

The authority, influence and power that a board is able to exert can depend upon factors beyond applicable laws, regulations, listing requirements, license conditions and contracts. More experienced directors may better...
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With the privileges of limited liability for companies come certain obligations for their directors. These duties need to be addressed in addition to the responsibilities executive directors may have as managers leading business...
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How can business promote the UN Global Goals, and thereby combat hunger while promoting equity, livable cities, and clean oceans? The Meaningful Business 100 offers us a wide range of practices that change lives, cities...
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We are at a critical moment in human history. The pre COP 26 UN Climate Change Synthesis Report on Nationally Determined Contributions to achieving Paris Agreement targets suggested these will not be sufficient to contain...
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Boards should carry out formal and rigorous annual evaluations of their own performance and that of their committees and individual members. Such reviews are sometimes quickly undertaken to satisfy a governance requirement...
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This past month the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report with staggering conclusions for all of us, reminding us that we still have time to act to reduce the most oppressive...
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2020 was a frustrating year for many directors used to providing strategic direction and then monitoring and reporting on progress made with the goals and objectives they had set. Proactive directors who were intent on the...
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This is the last piece I would write before the dawn of the New Year. But what a year 2020 has been. Started with a declining economy in the first few months only to be topped by a pandemic that has never before been...
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The impacts, fall-out and continuing consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic have given reviews of board performance an added urgency. For many companies they are now a necessity rather than a periodic governance
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An unexpected shock induced recession provides an opportunity to take stock of corporate activities and their impacts, reconnect with stakeholders, and review corporate aims, purpose and strategies. Freed of the imperatives of a...
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