In brief:Directors face an increasingly complex environment in which their businesses must operate, requiring them to engage in continuous learning about new trends and that they master new areas of oversight. This white paper, coproduced by the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corpora...

Research | March 15, 2018

The theme I heard most often at the annual spring meeting of the Council of Institutional Investors was ESG: environmental/social/governance risks and investment opportunities. The issues of how best to understand ESG and factor it into assessing investment risk and return and how to respond as inve...

News | March 15, 2018

Put simply, One Cubic is a collaboration, sharing strategy with a hybrid approach. So, on the one hand, we want to be decentralized with our businesses close to the customer to ensure speed and intimacy. On the other, the back office can be centralized so we can leverage it for maximum efficiency.

News | March 14, 2018

SEATTLE, March 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearSign Combustion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLIR) ("ClearSign" or the "Company"), an emerging leader in industrial combustion technologies that reduce emissions and improve efficiency, announces the appointment of Susanne Meline to the company's board of directo...

News | March 14, 2018

The entire board relies on the hard work of the audit committee to meet its overall objectives. But audit committees today are faced with the heavy burden of regulatory mandates and growing investor expectations. Workloads are increasing, and they have to oversee more complex areas. Many audit commi...

Blogs | March 13, 2018

As we contemplate trust and transparency in business against the backdrop of unethical sales practices events over the last year and the need to prioritize customers needs and expectations over the sales journey, the various customer touch points along the value chain come to mind. For many companie...

News | March 13, 2018

Chemicals giant Dow has become one of the only major industrial corporations with an openly gay CEO.

News | March 13, 2018

Ken Daly, former president and chief executive of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), has joined the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) as a senior advisor, the U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG LLP has announced.

News | March 13, 2018

In brief: In light of renewed regulatory focus, directors should consider strengthening their oversight of corporate compliance and ethics programs. New U.S. Department of Justice emphasis on the effectiveness of compliance and ethics programs in preventing, detecting, and mitigating the risk of ind...

Research | March 12, 2018

The Internet Security Alliance and the National Association of Corporate Directors will be hosting a global forum on cybersecurity for corporate directors in Europe next month.

News | March 12, 2018