Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Landing Page Top risks 2023 About Our Survey and Methodology Survey ESG: A continental rift? Key findings from an Oxford-Protiviti Survey, Executive Outlook on the Future of ESG, 2032 and Beyond: Oxford-Protiviti executive survey with a 10-year outlook finds North American leaders less worried about environmental risk and ESG regulation, and less open to change. Executives in Europe and Asia-Pacific (APAC) perceive the stakes as higher and expect more change externally and within their… Leadership Scot Glover Scot is a Global Leader for Technology, Media & Telecommunications in our San Francisco office and focuses on helping companies assess, understand and mitigate their most important risks to drive key business improvements. He is a member of our Internal Audit and Financial Advisory services practice w hich helps Fortune 1000 technology, media and entertainment companies optimise their… Blog Proceed, Delay or Cancel? Reevaluating the Capital Allocation Process Capital allocation is a process typically owned by the CFO. From the CEO’s perspective, allocating capital is one of the most important strategic financial decisions he or she makes that underpins the organization’s prospects for long-term growth and success. As for the board, directors are stewards of capital deployment. As such, one might say that the process of allocating capital is the CFO’s… Blog Four Enablers to Achieve a Balanced Approach to Inventory Management As CFOs deepen their collaborations with supply chain leaders to deploy and improve revenue assurance models, they’re seeking reassurance that “just-in-case” approaches will not lead to excess inventories or trigger working capital and cashflow management risks. Supply chain leaders can assuage these concerns by acquainting corporate finance leaders with the new processes and protocols they are… Blog Tackling Data Privacy, Cyber Supply Chain Gaps Key to Building Organizational Resilience Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) company leaders are under growing pressure to identify and remediate potential gaps in policies and processes — especially those related to data privacy and cyber supply chain networks — that could expose their organizations to regulatory risks. During a recent webinar with audit professionals, Protiviti subject-matter experts discussed the growing… Blog Present Challenges Notwithstanding, the EU’s Energy Transition Holds Long-Term Promise Europe’s effort to stamp out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in accord with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal is arguably the most progressive energy transition plan ever initiated. Ultimately, the continent aims to replace fossil fuel-fired power plants with wind, solar, hydrogen and other renewable sources that will result in innovative business models, technologies and revenue… Blog Flash Report – Biden Doubles Down at COP27 Last Friday at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (more commonly referred to as COP27), in Egypt, United States President Joe Biden asserted that global warming posed an existential threat to the planet and promised his country would meet its targets for fighting it. In his speech, he said, “The climate crisis is about human security,… Blog The Age of Sustainability: As New European Disclosure Requirements Take Shape, Here’s How Businesses Should Stay Ready UPDATE: The European Council approved the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) on November 28, 2022. Read the Protiviti Flash Report. Background The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is to become the backbone of sustainability reporting within the European Union (EU). Its goal is to remedy problems with insufficient sustainability information provided by… Blog HR, Health Thyself: A Comprehensive and Collaborative HR “Physical” When it comes to conducting self-evaluations, HR functions are uniquely disadvantaged. Most HR teams are time-pressed and resource-challenged. Precious few can afford to reassign HR professionals muscling through 60-hour work weeks to diagnose the function’s overall health. And many CHROs understandably bristle when the board or their CEO charges another organizational function — internal audit… Load More