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March 2024 Newsletter
Executive Pay | Compensation Is Increasingly Getting Tied To ESG Metrics And Climate Performance Executive incentive plans are increasingly being linked to ESG metrics, with climate being the...
How Technology Can Improve Board Meetings for Schools, Colleges and Universities
Introduction A school board, college board, university board, senate or any other educational board can be defined as a governing body that is in charge of managing the educational system within a...
Navigating Board Management Through Audit Reporting
Introduction: Maintaining the accuracy of financial reporting is essential for good corporate governance with respect to critical board meetings, where decisions can have a lasting impact. And then...
Board Dynamics: Executive and Non-Executive Directors
Introduction In the complex world of corporate governance, the roles of executive and non-executive directors are pivotal and complementary, shaping the overall success of a company. In the...
Importance of a Board Committee Chairperson
Introduction: A board committee is a small working group that the board of directors designates to assist the board in carrying out its duties. Committees are typically established to carry out...
Understanding the Increased Responsibilities for Public Board Members After a Listing
Introduction When a board goes public, it transitions to making its shares available to the general public. A significant number of changes result from this important event in a company's...
The Evolving Role of Board of Directors and Management Teams
Introduction: In the complex and rapidly evolving landscape of modern corporate governance, the roles of Board of Directors and Management Teams are becoming increasingly crucial to ensure...
Navigating Board Evaluations: A Vital Component of Effective Governance
Introduction: In the world of corporate governance, board evaluations are a crucial practice which help organizations assess their board as well as the overall organization’s effectiveness...
Tips To Help Company Secretaries Prepare For Board Meetings
Introduction: Corporate governance describes the methods used to govern businesses and their goals. It indicates who is in charge, who is responsible, and who makes choices. In essence, it serves as...
Digital Transformation in the Boardroom: Exploring Board Meetings Software Solution
Introduction: Boards must grasp the impact of digital on core business operations to make well-informed choices regarding digital transformation. This involves equipping board members with...
Next-Gen Boardroom Solutions: Board Meetings Management System & Beyond
Introduction A “next-gen boardroom” can be defined as a modern, technologically advanced boardroom that makes use of cutting-edge digital tools boardroom, software solutions, and communication...
July 2023 Newsletter
Executive Pay | Average CEO Compensation Up By 6.25% For FY23 Latest trends show how boards of prominent companies are investing greater attention in balancing shareholder, financial, competitive,...
Strategies to make board meetings more interactive and efficient
Introduction: Board members can get fatigued with the meticulous series of board and committee meetings filled with overwhelming presentations that are heavy on information. This can get especially...
Why Board Management Software is Essential for a Company Secretary?
Introduction: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the term "board management"? The responsibility of managing the activities of a board of directors is usually assigned to...
Analysis: New Board Portal Features to Help Company Secretaries Improve Board Meetings
Introduction: The use of technology in board meetings is becoming increasingly important. A recent study by Deloitte states that boards are moving towards a multi-avenue approach which involves...
What is ESG reporting and how it affects Board Meetings?
Introduction: ESG reporting is a sort of organizational disclosure that describes an organization's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) commitments, actions, and plans. The practise of ESG...
How to Take Minutes at Board Meetings
Introduction: Regulations requiring the maintenance of minutes of board meetings, especially by publicly traded companies are an essential part of record-keeping and corporate governance...
ESG in Board Meetings
The impact of ESG (environmental, social and governance) compliances is transforming corporate governance practices and board operations globally at a dynamic pace. An example of this is the...
Enhancing Board Management & Efficiency
Introduction: The International Bar Association (IBA) based in London reported on the future of governance for organizations by highlighting their move towards sustainability in lieu of recovering...
How to Improve Board Meetings
Introduction: As commonly described by the SEC among other regulatory authorities, a board meeting is a conference of an organization’s board of directors, whether held in person or by any means of...
The role of a Company Secretary
Introduction: A company secretary is a senior executive who plays a crucial role in ensuring that a company complies with legal and regulatory requirements, as well as safeguarding the interests of...
