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Board governance is becoming more demanding at the same time that expectations of directors are rising. Boards are being asked to oversee organizations through geopolitical instability, regulatory change, technological disruption, shifting stakeholder expectations, and...

Boardroom diversity remains a priority for an overwhelming majority of boards, new data from the Corporate Governance Institute has shown. This is despite the more chaotic nature of...

Female Board Representation Drops Below 30% for First Time Since 2024. The pace of women joining Russell 3000 boards appears to be slowing, according to the latest Equilar Gender Diversity Index (GDI)...

The UK government's Cyber Resilience Pledge is a signal that cyber risk has outgrown the technical silo. It asks organisations to take three-board level actions: implement the Cyber Governance Code of Practice and put directors through...

Boards risk falling behind as AI adoption outpaces governance, experts warn during Governance Intelligence briefing. Leading with the concept of the agentic enterprise, Governance Intelligence’s latest briefing highlighted a fundamental shift in how organizations must approach governance, strategy and operations in the age of AI...

In a shifting business and environmental landscape, many C-suite leaders face an intensifying imperative to harness the power of data, governance, and cross-functional collaboration to drive growth, value, and resilience. The challenge...

The SEC’s recent proposal to permit optional semiannual reporting for public companies has the potential to reshape one of the defining rhythms of corporate governance: the quarterly reporting cycle. For boards long accustomed to operating within a framework built around quarterly disclosures, the proposal raises major questions about...

AI is creating a sustained test of board capability, demanding sharper oversight, deeper expertise and stronger alignment with management. That is the view of Paul Washington, president and CEO of the Society for Corporate Governance, who warns that boards must operate at a consistently higher level...

Boardrooms don’t lack data; what they lack is decision clarity under compression. In a year where economic signals, geopolitics, technology shifts, and stakeholder scrutiny collide, effective oversight is about joining the...

In 2023, women occupied just under one-quarter (23.2%) of seats on boards of directors, increasing 0.5 percentage points over the proportion of women recorded in 2022 (22.7%). Just over half of boards (50.3%) did not include any women directors in 2023. In addition, 25.8% of boards had one woman director, while...