Posted inAnti-Bribery

ESG isnโ€™t just a buzzword, itโ€™s vendor management, forced labor and more

ESG is no longer in vogue. But its issues still are.

Almost none of the nearlyย 200ย attendees at Compliance Weekโ€™s Third Party Management summit ย this week said theyโ€™re currently working on ESG when informally surveyed. The show-of-hands results marked a dramatic reversal from even just a couple years ago, surprising even attendees in the room.

Posted inBoards & Shareholders

TPRM Keynote speaker Cherepanova says directors donโ€™t need specialization, they need critical thinking

Regulators and investors increasingly say boards of directors need more expertise to ensure they can respond to fast-changing politics, policy, and technology that threaten to undermine their businesses. In the U.K., government officials sayย boardsย needย to think more about cyber. In the EU, they need to prepare for theย Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).ย Speaking atย Compliance Weekโ€™s Third-Party Risk Management summit, Boards of the Future director Vera Cherepanova says that directors need to think broadly, rather than inย specialties.

Posted inRisk Management

Googleโ€™s $500 million compliance overhaul could fall short of best practices, amid antitrust fallout

Google parent Alphabet has struck a new agreement with shareholders, settling a shareholder lawsuit with a promise toย โ€completely revamp and rebuild its global compliance structure,โ€ according to a new legal filing. The investment may not go far enough to reform Alphabetโ€™s compliance failings, which are particularly under scrutiny followingย two antitrust rulings in two different cases against the company over the past year.

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