The board has a pivotal role in steering a company through climate change, with resilience, innovation and long-term value to play for.

Complying with the slew of new regulation that is coming means companies must act fast to up their game, a webinar panel heard.

The UK pension fund notes in voting guidelines that the ISSB reporting standards IFRS S1 and S2 should be seen as a ‘minimum’.

In advance of COP28, IIA report says comprehensive due diligence will help business avoid sabotaging net zero target.

Although the government cancelled the requirement, resilience disclosures ‘cannot be wasted effort’, says senior auditco chair.

Investors react to the government’s U-turn on proposed measures prompted by the collapse of Carillion in 2018.

Resilience will be required to face a ‘poly-crisis’ of immediate and simultaneous risk issues, internal auditors believe.

Leveraging internal audit can help boards not only to identify and assess risks but to highlight opportunities in volatile times.

There are ‘fracture points’ that threaten to derail strategy delivery, so listening to colleagues’ views on competitive advantage is vital.

Sustainability and technology are strategic priorities for boards in 2023, Mazars’ annual barometer of the C-suite finds.