Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Podcast Transcript September 28, 2022 Transcript | Sustainable Finance With the dominance of ESG as a key agenda item in the boardroom and C-suite, it’s no surprise that one especially noteworthy topic is sustainable finance – ensuring that investments in products and services are aligned with ESG and sustainability standards. This certainly is a key area of focus in financial services. In this podcast, Protiviti’s Paul Middleton interviews Ana Carolina Oliveira,… Newsletter May 13, 2021 Quantum Computing: Why The Board Should Care There is a growing interest across the world in the feasibility of quantum computing and when it will finally become a reality in business. And that’s for good reason. Quantum would enable problem-solving capabilities to address simulations and complicated optimisation questions involving a formidable number of variables and potential outcomes at amazing speeds not attainable with conventional… Newsletter April 17, 2020 COVID-19: Paradigm Shift in the Boardroom (An Expanded Discussion) The discussion below is a more complete coverage, including examples, of the topic addressed in Issue 127 of Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight and on NACD/BoardTalk.The global COVID-19 pandemic is a different experience from other catastrophic events like the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. It is spawning new thinking in all quarters,… Podcast Transcript April 13, 2022 Transcript | Building Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains It should come as no surprise that, according to research from Protiviti, ESG metrics and measurement are among the top priorities for CFOs and finance teams to address, and a majority are substantially increasing the focus on and frequency of their ESG reporting. A key part of these efforts must be building sustainable operations and supply chains.But this only scratches the surface. Board… Podcast April 13, 2022 Podcast | Building Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains It should come as no surprise that, according to research from Protiviti, ESG metrics and measurement are among the top priorities for CFOs and finance teams to address, and a majority are substantially increasing the focus on and frequency of their ESG reporting. A key part of these efforts must be building sustainable operations and supply chains.But this only scratches the surface. Board… Client Story February 8, 2023 Global Health Services Company Modernises Data and Applications with Microsoft A global health services company needed to execute on its corporate promise to deliver affordability and convenience to its patients. However, the company discovered that there was a disconnect between that promise and intended delivery. Further investigating that disconnect revealed that the organisation's procedures for tracking and delivering rebate payments were hampered by complex, time-… Blogs June 8, 2022 The Digital Wave – How It Impacts Data Management IssueJust as companies were starting to believe they had a handle on their internal data management and the governance of structured data, a new technology wave in the form of digitisation is sweeping the globe, rendering carefully crafted frameworks obsolete. This digital wave, fueled by massive quantities of unstructured and uncurated data being generated by social media, mobile devices and the… Infographic May 8, 2023 Infographic | COSO ESG Guidance Webinar: Internal Control Over ESG Operations, Compliance & Reporting The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) recently released interpretive guidance for organisations about designing, evaluating and achieving effective internal control over sustainability reporting (ICSR) using COSO’s globally recognised Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF), developed in 2013. The intended outcome is to build trust and confidence in… Whitepaper May 4, 2019 ERP System Implementation As organisations implement new enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to automate processes, it is becoming increasingly critical not just for IT, but also for the business units themselves, to understand their central role in the overall success of these initiatives. The implementation of an ERP system or any other major IT system should never be viewed as just an IT project because,… Flash Report February 23, 2022 The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Its Potential Implications and Impact On February 21, after months of building up forces close to Ukraine’s borders, Vladimir Putin recognised the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine as “independent people’s republics.” He ordered the Russian Defense Ministry to deploy troops in those regions to “maintain the peace.” These actions commenced on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Crimea almost eight years to the day. The… Load More
