Current events highlight what many have been talking about for years with respect to risk and governance. Now is the time for leaders to take stock of what managing risk is all about and the board’s and executive team’s...
Archive - March 2023
New Protiviti Research: Achieving Audit Relevance
Internal audit functions face a continuing talent crunch and ongoing demands to support the organization’s transformation efforts in response to external events and evolving business strategies and priorities. Amid...
Six Reasons to Reconsider Cost Optimization
As senior executives face more pressure to respond to rising costs and eroding profit margins, CFOs can remind their colleagues that they have more cost-optimization strategies than they might expect. Many business...
Biodiversity Reporting Requirements Have Arrived. Is Your Firm Ready?
Our planet is at a crossroads. In addition to the well-documented climate crisis, the Earth’s biodiversity confronts a threat unprecedented in human history. An estimated one million species face extinction within the...
5 Ways to Mitigate Greenwashing — and Greenhushing — Risks
You probably know about “greenwashing.” But are you familiar with “greenhushing”? “Greenwashing” is an accusation that activists, investors and other stakeholders levy when they believe a company’s sustainability and...
Using Pay Transparency to Impact Culture, Employee Trust and Manager Effectiveness
At the beginning of 2023, California and Colorado joined Washington and other U.S. states, as well as New York City, in enacting pay transparency laws. It’s likely more states will join them. While they differ in detail...