Des CA qui se préoccupent de plus en plus des risques

Le Corporate Board Member publie une étude pertinente sur la prise en compte des risques par les CA dans ce billet : « New Survey Shows ERM Conversations Increasing Across U.S. Boardrooms, With Room to Grow » (par Melanie C. Nolen, juillet 2024). Assurément une bonne nouvelle !

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Taking risk is part of running a business, but in today’s environment it may seem like every move comes with a certain amount of unexpected risk. The level of emerging risks, both predictable and unpredictable, is high, so it’s no surprise that boards are having to spend more time than ever on this issue. 

More than three-quarters (77 percent) of the directors we polled as part of our Director Confidence Index survey in July, conducted in collaboration with Diligent Institute, say their full board is having regular conversation around new risks and what they mean for the company, with nearly half saying they’re discussing ERM more frequently today than in years past. 

So much so that 56 percent say they have formalized enterprise risk oversight in governing documents (including charters)—a trend that aligns with other research out of the Diligent Institute. “This is a growing trend, even when it comes to matters such as ESG for instance,” says Dottie Schindlinger, executive director of the Diligent Institute. “In our recent Sustainability in the Spotlight report, we found that of the directors who had changed their company’s ESG oversight in the last year, about a third (30 percent) had formalized oversight in governing documents.”  

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