Tag: board strategy
ESG communications: What boards need to know
Here are some tangible steps to take that can help connect ESG to corporate purpose and long-term value creation.
Battle of the boards: risk, ESG and two-tier board structures
There is an inherent conflict of interest between main and executive boards, with two different time horizons and two different risk impacts.
Board effectiveness in the new world of work
Boards should use this post-pandemic period to reflect and reinvent themselves and their working practices.
Board priorities 2022: a checklist for directors
The pandemic continues to impact agendas, but climate, data security and succession are some of the other priorities demanding board focus.
Leading change: the board’s role in driving business transformation
The chief executive and the rest of the board need to create a vision for the future, with clear objectives and a plan for achieving them.
US boards ‘should develop transparent policies on political issues’
The link between business and politics in the US has reached a turning point and requires action from boards, says a leading investor adviser.
How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected board strategy?
Our latest survey aims to uncover how boards have reacted to Covid-19 and assess the impact on strategy and board priorities.
Boards urged to reform AGMs as part of post-pandemic strategy
ShareAction has called on boards to reform AGMs as part of a “purposeful” process that maximises shareholder and stakeholder involvement.
Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
For now, corporate boards prefer to keep the status quo—and the long view—in the face of Covid-19 upheaval.
Only 8% of UK businesses have ‘fully-fledged’ climate risk plan
KPMG report reveals firms’ lack of concrete climate risk plans and urges “more immediate action at boardroom level”.