The pandemic has been an unprecedented and wide-ranging interruption of our normal lives, but it didn’t affect everyone equally. This was certainly true of COVID-19’s financial impact. While many lost their jobs or were furloughed, others benefited from a booming stock market.
This report releases insights on climate and voting. In 2021 as in 2020, the majority of environmental and social-related shareholder proposals around the world were related to climate change and/or climate lobbying. More than half of the climate-related proposals were seen in the financial sector, the oil & gas sector, and the mining sector.
Last year’s wave of M&A activity drove the volume and velocity of deal making to dizzying heights. Yet finance leaders can still find themselves feeling stuck as to how best to execute such transactions. In what circumstances is an acquisition most likely to create value for both buyer and seller? Why do many consolidations appear to fall short on delivering on their promised synergies? What makes post-deal integration so fraught? This issue of CFO Insights explores the factors that contribute to making some acquisitions successful.
In this issue of CFO Insights, we offer an approach for measuring trust across different operating domains—one that can help leaders identify their organization’s potential sources of a trust breakdown or areas where building trust proactively can help create a competitive advantage.
This paper provides a summary of key highlights from interviews with 16 members of the World Economic Forum's Community of Chairpersons, on climate action held in late 2021. It explores key issues and best practices for board members across strategy, risk and opportunity, stakeholders, board competence and operations in relation to climate.
A quarterly publication that offers insights from Deloitte economists on trends and events shaping Canadian and international economies such as economic growth, consumer spending, business investment, trade, market activity, interest rates, and commodity prices.
Many CFOs are wrestling with inflation. Industries continue to converge and consolidate, with M&A activity at an all-time high. Globally, there are calls for new forms of regulation, particularly to address how changing technology is impacting businesses and society. Moreover, the increasing instability of the earth’s climate and the political landscape have put a premium on the ability to pivot and transform. Throughout these developments, CFOs have served as catalysts across the enterprise, creating positive change and adding value. Increasingly, they also are operating as the heart of the enterprise, not just functional leaders. The CFO Agenda aims to help CFOs avoid missing a beat.
Can Canada meet its reconciliation and climate action commitments? We talked to Jason Rasevych, partner and national leader of Indigenous Services practice to find out.
In the next evolutionary step of digital technology, interactions are expected to get more virtual. The metaverse is a hot topic of discussion in technology circles, and a growing number of consumers and consumer brands are getting on board. Some major companies are placing big bets on the metaverse, or unlimited reality, to fundamentally change the way people interact. As a result, the metaverse is escalating quickly to a topic for boards to address as they consider their companies’ growth and talent strategies, opportunities, and risk profiles.
In this issue of CFO Insights, we’ll explore the underlying conditions that foster resilience, the core evidence-based practices for building this trait, and the vast leadership implications of stretching personal potential.
Widespread supply chain disruptions throughout 2021 have delayed and reduced sales, increased manufacturing costs, created unexpected excess production capacity, and resulted in customer disappointments1—all of which have driven volatility in financial results and reduced the reliability of forecasts and projections. Finance leaders consider supply chain sourcing with an eye to the future.
