29 April, 2021
Why businesses should optimise supply chains for resilience, not just cost
New Year 2021 brought unwelcome news for the world’s automotive industry: a global shortage of semiconductor chips, which these days are essential components in modern vehicles. The cause? Manufactu...
18 March, 2021
Risk management lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, organisations and risk management professionals have responded in a variety of ways to limit the impact to their operations. Whilst some have reacted quickly, demonst...
29 January, 2021
Why 2021 is a year of opportunity for boards to build business resilience
The IIRC’s founder and Chair Emeritus, Professor Judge Mervyn King, recently said that “business is a part of society, not apart from society”. This message has never been more relevant than in ...
11 January, 2021
Beyond Covid: risk and resilience among governance trends for 2021
Following the travails of 2020—the pandemic, the economic crisis and Brexit—many will be glad to put the past 12 months behind us. But what does 2021 hold for corporate governance? Those lookin...
10 November, 2020
Innovation in a crisis: how to seize opportunities for growth
As business navigates a second set of lockdowns across the UK, thoughts naturally turn to how companies will survive and prosper. For many experts innovation is the key. Recent research shows that ...
19 October, 2020
Interview: Tesco chair John Allan on the role of non-executive directors
Tesco’s chair John Allan sees some good coming out of the pandemic. Despite the appalling tragedy playing out around the country and the world, Covid-19 has propelled big corporates to think and act...
20 August, 2020
ESG ‘not a factor’ in share price resilience during Covid-19 crisis
There’s bad news for supporters of companies who score highly on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Academics claim that lofty ESG ratings failed to “immunise” the stock prices ...
13 August, 2020
Blockchain, supply chains and the post-Covid world
Covid-19 has placed significant pressure and strain on supply chains, creating issues around product shortages, delays and increase in costs. During this time the resilience of supply chains has be...
30 July, 2020
In the current crisis, less hierarchical companies show special resilience
“Our three-year transformation towards a more participative organisation helped us to overcome this,” shared the CEO of the Brussels-region governmental employment agency regarding the Covid-19 cr...
3 July, 2020
