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Economy, Strategy & Finance Data Reactions
2019
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On Governance: Do You Know Who Your Shareholders Are?
February 07 | Eileen R. Cohen, Senior Counselor, H/Advisors Abernathy | Comments (0)In this heightened environment of activism, quantitative investing and shorting, understanding who owns your company and why and even more importantly which firms do not own the stock is information that company management and the board should have in their arsenal.
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Sustainability Reporting Across Asia: Trends and Challenges
February 01 | Anke Schrader, Former Research Director, Asia, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The Conference Board recently released its annual study on the state of corporate sustainability disclosure around the world. The research assesses environmental and social disclosure practices of the 250 largest publicly traded companies domiciled in each of the 10 largest economies (by GDP at purchasing power parity) in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. As we look to Asia, what are key trends in reporting practices across the region? Where do we see the biggest challenges ahead?
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C-Suite Challenge 2019: Labor Markets Implications
January 25 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Comments (0)C-suite executives are taking notice of global talent shortages. Attraction and retention of top talent was the top ranked internal hot button issue by CEOs in every region of the world. At the same time, wage increases are ranked among the bottom of the hot-button issues across regions. This is in line with current wage data for most regions, but with the wage acceleration in recent quarters in many parts of the world, we do expect this to change in 2019.
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ESG reporting practices in Europe – Now and In the Future
January 18 | Anuj Saush, ESG Center Leader, Europe, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Key trends related to the corporate disclosure of environmental and social practices in Europe
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Central and Eastern Europe has one of the tightest labor markets in the world
January 17 | Frank Steemers, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is the region with perhaps the most severe shortage of labor in the world. Many companies with operations in this region are running into hiring difficulties and labor costs are rapidly rising. While a problem for companies, workers are benefiting and taking home large real wage gains.
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Senior Fellow L’Helias Honored by Global Proxy Watch
January 10 | ESG Center | Comments (0)Sophie L’Helias, a senior fellow with The Conference Board Governance Center and founder of the LeaderXXchange, was named to Global Proxy Watch’s “2018 GPW 10” list.
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Will AI Regulation Stifle Potential for Social Good?
January 03 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Artificial intelligence (AI) could help to address significant societal challenges, including those identified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For organizations that seek to use such technology for social good, an understanding of the existing use cases and potential for social impact should be considered within the context of a heightened regulatory framework that might stifle successes.
2018
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How Silicon Valley Works…Ecosystems Breaking Traditions for Transformations
December 19 | Victor Assad, CEO, Victor Assad Strategic Human Resources Consulting | Comments (0)Despite not understanding how Silicon Valley works, hundreds of corporations have started Silicon Valley innovation labs because they know that digitization is rapidly changing everything, and their corporate cultures are too siloed, insular, slow to accept, slow to use, and slow to commercialize the innovation they desperately need to survive.
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The Unemployment Rate Does Not Fully Capture Labor Market Slack
December 13 | Frank Steemers, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The unemployment rate may be overestimating current labor market tightness. An exercise on monthly employment changes shows that 63 percent of all newly employed people aged 25 to 54 in October 2018 were not actively looking for a job in the previous month. If employers are looking for slack in the labor market, they should find better ways to source and recruit the people who are not looking for work and allegedly not willing to work.
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A Case Study in Vitality: How John Hancock Improved Consumer Engagement in Life Insurance
December 10 | John Forsyth, Consumer Dynamics Leader, M&C Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)How do you make life insurance fun and engaging for consumers? Brooks Tingle, President and CEO of John Hancock Insurance, spoke at the recent Customer Experience Conference on how John Hancock uses technology and consumer insights to enhance and innovate the customer experience in life insurance.