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In our globalized world, systemic shocks run rampant, from COVID-19 to climate change. “Pandemics are no longer just biological—they are now geopolitical, financial and atmospheric, too” according to the journalist, Thomas...
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Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, strategic challenges to business models, ways of operating and lifestyles to which billions more people aspired were beginning to accumulate. Water supplies were under strain in many areas. The...
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Deborah Leipziger Winston Churchill advised that one should “never let a good crisis go to waste.” So as the world takes to the streets to protest racist systems, what can we do as board members and as companies...
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In recent weeks companies have been preparing their entries for the Golden Peacock Environment Award. While reflecting on their achievements, IOD members in urban areas may have registered that the air they breathe is less...
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Human rights are under siege: on the streets, in warehouses, in workplaces, in homes. More than ever, boards of directors need to learn the language of human rights so that they can understand and map the human rights risks of...
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The discussion in the Boardrooms that I have recently been attending have been predominantly on the impact of Covid-19 and the preventive measures by the government on business and life in general. The twenty-one-day lockdown and...
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An unexpected shock induced recession provides an opportunity to take stock of corporate activities and their impacts, reconnect with stakeholders, and review corporate aims, purpose and strategies. Freed of the imperatives of a...
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The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting a global economy that was already stuttering. Growth was slowing in a range of countries, exacerbated by trade disputes, uncertain negotiations and growing indebtedness. The global pandemic...
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Hyderabad, 26 August 2009. At a two day conference that concluded in Hyderabad this weekend it was claimed that the excesses of subprime that led to market meltdown could have been curbed had companies appointed more women on...
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The Institute of Directors (IOD) has championed quality, business excellence and innovation for many years through its conferences and publications. Golden Peacock Awards recognise achievement in these areas. The 2020 Dubai...
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