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- Category: Corporate Governance
- Category: ESG
- Category: Helle Bank Jorgensen
- #SustyTalk Live: CISL’s Ben Kellard, Competent Boards’ Helle Bank Jorgensen on corporate leadership
- Why sustainability must play a major role in your boardroom today — and tomorrow
- Five First Steps to the Future Boardroom of Choice
- Does Your Organization Need a Chief Sustainability Officer?
- Food brands struggling to weather the ‘polycrisis’ unleashed by war and climate change
- War in Ukraine: what have corporate leaders learnt, one year on?
- The Anniversary Of A New Economy – The War In Ukraine At One Year
- Helle Bank Jorgensen named as a Globe and Mail Changemaker for 2023
- Why sustainability plays a key role in shaping future boardrooms
- ‘In the future, people like me will go to jail’
- Davos shows collaboration is key to our better future
- New Year, Same ESG Challenges: Overstretched Boards Face Barrage of Global Regulation
- How Boards Can Leverage ESG To Navigate Economic Uncertainty And Inflation
- ESG On Corporate Boards – Helle Jorgenson, CEO of Competent Boards
- A Year of Battle
- How smaller companies can help the world get to net zero faster
- What is the role of audit in ESG?
- Crafting the ‘G’ in ESG: Accountability in the Boardroom
- Watch Out for Hidden Reputational Risks This Holiday Season
- Helle Bank Jorgensen at the FORTUNE Impact Initiative 2022 – Beyond Business
- Africa’s Drive Towards Sustainability: ESG GPS Mauritius Launch
- We must fill the climate education gap for senior business leaders
- Business leaders must recognize it’s OK not to be OK
- Biodiversity — is that a business issue?
- Future Stewards W/ Helle Bank Jorgensen
- The Increasing Demand for ESG and Climate Literacy | Nasdaq Spotlight: Helle Bank Jørgensen
- Crafting the ‘G’ in ESG: Accountability in the Boardroom
- Nobody wins in this round of global hunger games
- Why leaders must adapt to evolving ESG demands
- AMNC – Adapting to Evolving ESG Requirements – English
- Only 17% of Board Directors Can Handle These Issues – A Discussion with Helle Bank Jørgensen
- Take on board with Helga Svendsen and Helle Bank Jorgensen
- Governance Matters podcast: Gearing up for the governance road ahead
- Governance in Canada
- Getting it Wrong in conversation with Helle Bank Jorgensen, founder and chief executive of Competent Boards
- Companies must work together to fight famine
- What can boards do to end our oil and gas dependency?
- Companies must find their Stewards of the Future to survive and thrive
- Helle Bank Jorgensen joins Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence Insights Council
- An Interview With Edward Sylvan: How & Why Helle Jorgensen of Competent Boards Is Helping To Change Our World
- How to prepare your board for the future
- How do you redesign your supply chain in a chaotic world?
- Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future – Ep.295
- The ESG bar is high this proxy season: Is your board prepared?
- War in Ukraine: what actions can boards take now?
- How to Identify the ESG Issues That Deserve the Board’s Attention in 2022
- Lessons in ESG: The road to net zero is paved by board education
- Make stakeholder concerns your concerns. All of them.
- A chance for a better tomorrow
- Maureen Metcalf and Helle Bank Jorgensen (podcast interview)
- 10 essential ESG new year’s resolutions for board directors
- Stewards of the Future – A Guide for Competent Boards
- Book extract: Case study – Ørsted
- What does the new year hold for ESG?
- Boardrooms must pick the right board game to play
- Book review: Stewards of the Future
- Get Down to Business
- Why the growth of climate and ESG inside boardrooms gives me hope
- The Game Of Risk That Will Make Or Break Your Company
- Corporate Boards are Facing Unprecedented Pressure. Here are My Top 3 Solutions
- Investors Are Demanding Sustainability—Is Your Board Ready?
- Stewards of The Future ebook now available on Amazon
- Reflections on COP26 – Have you connected with your child today?
