Risk Management Overtakes ESG And DEI In 2024

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, the rulers of Oceania, a totalitarian state, enforce a language of simplified grammar and limited vocabulary meant to limit a person’s ability for critical thinking. In Orwell’s Newspeak, complex thoughts are reduced to simple terms and Read More …

The Evolution of Risk Management in Global Investigations

2.1 Introduction This chapter addresses the myriad potential avenues for a control environment to be compromised and for an area of risk or investigation to be identified, either proactively or reactively, by a corporation. It also highlights key developments and changes Read More …

Environmental Social Governance Investigations

32.1 Introduction Investigations relating to environmental, social or governance issues are not new; however, during the past decade, the interest in ‘ESG’ (a term thought to have been coined by a 2004 UN Global Compact study[2]) has grown, and ESG factors Read More …

How Financial Stability Relates To ESG Disclosure

The impact of climate change in the long run is seen as a financial security risk globally, affecting some $100 trillion of fossil fuel assets. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a critical enabler of effective risk management—a primary reason why Read More …

ESG grounded in reality: greater scrutiny calls for robust risk assessment

There are two things on which it is easy to agree regarding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). First, with sustainability having become the focus of huge attention in recent years, it has stormed up the corporate agenda. Second, and less Read More …

Environmental, Social and Governance Credit Risks to Rise in 2023

Economic and political turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be likely to heighten environmental, social and governance (ESG) credit risks this year, credit rating agency Moody’s said on Monday. The cost-of-living crisis stemming from Read More …

Risk and Compliance Management Includes Oversight of ESG

In the last year, there has been much discussion about upcoming regulation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) public reporting because of the financial impact of socially responsible investing on the capital markets. There has also been considerable discussion in Read More …