Learnings from 2021 and focus for 2022
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Exploring the linkages between payment practices, stakeholder engagement, culture and ESG strategy
In this interview, Matt Vickers explains the insights that payment data provide into the depth of engagement with suppliers and breadth of strategic thinking around how organisations look at partnerships and building capabilities. Payment practices are an opportunity to have richer dialogs and relationships with the outside world. Guest speaker Matt Vickers joined Ombudsman…
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Corporate Governance, a year of change
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Payment practices are part of your board ESG and culture agenda: expert interview
Payment practices are part of your board ESG and culture agenda Late payment practices have severe implications for the economy and its growth because they harm cashflows and hamper investments. They primarily impact small businesses. At a time of increased pressure to embrace the ESG framework and engage effectively with stakeholders, payment practices should be…
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Steering the net zero conversation in the boardroom
Seizing the net zero opportunity for planetary good: your responsibilities as a non-executive and board director In October 2021, the WWF reported that only 19% of FTSE 100 firms had published a detailed action plan to reduce their climate emission to net zero, with more than a quarter of them having not made this promise…
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Managing cyber risk to build resilient organisations
What are the latest cyber security developments and their impact on your board responsibility? On 19th October, NEDonBoard welcomed the National Cyber Security Centre and Claudia Natanson, Chair at UK Cyber Security Council, for an educational cyber session. We discussed latest developments and emerging trends, case studies of recent incidents and outlined relevant questions…
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Call to non-executive directors: 5 considerations for your 2022 board agenda
Written by Karen Brice (Director at Grant Thornton LLP) In the current challenging environment, with the aftershocks of the last 18 months still being felt, what can boards do to ensure they are contributing more to support their organisations and stakeholders? Learning from the corporate decisions and actions taken during the pandemic will help us…
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How to protect yourself effectively against liability risk as a director?
How to protect yourself effectively against liability risk as a non-executive director and board member? In October 2021, NEDonBoard and McGill and Partners co-hosted a session aimed at informing the board member community on the liability risks to which they are exposed as directors and on protection measures and strategies that they should implement.…
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Positioning the Senior Independent Director (SID) role in modern boards
What is the role of the Senior Independent Director in modern governance? The senior independent director is a feature of good governance as he/she supports the functioning of the board, de-risks its activities and can be a conduit for communication. Yet, there is little guidance on the role. This is why NEDonBoard invited experienced senior…
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Leveraging TCFD to embed climate into strategy
Written by Elise Perraud, NEDonBoard COO In November 2020, the UK Government announced that climate risk reporting will become mandatory for large companies and financial institutions in the UK. The requirements already came into effect for some companies in 2021, using the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). While the organisation on which…
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