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Impact Boards Emerging Markets is pleased to offer our members community a series of curated articles and research as well as access to complimentary content by our partners including Board Excellence and REDD Intelligence.
World Bank: Expect ‘more and bigger’ outcomes-based bonds
Blended Finance - Environmental Finance & OECD conference 2025. The World Bank is planning more outcomes-based bonds after the success of...
7 days ago
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The corporate director’s guide to overseeing deals
PwC Governance Insights Centre, March 2025. Overseeing deals and your company’s portfolio strategy Having a focused deals strategy is...
Apr 3
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Boards Around the World: Navigating Stormy Seas
Spencer Stuart, February 2025 Global Boards in a Time of Turbulence The report explores how boards are responding to unprecedented...
Mar 5
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Environmental Finance and the IFC's Emerging Market Real Economy Sustainable Bonds Report
Environmental Finance/IFC, March 2025 The third volume of the Emerging Market Real Economy Sustainable Bonds report explores the...
Mar 5
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Mobilization of Private Finance by Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions in 2023
International Finance Corporation (IFC) World Bank Group 27 February 2025 Private capital mobilised by multilateral development banks...
Mar 5
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Global Trends in AI Governance: Evolving Country Approaches
World Bank Group 5 December 2024 The report explores the transformative potential of AI and the need for robust governance frameworks....
Mar 4
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Boards and society: How Boards are evolving to meet challenges from sustainability to geopolitical volatility
Heidrick & Struggles 18 November 2024 Boards of Directors are confronting an ever-expanding list of critical, complex topics – many of...
Jan 28
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Board Monitor Saudi Arabia 2024
Heidrick & Struggles 4 December 2024 Heidrick & Struggles’ Board Monitor Saudi Arabia report explores six ways Boards around the globe...
Jan 28
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COP29: Financing Net Zero
Environmental Finance 13 November 2024 Swami Venkataraman , global head of sustainable finance assessments, at Moody’s Ratings , explains...
Nov 13, 2024
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Four common biases in boardroom culture
Strategy+Business, a PWC publication Maria Castañón Moats , Paul DeNicola , and Leah Malone June 2021 What behavioral psychology can tell...
Nov 2, 2024
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ESG Legislation Tracker
TaylorWessing October 2024 Global law firm TaylorWessing's ESG Legislation Tracker aims to help companies monitor the challenges arising...
Oct 31, 2024
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Navigating the Cybersecurity Disclosure Conundrum: A Practical Guide for Boards & Leaders
Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence October 2024 In 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a new disclosure rule...
Oct 7, 2024
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Clean Energy Innovation Policies in Emerging and Developing Economies
International Energy Agency 1 October 2024 Emerging developing economies have a major stake in tackling the climate challenge, including...
Oct 1, 2024
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Board effectiveness focus: Why directors with HR expertise help boards do better
Heidrick & Struggles September 2024 As boards’ responsibilities become more complex and they seek to become more effective, adding more...
Sep 30, 2024
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Will The Integration of AI Introduce the New Power Player or a Risky Intruder?
Forbes August 2024 The ubiquity of artificial intelligence in enterprise and its impact on corporate governance and strategic...
Sep 13, 2024
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Preparing for a Board Opportunity
SpencerStuart June 2024 Service on a corporate board is a professional aspiration for many successful executives today. Adding value to...
Jun 30, 2024
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Finding the right fit: Assessing First-Time Candidates for Non-Executive Directors
SpencerStuart May 2019 In this era of rapid technological change and market disruption, boards have their work cut out to keep pace with...
Jun 28, 2024
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Climate Investment Playbook
British International Investment and FMO June 2024 If someone asks you to picture what a climate investment looks like, what’s the first...
Jun 27, 2024
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2024 Institutional Investor Survey On Sustainability
The survey, fielded by researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Hoover Institution Working Group on Corporate Governance,...
Apr 30, 2024
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The GCC Board Gender Index Report 2024
The new GCC Board Gender Index Report 2024 reveals that women hold 5.2 percent of all listed company board seats in the GCC. The report, ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Proxy Season in Brazil
Morrow Sodali's review shines a light on shareholder engagement and corporate governance trends. This edition features a comprehensive...
Apr 2, 2024
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British International Investment – Emerging Economies Climate Report 2023
The BII reports that the climate emergency is having a devastating impact on emerging economies. Without decisive action, this will only...
Mar 18, 2024
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FTSE Women Leaders Review
FTSE Women Leaders 2024 Report shows that gender balance is in sight. Published in February 2024, the report shares insight and progress...
Feb 27, 2024
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Sustainability Regulation Outlook 2024
Leveraging EU regulation to conquer sustainability reporting, drive decarbonisation and prevent greenwashing Deloitte Insights Time is...
Feb 18, 2024
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Global Corporate Governance Trends for 2024
For the ninth consecutive year, Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA) has identified key governance trends that will affect boards in 2024....
Feb 14, 2024
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On the 2024 Nomination Committee Agenda
In 2024, pressures on management and boards will increase significantly as companies contend with uncertainty and disruption as well as...
Feb 9, 2024
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The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is the European membership body for investor collaboration on climate change...
Feb 8, 2024
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2023 Turkey Spencer Stuart Board Index Highlights
Spencer Stuart has been operating in Turkey for 11 years. During this time, we have witnessed a gradual evolution in the role of the...
Jan 10, 2024
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How to Set Up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards: Guiding principles and questions
Climate change is visibly disrupting business. It is driving unprecedented physical impacts, such as rising sea levels and increased...
Jan 1, 2024
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COP26 Presidency Outcomes The Climate Pact
After 13 days of intense negotiations, COP26 concluded on Saturday 13th November 2021 with every Party at COP26 - representing almost 200...
Jan 1, 2024
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Understanding transition scenarios: Eight steps for reading and interpreting these scenarios
The transition to a low-carbon economy implies far-reaching changes in socio-economic systems. Its scope and its exact nature will depend...
Jan 1, 2024
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Recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
One of the essential functions of financial markets is to price risk to support informed, efficient capital-allocation decisions....
Jan 1, 2024
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The...
Jan 1, 2024
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UNFCCC United Nations Climate Change
The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of...
Jan 1, 2024
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Diversity Matters Even More
McKinsey & Company 5 December 2023 The case for holistic impact Diversity Matters Even More is the fourth report in a McKinsey series...
Dec 5, 2023
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Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Climate change presents financial risk to the global economy. Financial markets need clear, comprehensive, high-quality information on...
Jul 1, 2023
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Global Trends in climate change litigation: 2023 Snapshot
This report reviews key global developments in climate change litigation, with a focus on the period May 2022 to May 2023, drawing...
Jun 29, 2023
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World Bank's Country Climate and Development Reports
In 2021, the World Bank Group announced a new core diagnostic report, the Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs), to analyze how...
Jul 13, 2022
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Succession Planning
February 2022, Board Excellence For any CEO, discussing plans for their successor can be a sensitive issue, but by failing to tackle this...
Feb 28, 2022
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COP26 Briefing
This briefing summarises the key climate trends and announcements of most importance for non-executive directors and industry...
Nov 30, 2021
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UK COP26
Around the world storms, floods and wildfires are intensifying. Air pollution sadly affects the health of tens of millions of people and...
Nov 1, 2021
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