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Midyear Observations on the 2023 board agenda

Harvard Corporate Governance

Compliance risks arising from the rapidly evolving global regulatory environment. Geopolitical and economic risks and uncertainty Much has changed in the geopolitical and global economic environment. Crisis readiness and resilience. Assessing management’s crisis response plans should be a board priority.

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Stakeholderism Silo Busting

Harvard Corporate Governance

And the orthodox view that securities regulation should focus on disclosures material only to investors may be nearing collapse, as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pushes forward on rules compelling companies to disclose information about climate change. Each field began as a muddle of competing policy objectives.

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IVSC Annual General Meeting 2023: A Recap

IVSC

Valuation lies at the heart of many business and investment decisions, and in a volatile economic climate, the demand for high- quality, reliable valuations that adhere to international standards has never been higher. These challenges have placed an even greater emphasis on the importance of credible, consistent, and transparent valuations.

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Time to Hold Corporations Accountable for the Human Rights Impacts of Climate Washing

Reynolds Holding

The emergence of “climate washing” builds on traditional greenwashing and humane washing practices and applies them in new contexts with more severe impacts. Climate washing is greenwashing with a climate-change compliance focus. The Paris Agreement established a new era of climate accountability. in 2018 with the BP v.

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4 Key Internal Audit Initiatives to Adopt in Periods of Economic Volatility

Audit Board

In times of economic crisis, business leadership must lean on the guidance and insights of its audit, risk, and compliance professionals to make decisions that protect value. This highlights the impact that the current economic climate is having on internal audit resourcing. However, auditors must rise to this occasion.

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How Treating Government Controlling Shareholders as Fiduciaries Could Help Address Climate Change

Reynolds Holding

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) can help cause but also solve the climate crisis. India and China – require directors to act in the interests of employees, the community, and the environment, in addition to those of shareholders. For example, the corporate laws of two of the largest economies outside the U.S.

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Top Headlines That Defined Internal Audit in 2022

Audit Board

We’re living in an era of climate of political and geopolitical instability that is unprecedented in our lifetimes. This environment offers new risk sources daily, magnifying assessment, management, and monitoring challenges. . SEC Issues Landmark Climate-Related Disclosure Proposal. A World Rebalancing.