Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Insights paper September 22, 2023 Sustainability and Private Markets: A Structured Approach to Value Creation The ESG regulatory landscape is starting to form: In the public markets worldwide, companies are trying to determine how to respond to and incorporate stringent sustainability-related disclosure requirements from the EU. Meanwhile, the International Sustainability Standards Board has completed its work on a set of voluntary standards for public companies globally. In the U.S., the SEC is poised… Whitepaper April 17, 2024 Internal Audit’s Role in Supporting Sustainability Reporting Environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidance, stakeholder demands and regulatory mandates are evolving and becoming more specific, and the time of taking a “soft approach” to sustainability reporting has passed. As the need to provide, or prepare to provide, limited and/or reasonable assurance in sustainability reporting grows, internal audit’s role in the reporting process becomes obvious… Insights paper March 15, 2024 Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk A shift in mindset to a strategic sourcing strategy anticipates and mitigates supply chain risk while improving resilience and responsiveness, still aiming to reduce total cost of ownership. Whitepaper June 27, 2023 What Role Should Compliance Play in ESG? By Bernadine Reese and Jackie SanzRegulators and many other stakeholders are intently focused on how financial institutions address environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Within financial institutions, boards of directors, executive management and much of the C-suite are weighing in on the ESG strategy and approach. Chief compliance officers (CCOs), though, have been remarkedly… Whitepaper August 13, 2024 Regulations and Demand for Accountability Set the Tone for the Future of ESG Disclosures In recent years, increasing pressures from a variety of stakeholders have combined to drive companies toward more sustainable practices in their business operations and greater transparency. The real game-changer, however, has been the proliferation of recent global environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting regulations, which require a level of reporting far above the voluntary… Whitepaper December 19, 2024 The Compliance Playbook: Navigating the Financial Services Industry’s Compliance Priorities in 2025 As we enter the new year, the financial services industry once again faces compliance risks that are increasingly diverse and complex. Whitepaper November 4, 2024 Stress Testing Credit Portfolios for Climate Risk Climate risk refers to the potential for adverse economic consequences resulting from climate change as well as human responses to climate change and is rapidly becoming one of the emerging risk areas within the financial services industry. According to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), climate risk has the potential to affect the safety and soundness of individual banks and have… Infographic June 3, 2025 Infographic | Back to basics: Sustainability driving operational excellence and resilience for your business ESG is no longer a nice-to-have — it’s a strategic business imperative. The companies that will lead are those embedding sustainability into every aspect of their operations. It’s not just about compliance; it’s about driving long-term value, resilience and growth in an increasingly dynamic landscape.This imperative does require effort – but it’s important to remember you are not alone. All… Whitepaper November 12, 2025 Importance of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), JVs and Alliances in Real Estate The MENA region is experiencing an unprecedented wave of urban transformation, nearly $400 billion* worth of PPP and JV projects are in the pipeline across megaprojects. But ambition comes with complexity!The PPP failure occurs because of cost overruns, legal ambiguities, and misaligned incentives, cause project derailments. The combination of macroeconomic instability with increasing… Newsletter November 29, 2023 Setting the 2024 Audit Committee Agenda Compared to prior years, our suggested 2024 audit committee agenda has taken a bit of a turn due to ongoing and recent market and regulatory developments.A complex business environment: The 2024 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, governance, process, technology, and financial reporting and disclosure issues that merit consideration by the audit committee beyond its ongoing… Load More