Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2022 and 2031 — Global Leaders Expect Talent and Other Challenges Over Next Year and Decade, According to latest Protiviti-NC State University Survey
Looking out over the next 12 months as well as the next decade, board members and C-suite executives all across the planet see a risky environment. There are concerns related to the pandemic; the future of work and the workplace; talent acquisition, retention and succession; disruptive innovation, new competitors and sustaining customer loyalty; the economy; […]
Elevating ESG and Human Capital Reporting to the Next Level
CFOs and finance leaders are focusing more time, expertise and innovation on their organization’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) and Human Capital investments and reporting. Not only do ESG and Human Capital metrics and measurement rank among the higher priorities for CFOs and finance leaders, according to Protiviti’s latest global survey of CFOs and finance […]
City Leadership Is Poised to Become the Most Important Job on the Planet, Says HSBC’s Greg Clark
City or population center? Greg Clark, Group Advisor, Future Cities & New Industries at HSBC Group, suggests in a recent article for VISION by Protiviti that we embrace the latter term because it more aptly describes what cities are: places where people are concentrated. More than that, Clark sees the world’s population centers as playing […]
5 Questions Boards Should Ask Their CFOs
CFOs serve as a critical filter to the board of directors. And filter they must, due to the complex array of strategic risks boards expect their companies to monitor. CFOs’ expanding scope of responsibilities, strategic partnership with the CEO, and risk- and control-centric mindset enable them to pinpoint the pivotal aspects of threats to, and […]
Flash Report — Developments at and During COP26: The Second Week
The proceedings in the 12-day UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow have now concluded. The second week of the summit was about finalizing the document — the Glasgow Climate Pact — which was signed by almost 200 countries on November 13. Negotiators worked tirelessly through the week to turn the momentum and […]
Flash Report – Developments at and During COP26: The First Week
The 12-day UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) is underway in Glasgow, after a yearlong delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. For over 25 years, the UN has been bringing together world leaders and other interested parties to discuss global climate matters. This year’s summit is the 26th annual meeting, thus the name COP26. […]