- What is a climate-competent board?
- Let’s put corporate boards on the spot at COP26
- People in need have long memories – the case for stakeholder primacy
- To Achieve Purpose, Boards Must Embrace Integrated Reporting
- Corporate Sustainability – The Most Critical Aspects of a Resilient Business
- Fireside Chat with Curtis Ravenel: Where Boards Can Start on Climate Action
- Upgrading board members’ ESG competencies – Singapore Radio interview
- 10 Steps Toward Good ESG Governance
- The evolving role of governance, ESG Competent Boards and how ESG is moving from an afterthought to a strategic imperative.
- “Competence, Curiosity, and Courage”: Sustainability and the Board – Interview with Helle Bank Jorgensen
- Is Your Board Prepared for the Future? Navigating COVID-19 and Beyond
- People in need have long memories – the case for stakeholder primacy
- How Boards Can Be Forces for Change Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
- Podcast: Helle Bank Jorgensen: Corporate Sustainability – The Most Critical Aspects of a Resilient Business.
- From an organic form of virus to a virus of material losses – how can we be prepared when the unthinkable happens?
- The Sustainability Leadership Award for (almost) a decade goes to Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England
- Phronesis: Practical Wisdom for Leaders
- For companies and their boards, the heat is on
- Sustainability is an Integral Business Decision
- Stewards of the Future, a Guide for Competent Boards, available for pre-sale now!
- How Boards Can Be Forces for Change Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
- Podcast: Corporate Sustainability – The Most Critical Aspects of a Resilient Business
- Covid-19 & the Ancient Social Contract Called Duty of Care
- From an organic form of virus to a virus of material losses – how can we be prepared when the unthinkable happens?
- Competence, Curiosity, and Courage | Interview with Helle Bank Jorgensen
- Fireside Chat: ESG and Stewardship in the 21st Century
- Canada and the SDGs: Sharing Insight from Canadian Executives and Leaders
- What You and Your Board Need to Know About the Future of ESG | Modern Governance Summit
- Helle’s interview for Weekend Mornings, Singapore’s Radio Show
- ESG Oversight: Incorporating ESG Considerations Into Board Strategy
- Will climate migration derail the 4th industrial revolution?
- What the IPCC report means for corporate boards
- Time for boards to stop greenwashing, get serious about net-zero carbon
- Are you greenwashing, wishing or walking?
- Gender inclusivity on boards in a post-pandemic world
- The Climate Governance Initiative’s Global Summit
- It’s 2021: Time to reset corporate governance
- Why leadership must learn fast from the COVID-19 crisis – some hopeful signs
- Category: Press Release
- Category: In the Media
- Category: Leadership
- Category: News & Views
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 24, 2023
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 17, 2023
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 10, 2023
- Alumni Spotlight, March 2023: Alicia Rubí, Peggie Pelosi and Valdiney Domingos de Oliveira
- Biodiversity takes centre stage at GLOBExCHANGE 2023
- 10 women who lead the way in sustainability
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 3, 2023
- Faculty Spotlight: Jacob Sterling, Klaus Kunz and Paul Polman
- Behind the ESG headlines – February 24, 2023
- Why companies must embed diversity and inclusion into their ESG frameworks
- Environmental racism can expose company boards to unwanted risk
- Behind the ESG headlines – February 17, 2023
- Behind the ESG headlines – February 10, 2023
- Behind the ESG headlines – February 3, 2023
- Behind the ESG headlines – January 27, 2023
- Alumni Spotlight, January 2023: Jennifer Roedding, Rebecca Brosnan, and Jacqueline Musiitwa
- Behind the ESG headlines – January 20, 2023
- Behind the ESG headlines – January 13, 2022
- Faculty spotlight: Simon Henzell-Thomas, Joyce Cacho and Timothy Mohin
- Behind the ESG headlines – January 6, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – December 23, 2022
- Five key business takeaways from the biodiversity COP15
- Behind the ESG headlines – December 16, 2022
- GXリーグ シンポジウム2022 Autumn
- Behind the ESG headlines – December 9, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – December 2, 2022
