Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
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Sustainability continues to evolve as companies recognize supporting environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is essential to survive in the marketplace. Our sustainability collection compiles global perspectives to help leaders manage sustainability risks effectively and maximize opportunities, while delivering financial value.
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Featured Insights
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Podcast | Understanding the California Climate Laws – with Alyse Mauro Mason, Ricardo Buitron, Michael Littenberg and Marc Rotter
In September 2023, California legislators passed the first mandatory climate disclosure bills in the United States. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the...
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An Earth Day Question: Is the Energy and Utility Industry Ready to Meet the Growing Demand for Climate-Risk Transparency?
The big picture: The Earth Day movement has been instrumental in evolving efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and other pollutants around...
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Podcast | ESG and AI – with Alyse Mauro Mason, Christine Livingston and Mark Carson
Artificial intelligence, including but not limited to generative AI, has taken the world by storm over the past year, with organizations worldwide...
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Time to Act: SEC Issues Final Climate-Related Disclosure Rules
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved its long-awaited — and, for many, controversial — new rule, The...
Data Management and Technology
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ESG Data Management and Reporting Are the CFO’s Responsibility — Period
In a global survey of CFOs and finance leaders conducted by Protiviti, ESG metrics and measurement stand out as the highest priority for the finance...
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AI Is a Double-Edged Sword of Business Opportunity and Cybersecurity Risk for E&U Industry
The challenge: Companies in the energy and utilities (E&U) industry are moving fast to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI...
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Are You Proactive in Understanding the Technology — And Talent — Gaps in Your Finance Group?
AI and other technology innovations have CFOs understandably excited about the possibilities for the finance organization and the broader enterprise. ...
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The High Cost of Gender Bias in Cybersecurity
This post is the second in an occasional series about diversity in cybersecurity. Our first post discussed achieving diversity’s benefits in...
Reporting & Regulatory Compliance
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CSRD Compliance Creates Unique Challenges for Manufacturers
What to watch: ESG metrics and measurement – and, by extension, reporting – are the highest priority areas for CFOs and their finance groups to...
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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...
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A Shift in View: Energy and Utilities Organizations Replace Risks Related to Change With More Pressing Concerns
New environment: Cybersecurity and heightened regulatory scrutiny became two of the major concerns for energy and utilities companies in 2024, as...
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EU Extends Certain CSRD Adoption Timelines for Sector-Specific Standards and Non-EU Companies – But Read Between the Lines
What happened – The European Parliament and the European Council have reached agreement on a proposal to delay certain adoption timelines of the...
Stakeholders & People
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Motivating the Multigenerational Workforce of 2030
Any predictions made before 2020 about the future of work have changed with COVID-19, inflation and social movements of the past two years. The...
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GENERATIONS: What is the productivity potential of your multigenerational workforce?
Protiviti is proud to be partnering with The Inclusion Initiative at the London School of Economics (LSE) on a three-year study about generations in...
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Inclusive Culture Starts with Contract Language
This post is the third and final in an occasional series about diversity in cybersecurity. Our first post discussed achieving diversity’s benefits in...
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Podcast | Financial Inclusion and Its Impact – with Alyse Mauro Mason, Tracie Anderson and Shelley Metz-Galloway
In this episode, hosted by Protiviti Associate Director Alyse Mauro Mason, we focus on financial inclusion, defining financial inclusion and its...
Strategy
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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...
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2023 Technology, Media and Telecommunications Finance Trends
"The more things change, the more they remain the same" aptly describes the current dynamic for finance leaders across the technology, media and...
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A New Reality for CFOs – ESG is the Top Priority
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics and measurement rate as the top priority for CFOs, other finance leaders and their teams for the...
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What Role Should Compliance Play in ESG?
Regulators and many other stakeholders are intently focused on how financial institutions address environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters....
Sustainable Operations
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Podcast | Strategic Sourcing: Gaining Advantage, Mitigating Risk – with Lucas Manganaro
Supply chain management continues to be a hot topic in countless organizations in light of ongoing geopolitical challenges, evolving impacts of...
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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...
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Environmental Nonprofit Builds Supplier Diversity and Sustainability to Meet Climate Change Goals
Protiviti supported changes to our client’s purchasing processes and tools to attain diversity and sustainability goals, starting with setting targets...
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Infographic | The Impact of Sustainable Operations on Profit and Long-Term Viability
Sustainable operations seek to create a harmonious synergy between business success, societal well-being and environmental health, contributing to a...