Opinion

Regulators and auditors are already using AI for large-scale data analysis, but since most information relevant to investigations is unstructured, current tools and processes are lacking. But AI expert Johannes “Jan” Scholtes says that just as compliance teams and regulators...

Financial institutions have increasingly embraced the practice of de-risking as part of their AML strategies. This approach involves reducing or severing business relationships and services with entities deemed high risk. While de-risking may seem like a sound strategy in theory,...

With signs that money laundering is on the rise globally, many companies will point to their AML programs and assume they are covered. CreditSafe’s Matthew Debbage explains why that may not be the case for everyone. Research shows that about...

The carbon credit market is rife with fraud allegations, and so far, strategies to combat this fraud have included many of the usual suspects, like government regulation and established standards. But as a group of partners from Womble Bond Dickinson...

Forget the Great Resignation. The Great Breakup is underway: Senior-level women are increasingly looking elsewhere for better opportunities. And as entrepreneur Monica Eaton explains, that’s to the great detriment of their previous employers. Since 2015, LeanIn.Org and McKinsey have conducted...

Four years ago, the Business Roundtable released its landmark statement on a corporation’s purpose. Since then, the world has seen a pandemic, widespread civil unrest and a global cost-of-living crisis. It’s through that lens that Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach revisits the...

Are ESG investors getting the most impact for their buck? That’s the question posed by a growing chorus of ESG critics, who argue that an unregulated ratings system is misleading — to the point that, as one headline reads, “The...

Corporations and leaders have long embraced workplace wellness and well-being programs focused on mental and physical health as well as stress management. But as entrepreneur Asim Hafeez explains, an overlooked aspect of well-being may be causing a productivity drain —...

Putting a new product or drug on the market in Europe may require jumping through a lot of regulatory hurdles to prove those products are safe. ESG columnist John Peiserich talks about how when developing robust sustainability goals, companies can...

Here’s an easy question: What are your organization’s core values? Another easy one: What’s your mission statement? Try a tougher one: What does that mission statement look like in practice, and what feelings do those values inspire in internal or...

Organizational buy-in of sustainability goals must go all the way to the top, including the board of directors, if those goals have any hope of being met. As ESG columnist John Peiserich explores, there are some nuances board directors should...

When companies use the lofty goal of eliminating gender-based barriers to enact special opportunities for women only, they risk relegating women to a secondary class of contributor, argues Tigerhall CEO Nellie Wartoft. Everyone should have the same access to educational...