The Best Practices For Organizing Board Meetings
Board meetings are a critical aspect of modern corporate governance, providing a forum for board members to make informed decisions about the direction and strategy of the organization. In today's...
Building a diverse board
Introduction: According to a study conducted by Business Standard, only 17.3% of boards have female representatives. The under-representation of women on board committees has been a long-standing...
How Good Governance works for Modern Boards
Introduction Good governance is the foundation of a successful and sustainable organization. It is a set of practices that ensure that an organization is accountable, transparent, and effective in...
The increasing focus of organizations on sustainability and long-term value creation
Introduction: In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on sustainability and long-term value creation in the corporate world. This shift in focus is driven by a growing awareness of the...
Emerging Roles for Board of Directors
What is the Board of Directors? For publicly listed companies as well as for some non-governmental organizations, non-profit organizations, and private companies, the Board of Directors are the...
How to Prepare Minutes of Board Meetings?
Introduction: Minutes of board meetings and committee meetings are official records covering the proceedings of critical meetings which take place between an organization’s Board of...
Agenda Management Practices for Board Meetings in the Era of Digital
Introduction: A recent study on board meetings practices by the Institute for Law and Economics of the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School analyzed that while the advent of...
Elevating Board Meetings with Technology
Introduction: The adoption of digital meeting technology has had a profound impact on the way boards of directors collaborate. This technology has made it possible for board members to connect and...
Corporate governance trends that will shape the future
As change is considered to be the only constant, it is imperative for responsible boards and enterprises to constantly evaluate and adopt upcoming trends relevant to business.
The Role of Boards in Ethics & Compliance
The judgments, selections, and actions that ‘reflect and enact our values’ are considered as ethics. ‘Complying or adjusting one’s activities to another’s objectives, to a regulation, or to a necessity’ is considered as compliance. The core of a robust corporation is a strong ethical culture and solid compliance systems.
Analysis: Impact Of Evolution Of Corporate Governance On Boards
As charity is said to start at home, similarly, adapting to evolving standards of corporate governance for enterprises starts with its Board of Directors. Company Secretaries and CXOs can adapt to changing landscapes more efficiently with the right technology.
Dess attends 50th National Convention of Company Secretaries
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) held its 50th annual convention of Company Secretaries at Hotel ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata. The theme for the Convention was ‘CS: A Vishwaguru in Governance & Sustainability to explore the responsibilities of Company Secretaries (CS).
Leverage Technology to Optimize Performance Evaluation process of Boards and Directors
Board evaluation is an annual process by election or legal mandate in the majority of businesses worldwide. Results of board evaluation procedures can include everything from relatively simple process modifications to board replacements.
Evolution of ESG in Boardrooms
The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly referred to as COP26, greatly highlighted environmental issues affecting the world. One of the main concerns of the summit was the need of...
A great solution for responsible boards to attain ESG Goals
Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) criteria are corporate governance goals which help Board of Directors, Company Leadership and Company Secretaries measure the ethical impact of organizational investments…
Enhancing Board Governance with DESS: How DESS Can Help You Improve Your Board Governance
Good governance lies at the core of any organization’s growth and success. Boards have a crucial role to play in this governance wherein they ensure that the company is running with efficiency....
Optimizing Virtual Meetings: The Five Best Practices by DESS for a Great Virtual Meetings Experience
The Covid-19 pandemic revolutionized the world in many ways. Workplaces all over the world have witnessed significant changes due to unprecedented lockdowns and sudden confinement to home. With...
The Importance of Digital Meetings Solution in the Covid-19 Pandemic
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the way we understand the word ‘workplace’. It no longer denotes the conventional office, physical interactions, conference rooms, and so on. With...
5 Things to keep in mind while choosing Digital Meetings Solutions
Offline board meetings sound like a frantic company secretary typing in a room full of sulking directors, who are ready to sign an attendance register and leave. A successful boardroom meeting...