CFO Insights

Half of the top 10 priorities of CFOs and finance leaders indicate a need for greater agility in finance organisations, according to Protiviti’s 2023 Global Finance Trends Survey. Marketplace uncertainties and economic challenges make the need for agility critical as organisations strive for growth and profitability.

Challenging market conditions and volatility are driving the need for organisations to have greater resiliency, agility and flexibility to maximise profit while reducing risk.

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) entered into force in January 2023, intending to increase transparency on sustainability information for investors and other stakeholders. On February 7, 2024, the European Parliament and Council agreed to a proposal of the European Commission to delay certain adoption timelines of the CSRD.

The role of the CHRO is continually shifting and transforming. Boards are looking to them to answer questions about talent strategy and organisational culture in today’s tightening labor market.

In 1987, the United Nations’ Brundtland Commission published this definition of sustainability in its report, which called for a strategy that incorporated both economic development and consideration for the environment. Over the years, other definitions of sustainability have emerged, but the Brundtland definition remains a useful explanation that distills sustainability in a concise manner while...