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To build on our work in ESG, strategy and the long view, the Board Leadership Center interviewed directors and officers of major corporations, including Morgan Stanley, Tyson Foods, Ford Motor, Microsoft, Mars, and Whirlpool, among others.
Insights and highlights from the 2019 KPMG Board Leadership Conference, including the economic and geopolitical outlook; the CEO perspective; board engagement in strategy; technology, digital disruption, data risk, and privacy; long-term performance; shareholder versus stakeholder primacy; talent, diversity, culture, the workforce of the future; and hot topics for board committees.
Recent letters to executives and directors from the world’s largest asset managers.
To build on our work in ESG, strategy and the long view, the Board Leadership Center interviewed directors and officers of major corporations, including Morgan Stanley, Tyson Foods, Ford Motor, Microsoft, Mars, and Whirlpool, among others.
A look at critical issues for board agendas, areas for audit committee focus, insights on integrating environmental, social, and governance issues into strategy, and more.
Seven items for boards to consider as they focus their 2019 agendas on the critical challenges at hand and on the road ahead.
The Board Leadership Center’s Dennis T. Whalen offers two key areas for board focus as companies prepare for the 2019 proxy season.
Observations of the current climate for shareholder engagement, proxy voting and disclosure trends, shifts in board composition, and institutional shareholder concerns.
With concentrated ownership and less public scrutiny, diversifying the composition of private-equity portfolio company boards is a significant challenge, yet opportunities to change are just as abundant for these firms as they are public company boards.
The April 2018 edition of our quarterly publication for corporate directors.
Board agendas should continue to evolve in 2018 as the game-changing implications of technology/digital innovation, scrutiny of corporate culture and leadership.
From our perspective, many of these issues fall under the broad rubric of environmental, social, and governance (ESG), from climate change impacts and worker safety to workplace diversity, executive compensation, and board composition.
Talk and action on deregulation in Washington aren’t likely to slow investors’ momentum on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, according to results from the most recent proxy season
Given heightened investor expectations for transparency in governance and oversight, having a well-executed plan for communicating the company’s story and gauging investor sentiment on key issues is critical.
Investors are concentrating on what companies are doing—and disclosing—about the potential impact of climate-related risks on business models and operations, leading to calls for climate-competent boards.
How a company manages environmental and social issues—and connects these activities with strategy—are important signals to investors of how well the company is run and its long-term financial sustainability.
Sunny Vanderbeck, a managing partner and co-founder of Dallas-based Satori Capital, is trying to prove that a stakeholder-centric approach to private equity investing can generate returns at or above market expectations.
Highlights from our annual conference, taking a fresh look at climate risk and diversity, blockchain technology from a board perspective, and recent financial reporting and auditing developments.
The KPMG Board Leadership Center’s Dennis Whalen discusses board and governance trends with Thomson Reuters Sustainability.
Political and regulatory pressure, combined with significant investor concern, is elevating climate change and its associated issues for boardroom consideration.
The January edition of Directors Quarterly includes insights on the key issues that directors should focus their board agendas on during the year ahead; findings from ACI’s latest global survey; an interview with Bloomberg’s global head of sustainable business and finance; and a recap of financial reporting and auditing developments from the AICPA conference.
An interview with Bloomberg’s Head of Sustainability on how environmental and social efforts can advance business goals.
Companies and boardroom discussions are moving at different speeds on addressing environmental and social issues; yet, the board can help lead the organization forward by focusing on the big picture.
In his latest research, Harvard Business School professor George Serafeim finds sustainability issues moving from the periphery to the center of corporate thinking.
A panel at the WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation Global Institute discussed how boards can ensure that they ask the right questions and focus on customer-centricity as a strategic priority.
One company’s level of commitment to sustainability may be ad hoc and limited; others may be the very foundation of the company’s business model.