Opinion

ESG creates better financial performance, mitigates legal and brand risk and increases trust. But making ESG gains is about more than improving business metrics. Joe Wilkins, a founding member of the Black Directors Health Equity Agenda, talks about how health...

It’s been the better part of two decades since a relatively common risk management mechanism — an interest rate swap — served as a scapegoat for a long, deep economic recession. Could our current financial crisis, which just this week...

Since it went into effect nearly a year ago, the U.S. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act illustrates how the “E” and “S” in ESG have a tendency to overlap. ESG columnist John Peiserich shares his take on this intersection and...

By the beginning of next year, large companies in the EU or that do a substantive amount of business in EU countries will be required to issue sustainability disclosures under new rules. ESG columnist John Peiserich sorts through the details....

The collapse of a business doesn’t usually happen all at once. There are warning signs. Late payments, legal filings and falling credit scores are all flashing red lights that something bad is coming. That goes for your customers, too, but...

Banks bear the brunt of consequences for financial crimes amid a huge increase in anti-money laundering fines in 2022, making them an easy target when financial crime is suspected. But fighting fincrime isn’t the sole responsibility of banks, argues Samar...

Simply knowing your customer isn’t enough anymore; to keep pace with modern threats, perpetual know-your-customer practices will enable organizations to manage risk. Moody’s Keith Berry tells companies everything they need to know about pKYC and argues for a mindset-shift in...

OpenAI’s splashy ChatGPT rollout has generated untold amounts of text, both directly and indirectly. While much of what’s been written so far has been about creative work, which some fear will be completely upended by ChatGPT, CCI’s copy chief, Jennifer...

A C-suite title on your business card doesn’t just come with a cushy corner office. Since January’s blockbuster Delaware Chancery Court decision regarding toxic behavior at McDonald’s, it could also mean that you’ll bear the same oversight duty traditionally reserved...

For compliance departments that need to do more with less, it’s tempting to lean into automated systems. Compliance and ethics consultant and author Vera Cherepanova warns that focusing on numbers — and not people — can cause more damage in...

In September, the EPA issued a decision to prevent previously unregulated stormwater pollution from flowing into the watersheds of three Massachusetts rivers. Though the agency has had the authority to do so, it’s the first time the EPA has exercised...

This isn’t a story about business, third-party risk management, the DOJ or any of the other topics we normally cover on these pages. It’s a story about football, pain and failing upwards. I wasn’t always an Indianapolis Colts fan; I...