The key strategic issues, risks and liabilities facing companies, Directors and Executives as a result of the emerging greenhouse regulatory frameworks… and what you can do to avoid those risks. Martijn Wilder, a leading climate change lawyer, Head of the Global Baker & McKenzie climate change practice and Chair of the NSW Climate Change Council, identifies in plain language the governance issues faced by companies, and their directors and executives arising from climate change - and what you and your company can do to avoid or mitigate those risks. ... Full Story >
Corporate Governance and management are under intense scrutiny by investors, courts, governments and media. The performance bar is being raised for Directors, CEOs, CFOs and Executives, who must now be far more proactive in asking incisive questions to probe, challenge, test, clarify and verify the information on which they base decisions, strategy and actions. ... Full Story >
Ever wonder why some of your organisation’s projects did not work out as well as you expected, despite the fact that your project team followed the accepted principles and practices of project management? You may find the answer in a new global Competency Standard for Complex Project Managers that was launched at the recent ProMAC (international project management) conference in Sydney in September 2006. ... Full Story >
The Australian Government is currently considering amending the Corporations Act to extend corporate duties, and civil and criminal liabilities, below Board and Executive levels to encompass other managers. If the amendments under consideration are enacted, managers will need to know how to ask the hard questions. ... Full Story >
