All Liabilities articles – Page 51
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Analysis
Government fails to lead ...
The reluctance of the UK Government to provide consistently clear leadership has resulted in its strategy on sustainability reporting stalling, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accoun
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Features
Inform and consult
New UK regulations will increase employees' involvement in the way businesses are run Sue Fanning looks at the issues.
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Editor's Letter
Comment
Another example of risk versus opportunity is emerging on the environmental front with the start of the EU Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Allowance Trading Scheme next year
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Features
Caught in the Regulator's Net?
The summer been dominated by the threat of regulation of the insurance market and the changes that this may bring to many business operations in the UK
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Features
How healthy is your business?
A healthy workforce is essential for a healthy business, and employers need to do more, claims David Bingham
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Features
Is Biodiversity a material risk?
Companies need to manage their biodiversity risks Robert Barrington discusses the implications of a new report.
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Features
A Slice of American Pie?
Many European groups are looking to expand into the US Steven Blair and Mark Bunim discuss the risks for UK companies, which result from the very different legal culture - and how to avoid the pitfall
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Features
Stress in the workplace
Helen Hatchek discussed the growing problem of stress and how employers can deal with it
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Features
Recruit without risk
The importance of corporate reputations, shrinking work pools, increased equal opportunities legislation and the financial risks of non-compliance should prompt companies to fully address equal employ
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Features
Sick notes
Lee Coppack looks at the growing focus on absence management, and at how Tesco is tackling the issue
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Special Reports
Risk management for an enlarged EU
Jeff Manners says that companies operating in the Central European countries that joined the EU this year will need a structured approach to risk management to gain competitive advantage
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Features
The new risk management challenge
Jenny Rayner explores the implications for risk managers of the new mandatory Operating and Financial Review
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Features
Shareholder activism
With their ability to change whole boards, slap down fat cat pay deals, and put the brakes on overly ambitious and risky business strategies, institutional investors have become the scourge of corpora
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Features
Keeping Your Promises
Jenny Rayner explores how you can protect and enhance corporate reputation by managing risks to delivering customer promise
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Features
Disclosing The Facts
New legislation will encourage UK companies to provide more information for stakeholders But, without compulsion, will anything change?
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Features
Managing a Disaster
You need to be sure that you can manage after a disaster rather than letting the disaster manage you, say Clive Fletcher-Wood and Alyson Tanner
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Features
Honouring the Pensions promise
The risk from defined benefit pension promises is inextricably linked to the sponsoring company's finances This was always the case but the accounting standard FRS17 has emphasised it in a way that ma
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Analysis
Hazards from EU Enlargement
A new study suggests that EU harmonisation could erode the cost advantages that newly-joined states currently enjoy, and could leave British importers liable if products sourced from these countries d
