Last week, the CFA Institute held its 72nd Annual Conference in London where over 600 finance and investment professionals gathered to discuss the ways in which various forms of “disruption” are forcing finance community to explore new opportunities for resilience and success in a rapidly changing world.
Geneva, 14 May 2019: The Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), part of WBCSD’s Global Network of partner organizations, recently embarked on a series of discussions and workshops to increase companies’ understanding of transparency and risk management challenges, opportunities and solutions. The latest of these engagements took place on the sidelines of the Bloomberg Sustainable Business […]
San José, Costa Rica, 2 May 2019: Asociación Empresarial para el Desarrollo (AED), WBCSD’s Global Network partner in Costa Rica, held a CEO breakfast and a full day workshop for understanding emerging risks and opportunities related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The event brought together over 40 people from financial institutions, banks and insurance companies in […]
We’re excited to announce that a portion of “Enterprise Risk Management – Applying enterprise risk management environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related risks” has been translated into Japanese. This is an important development in helping businesses worldwide respond to the increasing severity and prevalence of ESG-related risks and opportunities. We’ve gathered some comments from The Institute […]
Geneva/Singapore 23 October 2018: The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released today the final version of “Guidance for Applying Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-related Risks.” This guidance, which underwent an extensive public comment exposure, is intended to bring […]
This week in Dubai at the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) International Conference, over 3,000 risk management and audit professionals gathered to discuss how technology and a shifting risk landscape will change the way that they manage risk and compliance across their companies.
Every human being is programed to be a risk manager.
Last week marked the 48th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, bringing together 3,000 of the world’s most powerful leaders in government, business and civil society.
It is becoming ever clearer that for us to create a society that supports a healthy planet with happy people, we must change our course drastically.
This publication marks our fifth edition of Reporting matters. Our research has confirmed that many organizations find it challenging to meet the increasing number of disclosure requirements in a robust manner.