- Press Release: The Great Boardroom Resignation vs. The Future Boardroom Creation
- Alumni Spotlight, November 2022: Tara Leweling, Patty Vadnais and David Isherwood
- Five key focus areas for companies after COP27
- Behind the ESG headlines – November 25, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – November 18, 2022
- Five key takeaways from Sustainability Reporting & Communications USA 2022
- Building Competent Boards: Stewards of the Future
- ESG- more than another acronym
- Behind the ESG headlines – November 11, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – November 4, 2022
- Alumni Spotlight, October 2022: Shailesh Haribhakti, Henning Stein and Amee Sandhu
- Behind the ESG headlines – October 28, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – October 21, 2022
- Helle Bank Jorgensen awarded the prestigious Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 2022 Award
- Building Competent Boards: ESG Is Not about “Skills-Washing”
- Behind the ESG headlines – October 14, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – October 7, 2022
- Helle Bank Jorgensen named one of top 50 women in sustainability
- Six New Criteria That Future-Fit Boards Must Have in Their Skills Matrix
- Behind the ESG headlines – September 30, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – September 23, 2022
- Connecting with Helle Bank Jørgensen
- Alumni Spotlight, September 2022: Agnes K Y Tai, Shireen Muhiudeen and José Guillermo Garrido Lecca
- Behind the ESG headlines – September 16, 2022
- Faculty spotlight: Pat Dwyer, Florence Van Dyke and Lisa Reshaur
- Behind the ESG headlines – September 9, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – September 2, 2022
- Alumni spotlight, August 2022: Amita Chaudhury, Anna Murray and Anar Popatia
- Ibec Academy Global and Competent Boards partner to launch global ESG and Climate Education programme
- Behind the ESG headlines – August 26, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – August 19, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – August 12, 2022
- The ESG Issue: Finding Your Purpose
- Behind the ESG headlines – August 5, 2022
- Alumni spotlight: Emilie Juel-Helwig, Dr. Dianne Saxe and Janet Drysdale
- Behind the ESG headlines – July 29, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – July 22, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – July 15, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – July 8, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – July 1, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – June 24, 2022
- Book extract: Why we need DEI at the leadership table
- Alumni spotlight: Hélène V. Gagnon, Clarissa Lins and Rosie Bichard
- Faculty spotlight: Richard Barker, Francesca Ecsery and Charmian Love
- Behind the ESG headlines – June 17, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – June 10, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – June 3, 2022
- Diligent and Competent Boards Announce Premier ESG Leadership Certificate Program for Corporate Leaders
- Behind the ESG headlines – May 27, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – May 20, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – May 13, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – May 6, 2022
- Talking about… why boards must think like activists with Helle Bank Jorgensen
- Behind the ESG headlines – April 29, 2022
- Alumni spotlight: Anar Popatia, Samantha Mooi and Jenifer Thien
- Behind the ESG headlines – April 22, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – April 15, 2022
- Why marketers must be part of the strategic ESG conversation
- Behind the ESG headlines – April 8, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – April 1, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 25, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 18, 2022
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 11, 2022
- Recruiters put the spotlight on climate change and boardrooms
- Do We Need New Competencies in the Boardroom and C-Suite? Part 2
- Behind the ESG headlines – March 4, 2022
- Why the rest of the world must stay strong and fight tyranny alongside Ukraine
- Helle Bank Jorgensen – Stewards of the Future
- Behind the ESG headlines – February 25, 2022
- How should board directors prepare for proxy season?
