Board Governance

The third paper in our Boardroom Climate Competence series explores the depth and breadth of the board and management conversation on climate.

As boards and their committees continue to calibrate their agendas in response to ongoing disruption and uncertainty, we offer midyear observations to On the 2023 board agenda.

Conference highlights, proxy season trends, a financial reporting update, private company governance, and more.

AI governance and oversight; preparing for quantum computing; diversity and driving innovation and African American board representation

9 issues that should be top of mind for boards as risks and uncertainty increase

Priorities for board and audit committee agendas, our chief economist on measuring what matters, and a financial reporting and auditing update.

Annalisa Barrett and Susan Angele of the BLC review trends in board diversity disclosures at S&P 500 and Russell 3000 companies.

Eight issues for private company boards to keep in mind as they carry out their 2023 agendas.

Five issues for compensation committees to keep in mind as they consider and carry out their 2023 agendas.

Nine issues for boards to keep in mind as they carry out their 2023 agendas.

Seven issues for nom/gov committees to keep in mind as they consider and carry out their 2023 agendas.

Audit committee oversight of critical alignments—of strategy, risks, incentives, performance metrics, internal controls, and more.

KPMG and the Latino Corporate Directors Association examine Latino representation in the boardrooms of U.S. companies.

Ronald Machen, partner at WilmerHale, shares his insights on civil rights audits and the board’s oversight role.

ESG and management’s disclosure committee, evolving expectations of chief audit executives, and conversations on geopolitics, civil rights audits, and the metaverse.

KPMG and Ascend Pinnacle examine Asian representation in the boardrooms of U.S. companies.

Midyear observations shaping board agendas, financial reporting developments, getting better at assessing talent, what workers want, and proxy season takeaways.

Takeaways from the 2022 proxy season

As boards and their committees continue to calibrate their agendas in response to ongoing disruption and uncertainty, we offer midyear observations to On the 2022 board agenda.

Boards may need to reassess whether their delegation of risk oversight responsibilities is clear, properly aligned, and coordinated.