Asia-Pacific ESG efforts on the rise

Businesses across the Asia-Pacific region have increased efforts to improve the quality of their environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting, but significant challenges remain.

Most Chinese businesses said they were adopting ESG data because of regulatory requirements (25 per Read more

Organisations struggle to make ESG work strategically

Organisations are struggling to make ESG work strategically because they are often unable to move away from a compliance agenda, according to a report by the consultant KPMG.

While most companies recognise that ESG should be a valuable Read more

Regulatory change and emerging risk top compliance concerns

Compliance functions and risk managers said that their top strategic priorities over the coming 18 months are keeping abreast of regulatory changes and mitigating emerging risk, according to Thomson Reuters.

Half of respondents to the survey underpinning the Read more

SME’s “overwhelmed” by daily grind for ESG preparations

Smaller businesses are too overwhelmed by coping with day-to-day business demands to focus on sustainability issues, the UK accountancy body ICAEW said

Research by the organisation showed that net zero, for instance, had “massively dropped down the priority Read more

Mergers and acquisitions emphasise role of ESG

Pundits expects global merger and acquisition (M&A) to increase in the second half of 2023 and they expect that environmental and social governance (ESG) to play a larger role in due diligence.

While investors said M&A deals would rise Read more

Enterprise Risk Magazine – Autumn 2022 Edition

The ‘Autumn 2022’ edition of the Enterprise Risk magazine is available to read here.

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