- Trust and the responsibility for business
- Ask not what your stakeholders can do for you…
- Only 17% of Board Directors Can Handle These Looming, Profit-Killing Issues
- Board members must think like activists
- Back to the roots: the story of a Kumasi boy
- Competent Boards teams up with 1% for the Planet
- Competent Boards training now comes with Credly badges
- India’s ESG strategies can help shape the world’s future
- Don’t Look Up: An unsubtle satire about climate change
- The values of good governance
- Pressurized boards need to find solutions, quickly
- Competent Boards and SCERTIFY Team Up to Provide ESG Training Program for Board Members and Business Professionals
- Board members and executives give high marks for Climate and ESG training ahead of COP26
- How to Set Up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards: Guiding principles and questions
- Corporate Governance & Climate Change, Odgers Berndtson
- The consequences of COVID-19: Thought leaders share governing board priorities
- The Truth About Corporate Success: Sustainability
- Wake-Up Call: Directors Must Focus on Sustainability Risks, BlackRock Letter Presses
- Integrated Reporting and IFRS Practice Statement 1
- Fireside chat with Mervyn King, Bob Garratt, Bob Tricker and Peter Dey
- The Good Governance Academy’s 5th Colloquium
- Navigating COVID-19 and Beyond
- Future Boardroom Competencies 2020 Report
- Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- The Globe and Mail’s Panel Discussion: ESG Investing – What Growing Interest Means For Business
- Wake-Up Call: Directors Must Focus on Sustainability Risks, BlackRock Letter Presses
- The Sustainability Leadership Award for (almost) a decade goes to Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England
- The BlackNorth Initiative Sponsorship
- Enabling Diversity in the Boardroom
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- Climate Competent Boards Certificate: Business Professionals
- Climate Competent Boards Certificate: Board Members
- Climate Competent Boards: Self-Study Program
- ESG: Self-Study Program
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- Reggie Townsend
- Simon Henzell-Thomas
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- Justine Hendricks
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- Frank Gleeson
- Keith Tuffley
- Christina Koulias
- Maria Luiza De Oliveira Paiva
- Aaron Smorodin
- Martina Filipic
- Pamela Steer
- Clarisse A. Simonek
- Thomas Verhagen
- Ngozi Edozien
- Daouii Abouchere
- Peter Sandahl
- Russell Burk
- Amita Chaudhury
- Frances Edmonds
- Alison Taylor
- Jessica Norton
- Justin Ponder
- Charlotte Wolff-Bye
- Kamran Khan
- Andrea Slattery
- Tjeerd Krumpelman
- Chris Hagler
- Alison Pepper
- Désirée Lucchese
- Alisha Fernando
- Sandra D’Souza
- Carsten Primdal
- Joel Coward
- Måns Carlsson
- Trisha Taneja
- Joan Elise Dubinsky
- Susana del Pozo
- John C. Havens
- Patricia Jurewicz
- Ulrika Hasselgren
- Noel Kinder
- Tess Mateo
- Ellis A. Jones
- Eric Feinberg
- Pascale Hélène Dubois
- Alan Richter
- Amy Coughenour Betancourt
- Sandeep Chandna
- Peter Lupoff
- Amy Geisberger
- Jade Bouhmouch
- Mattie Yeta
- Datuk Shireen Muhiudeen
- Ieda Gomes Yell
- Julie Hansen
- Kaley Karaffa
- Eric Wetlaufer
- Mark Konyn
- Miriam Vogel
- R. Andreas Kraemer
- Suzanne DiBianca
- Stine Bosse
- Robert G. Eccles
- Aulani Wilhelm
- Emily Pidgeon
- Eivind Lorgen
- Bertrand Millot
- Dr. Thomas Tochtermann
- Diya Luke
- Patricia Fuller
- Hiroo Mirchandani
- Wolfgang Ziebart
- Florence Van Dyke
- Chloe Van Dyke
- Antonia Gawel
- Kristina Touzenis
- Christine Chow
- Mia d’Adhemar
- Philippe Zaouati
- Tim Youmans
- Albert Wong
- Martin Wolf
- Andrew Winston
- Sarah Keohane Williamson
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- Michael Treschow
- Leslie Traub
- Nigel Topping
- Agnes K Y Tai
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