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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.
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Recent issues
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Directors Quarterly: July 2019
In this edition: geopolitics, transformational technologies, proxy trends, investor coalitions, audit committee concerns, board diversity, and a financial reporting and auditing update.
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Directors Quarterly: April 2019
In this edition: board engagement in strategy, highlights from our Board Leadership conference, voting in proxy fights, and more.
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Leading with agility and purpose
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.
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Investor letters
Recent letters to executives and directors from the world’s largest asset managers.
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The ESG journey: Lessons from the boardroom and C-suite
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.
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Directors Quarterly: January 2019
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.
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On the 2019 board agenda
Seven items for boards to consider as they focus their 2019 agendas on the critical challenges at hand and on the road ahead.
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Preparing for the 2019 proxy season
The Board Leadership Center’s Dennis T. Whalen offers two key areas for board focus as companies prepare for the 2019 proxy season.
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Lessons from the 2018 proxy season
Observations of the current climate for shareholder engagement, proxy voting and disclosure trends, shifts in board composition, and institutional shareholder concerns.
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Diversifying portfolio company boards
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.
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ESG, strategy, and the long view
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.
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Engagement, activism expected to increase for 2018 proxy season
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
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Spotlight on director-investor engagement
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.
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Climate competence in the boardroom
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.
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Investors get serious about ESG's link to long-term corporate performance
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.
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A stakeholder-centric approach to private equity investment
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.
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Corporate leadership reaches an inflection point
The KPMG Board Leadership Center’s Dennis Whalen discusses board and governance trends with Thomson Reuters Sustainability.
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Climate change and the corporate board
Political and regulatory pressure, combined with significant investor concern, is elevating climate change and its associated issues for boardroom consideration.
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Social responsibility and strategy meet in the boardroom
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.
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Q&A: A chance to redefine and reimagine business
An interview with Bloomberg’s Head of Sustainability on how environmental and social efforts can advance business goals.
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Sustainability issues move from the periphery
In his latest research, Harvard Business School professor George Serafeim finds sustainability issues moving from the periphery to the center of corporate thinking.
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What directors need to know about customer loyalty and shared value
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.
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What does sustainability mean for your company?
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.