Flora is one of HKCGI 's recent graduates, having qualified as a Chartered Secretary earlier this year. Flora shares some great insights into her initial perspective of the profession and what motivated her to pursue a career in this field, so we'd like to know how this compares to your own thoughts? ...

Governance Institute of Australia has released The Ethics Index 2022 (now in its seventh year) - a survey of 1000 people's attitudes to ethical conduct across Australian society. The overall Ethics Index Score for 2022 dropped from the five-year high of 52 in 2020 to 42, a decline from 45 last year. ...

An interesting discussion on recent survey results by the Wealth Management Market Research Centre Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, that found that 81% of institutional investors in the US plan to increase their allocations to ESG products over the next two years, almost on par with Europe (83.6%). ...

I see that we are starting to see people join the new community for graduates and new members. I am keen to know what interested you to join. My colleagues and I developed this space with what we hope are seen to be some innovative ways to get information across and to engage people. So if you have ...

Given recent escalating events In Australia we must question; are we under-prepared for the real threat – that can strike at any time – that we face, with cybersecurity clearly a borderless frontier. Should we, as the head of Australia's secret intelligence agency recently urged, be "over-prepared for ...

The consolidation of sustainability reporting frameworks is progressing at an encouraging pace. Within this process of consolidation, CGI is pleased to see that the principles of integrated thinking and integrated reporting are being preserved in the new standards being developed by the IFRS Foundation. ...

The views of the writer appears to me to be true only partially. Most of the countries are now adopting ease of doing business and reducing the procedural wrangles. In Governments due to multiplicity of authorities and lack of unity of command, corruption/delay happens. With new generation of professionals, ...

Hi Martina, I use Diligent Entities (formerly known as ICSA Software's BluePrint OneWorld) in my role, but there are plenty of other providers on the market. I still see attempts to manage complex corporate groups on Excel, but I strongly believe a proper database of some kind is essential. Best, Tom ...

I'm looking to connect with other company secretaries and governance professionals working in renewable energy businesses in the UK and beyond. I am the Deputy Cosec for Venterra Group PLC (a new offshore wind services business), but am new to this sector having worked in governance roles in the investment ...

Thank you Neil, I agree with your three points, which are well made and what I believe the authors were driving at. Some level cynicism is always valid. ------------------------------ Dr Denis Mowbray Mgr Dir Gryphon Management Consultants Christchurch ------------------------------