How does the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) approach ESG reporting? An industry-led initiative, the TCFD...Read more
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How does the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) approach ESG reporting? The International Integrated Reporting...Read more
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What’s unique about SASB’s approach to ESG reporting? SASB is an independent standard-setting organization that develops and maintains...Read more
How does the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) approach ESG reporting? The International Integrated Reporting...Read more
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Many companies are not well positioned to prevent corporate fraud, nor conduct investigations, creating a significant potential...Read more
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How does the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) approach ESG reporting? An industry-led initiative, the TCFD...Read more
What is your methodology and approach to reporting on ESG matters? The Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) methodology is encompassed...Read more
Can you describe CDSB and its role in ESG reporting? CDSB is an international consortium of business and environmental NGOs committed...Read more
What is CDP’s main ESG focus and who does it serve? We focus on the E of ESG by asking companies, cities, states and regions to...Read more
What’s unique about SASB’s approach to ESG reporting? SASB is an independent standard-setting organization that develops and maintains...Read more
How does the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) approach ESG reporting? The International Integrated Reporting...Read more
How does the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) approach ESG reporting? An industry-led initiative, the TCFD...Read more
December 2017
Board diversity is expected to loom large in the minds of Canadian shareholders, board directors and corporate governance teams in the...Read more
November 2017
The main proxy season, which runs through the first half of the year, tends to grab most of the headlines, but the mini-season can...Read more
December 2016
Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has appointed Rowland Wallenius as its CFO and corporate secretary. Wallenius, a certified professional...Read more
Tintina Resources has appointed a new corporate secretary and CFO following the resignation of two senior officials. The company is...Read more
Kevin Morris Domino’s Pizza has hired Kevin Morris as its new general counsel, reporting to the company’s CEO Patrick Doyle. Morris...Read more
November 2016
A corporate secretary works with many people inside the organization in addition to board members and the C-suite, so it’s important...Read more
As cyber-security threats continue to increase and perpetrators get past traditional cyber-security approaches, companies need more...Read more
The number and complexity of cyber-security regulations can be problematic for companies as cyber-attacks become more complex and...Read more
Audit committees are responsible for oversight of a company’s financial statements and evaluating the integrity of the financial...Read more
October 2016
This summer, Home Depot announced it is suing two credit card companies in federal court over security measures it says are prone to...Read more
Deloitte’s 2016 Third Party Governance & Risk Management survey polled 170 UK senior managers, including CFOs, chief risk officers...Read more
According to a recent study co-authored by the Ponemon Institute and Kilpatrick Townsend ‒ The Cybersecurity Risk to Knowledge Assets...Read more
Most organizations understand that cyber-breaches are not uncommon. ‘In today’s environment, the mantra has changed from if an entity...Read more
This summer, Plantronics received a $3 million fine, based on a recently amended rule governing company failures to preserve...Read more
Compliance needs to be tied to business strategy, according to a recent report. PwC’s State of Compliance Study 2016 polls more than...Read more
A corporate secretary wears many hats: adviser, educator, diplomat, record-keeper, communicator, problem-solver. Corporate secretaries...Read more
CEOs believe cyber-security is the top risk they face, according to KPMG’s US CEO Outlook 2016 report, with 38 percent of respondents...Read more
August 2016
Growing regulatory demands are preventing financial companies from pro-actively improving their internal processes, such as in their...Read more
As outsourcing and demand for third-party assurance (TPA) reporting continue to rise, some outsourced service providers (OSPs) are...Read more
July 2016
As lapses in ethical conduct increasingly are linked to weaknesses in corporate culture, senior executives at companies are being held...Read more
The continued investment in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance has enabled organizations to create better systems for internal controls,...Read more
February 2016
Many companies are not well positioned to prevent corporate fraud, nor conduct investigations, creating a significant potential...Read more
January 2016
Last week KPMG outlined seven risk management issues that chief risk officers (CRO) need to focus on in 2016. The issues represent...Read more
December 2015
The greatest challenge faced by IT audit professionals around the world is the ‘ever-changing nature of complex emerging technology...Read more
November 2015
A pervasive belief that regulators have not held senior executives accountable for conduct and events that led to the financial crisis...Read more