bank chief executive warns boards of investor pressure on climate proposals and challenges ‘corporate greed’.
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INSIGHT: Whistleblowing, 16 January, 2023
Why we need to value whistleblowing
Encouraging staff to speak up and stop harm can reduce legal and reputational risk—both for the organisation and its board members.
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NEWS: ESG risk, 9 January, 2023
D&O insurance looks to ESG liability
Insurers’ growing interest in corporate governance may drive companies to improve management of ESG risk, research finds.
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NEWS: Climate risk, 19 December, 2022
Biodiversity crisis: pressure builds on companies
As COP15 in Montréal strives to protect ecosystems, investors are already showing concern about the risks to business of biodiversity loss.
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NEWS: Climate disclosure, 15 December, 2022
Fall in number of firms doing well on climate disclosures
There are fewer top-scoring organisations than last year and little improvement overall, finds Climate Disclosure Project survey.
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NEWS: Governance, 13 December, 2022
UK boards face internal controls shake-up
The government’s reform proposals include seeking disclosures from many non-financial public interest entities.
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INSIGHT: Climate-related risk, 5 December, 2022
5 questions to help boards walk the green talk
It may sometimes take courage, but asking questions is the most effective thing a board director can do to address climate-related risk.
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INSIGHT: Risk management, 5 December, 2022
Listen up—and get a feel for future risk
In a world rife with conflict, boards can develop valuable strategic opportunities from the geopolitical knowledge of their general managers.
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INSIGHT: Risk management, 1 December, 2022
Risk: beware the leadership clique
The rapid collapse and bankruptcy of huge cryptocurrency exchange FTX carries a salutary lesson about the need for challenge on every board.
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NEWS: Risk analysis, 30 November, 2022
Embrace data analytics to boost risk assessment, advises CIIA
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors’ report cites a lack of skills, resources and time as organisational barriers to effective analysis.
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COMMENT: Audit reform, 25 November, 2022
Why we need audit reform right now
There is an "urgent need" for reform to the audit landscape as well as internal audit, the Chartered IIA argues.
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COMMENT: Climate change, 16 November, 2022
Sustainability and climate change: the other energy crisis
The world is addicted to cheap energy. We need to admit this and have the courage to put oil, gas, and coal into stewardship.
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INSIGHT: ESG-related risk, 4 November, 2022
ESG and your supply chain
Businesses looking overseas for innovative solutions to supply chain disruption need to be aware of the potential for ESG-related litigation.
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NEWS: Legal and regulatory, 28 October, 2022
FRC reviews corporate governance reports 2021-22
The watchdog found the quality of reporting to be good, but there were many areas of concern, including cash flow statements.