Corporate America is on the verge of a major revolution in sustainability reporting. Everything—the what, how, and when—is about to change. The way companies have traditionally approached sustainability reporting is to disclose in anecdotal terms their environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) efforts in their annual reports. A lack of standard disclosure metrics, however, continues […]
Risk Management
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Boards Struggle With Overseeing Cyber-Security Risks
With cyber-attacks becoming more frequent and costly for companies, boards are looking to provide more oversight on cyber-security risks, but many are stuck on just how to do it. Earlier this month, during a speech, Securities and Exchange Commission member Luis Aguilar expressed his hope that public companies will consider board-level risk committees to address […]
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Getting to Global Financial Crisis 2.0
Let’s talk about global financial meltdowns and economic disaster. We have some fresh thinking on that subject. Last week the International Organization of Securities Commissions published its annual survey of securities markets risks, which takes a look at what’s on the mind of securities regulators around the world. In theory, IOSCO members (the Securities and […]
Posted inBoards & Shareholders
Boards Struggle With Overseeing Cyber-Security Risks
With cyber-attacks becoming more frequent and costly for companies, boards are looking to provide more oversight on cyber-security risks, but many are stuck on just how to do it. Earlier this month, during a speech, Securities and Exchange Commission member Luis Aguilar expressed his hope that public companies will consider board-level risk committees to address […]
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Boards Must Take More Active Cyber-Security Role, SEC’s Aguilar Says
Boards can no longer afford to pass the buck when it comes to cyber-security and would do well to adhere to voluntary government guidelines that could be a portent of eventual mandatory requirements. That was the warning from Luis Aguilar, a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, during a speech at this week at […]
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HHS Coming Down Harder on Healthcare Privacy Violations
The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing a stern warning to healthcare providers to take patient privacy issues seriously or suffer hefty fines and penalties. The healthcare regulator issued its largest monetary penalty last month for privacy violations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act since the law’s enactment 18 years ago. […]
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Compliance Practices in 2014: Good, Bad, and Everything Else
In one sense, compliance officers have plenty of reason to feel good when reading the 2014 Compliance Trends Report, a joint effort by Compliance Week and Deloitte to survey CCOs on a host of issues. More than half of respondents to the survey, unveiled last week at the Compliance Week 2014 conference in Washington, say […]
