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Insurers wary of providing cyber coverage amid ransomware surge
Cybercriminals are switching their targeting of healthcare facilities and municipalities to manufacturing and logistics companies.How to turbo-boost your upskilling with active learning
Accelerate learning and professional development with these four steps.6 tips for asking for help improving professional skills
You miss out on 100% of the help you don’t ask for.4 ways to build the self-motivation that can boost your career
Develop strong boundaries and align your passion with specific goals.COP26: What’s in the new climate agreement?
The pact covered fossil fuel subsidies, climate finance for developing countries, carbon markets rules, and more.CFO priorities: How COVID-19 rewrote the list
A focus on financial controls, moving to cloud-based applications, and supporting digital transformation and hybrid working are on CFOs’ priority lists.US-China climate deal lifts hopes as UN talks turn to dollars and cents
Draft conclusions call for more to be done on “climate finance” through grants rather than loans to developing nations.Do you have the wrong mentor?
Taking brave and proactive steps to change the relationship can yield beneficial results.6 ways to encourage innovation through performance management
Tying individuals’ work to strategic goals can provide incentive for developing effective new approaches.COP26 a seismic moment for businesses on climate change
Financial firms’ pledges and the creation of a global standards body are among moves to boost sustainable business.Inflation risks are real, but manageable
After a long period in which inflation barely figured in the economic discourse, it is back in the headlines — and squarely back on the corporate agenda.20 countries commit to halt financing of fossil fuels abroad
The agreement includes the US and Canada, but not China, Japan, and South Korea, which already have more limited commitments.Prototypes provide clues on future sustainability disclosure requirements
The newly announced International Sustainability Standards Board may have standards ready to publish in the second half of next year. Prototypes offer a look at what might be included in the proposed and final standards.Sustainability standards: New global board marks big step forward
Efforts to establish reliable, consistent sustainability disclosures took a huge step forward Wednesday with the IFRS Foundation’s much-awaited announcement that it is creating a new International Sustainability Standards Board.UK Chancellor to set out requirement for firms to publish net-zero plans
The UK government is also to spend £576 million on initiatives to mobilise finance into emerging markets and developing economies.A COVID-19 effect: ERM’s perceived value grows
A global survey on risk management shows that, when compared against pre-pandemic sentiment, fewer organisations view ERM efforts as bureaucratic or yielding little value.Climate finance could make or break the COP26 summit. Here’s why
Vulnerable countries will need up to $300 billion per year by 2030 for climate adaptation alone, according to the UNChancellor’s UK Budget increases spending on skills, R&D
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced an increase in public spending on R&D to £20 billion a year by 2024 and a total £3.8 billion increase in skills spending.FRC issues guidance on climate-related scenario analysis, reporting against TCFD
UK premium-listed companies will need to report against Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations from the end of the year.
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