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NZX confirms amendments to the NZX Corporate Governance Code 2023

NZX confirmed amendments to the NZX Corporate Governance Code, Listing Rules and ESG Guidance Note, taking effect from 1 April 2023.

• NZX
• Reporting frameworks

New Health and Safety Representatives and Committees requirements proposed

The Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill proposes to improve all workers access to Health and Safety Representatives and Committees.

• Health and safety

Faith, hope and...choice: Larry Fink’s latest chairman’s letter to investors

Blackrock’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Larry Fink’s, long-awaited annual letter is here. These are the highlights.

• Stakeholders

Rules for a recession: stick to core business and hold on to great talent

KPMG’s Financial Institutions Performance Survey 2022 (FIPS) offers some concerns and insights that businesses need to be aware of.

• Talent

Three actions to support effective decision-making for your board

Governance boards can bring increased cognitive diversity and higher quality decisions to complex problems involving the "unknown unknowns".

• Board dynamics
• Decision making

Constructive conversations

In this first in a new blog series, IoD Chief Executive Kirsten Patterson looks ahead to what could be an aggressive election campaign.

• Decision making
• Ethics

Drowning in email? Consider a paywall

Boards looking to improve their organisations' productivity could consider the benefits of email paywalls. Bloomberg’s Parmy Olson reports

• Future of work

GST on directors’ fees: Professional directors’ fees not eligible for GST

New rulings by Inland Revenue on director's fees and GST will require some directors to review their current arrangements.

• Director remuneration

Cybercrime: Hard lessons learned in 2022 as we keep making the same mistakes

To reduce the impact of cyber-attacks in 2023, directors need to support their organisations to keep cyber security high on the agenda.

• Cyber security

Transparency and the non-negotiables

Impact reporting is becoming non-negotiable where the facts have to speak for themselves, according to KPMG’s Kay Baldock.

• Accountability
• Organisational culture
• Stakeholders

Report urges curiosity and courage on H&S

Health and safety needs to be integrated into organisational purpose, says the Better Governance Project.

• Health and safety

Navigating the tightrope: Managing conflicts of interest in not-for-profits

Boards face the challenge of managing conflicts of interest. Good governance practice helps to navigate these successfully.

• Not for profits
• Transparency

Future of local governance

Dame Kerry Prendergast gives her views on governance issues raised in the IoD submission on the Future for Local Government draft report.

• Public sector

Speaking out: clarity on expectations and values

This is one of three opinion articles published as a package, looking at the issue of political neutrality in the public sector.

• Director duties
• Ethics

IMHO: Applying the Four Pillars in a public sector setting

This is one of three opinion articles published as a package, looking at the issue of political neutrality in the public sector.

• Director duties
• Ethics

IMHO: Political neutrality in the public service

This is one of three opinion articles published as a package, looking at the issue of political neutrality in the public sector.

• Director duties
• Ethics

Growing the avocado world – respect, people and the future

Referred to as the superstar of fruits, this fleshy, green, buttery produce will be under the spotlight at The World Avocado Congress.

• Supply chains
• Trade

Chapter Zero NZ celebrates first anniversary and launch of Board Toolkit

Chapter Zero NZ celebrates its first anniversary amid growing awareness of the climate challenge.

• Climate change
• Leadership

Risk management: Twitter, FTX and what boards should not do

When a company fails, it is often due to accumulated under-performance, strategic drift, and poor risk management.

• Board management relationship
• Governance failures

Being creative with governance

There is a shift in thinking about governance happening in the creative sector.

• Diversity
• Leadership

Assurance provides trust and confidence

Awareness, understanding and preparedness in the face of risk is critical for mitigating and building long-term resilience.

• Climate change
• Reporting frameworks

D & O insurance: tackling increasing risks for directors

Now is the time for businesses to reset how they think about D&O insurance, according to a report by the IoD and Marsh. 

• Due diligence
• ESG
• Insurance

How dangerous is ChatGPT?

More sophisticated phishing, spear phishing, and social engineering cyber attacks are coming soon. 

• Risk oversight

IMHO: ChatGPT light-hearted distraction, all-powerful tool, or cause for panic?

Anthony McMahon MInstD on why Chat GPT may not be as powerful as it’s currently touted to be.

• Talent

The new CEO is younger and may even be a woman

Is it time for a new kind of leader to tackle the challenges and expectations present today?

• CEOs
• Leadership

After the storm

Guidance for directors after Cyclone Gabrielle.

• Board management relationship
• Crisis management

Democratic capitalism is running on fumes

How can we cure the twin degeneration of capitalism and democracy?

Seismic safety: Health and safety at work governance 

Are their inconsistencies in directors duties under the Building Act and HSWA?

• Director duties
• Health and safety
• Risk oversight

IMHO: Going “overboard”

What is the right number of directorships you should take on?

• Board composition
• Director duties

What’s wrong with ChatGPT?

Artificial intelligence is being designed and deployed in ways that will ultimately disappoint most investors. 

• Talent

What we’ll see in ’23 – The year ahead in privacy

Expect more data rights and protection, enforcement and AI legislation.

• Cyber security
• Privacy

Transform impact into a strategic asset and manage risk

Learn how to manage ESG risks to identify new growth and value creation opportunities.

• ESG
• Transparency

The next ESG frontier is genetically modified food

The next test for the ESG purists is likely to be food security.

• Climate change
• ESG
• Supply chains

Directors are already ahead of the curve on ESG

Casting a governance lens over the Companies Amendment Bill it is difficult to see much risk to directors.

• Compliance
• Director duties
• ESG

The next globalisation

Will be fundamentally different from the last one. 

• Trade

Challenging times ahead

How to help your business deal with a recession in 2023

• Director duties
• Wellbeing

The energy transition confronts reality

It will require a deeper understanding of at least four major challenges.

• Climate change
• ESG

Data isn’t the new oil: It’s always been valuable

With good analysis it can be a powerful intangible asset.

• Data
• Intangible assets

Always racing to meetings? It’s slowing you down

Senior leaders must do more than encourage employees to be more selective about the meetings they schedule or attend.

• Organisational culture

Across the Board podcast

7-part podcast series investigates why good governance is essential in our everyday lives.

• Board dynamics
• ESG
• Wellbeing