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AI risk disclosure is breaking into mainstream filings | The Conference Board

This report analyses how the largest US public companies disclose artificial intelligence risks in their 2023—2025 annual filings, providing insight into the issues shaping board agendas, investor expectations, and regulatory oversight in the years ahead.

Effective Board Leadership: The Art of Doing It Well and the Risks of Getting It Wrong | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

Exceptional boards don’t happen by accident, as this report notes. Outstanding board leaders treat governance as a living system, adapting structures and processes to match strategy and turning oversight into an engine for value creation. The authors argue that by embracing these principles, board leaders can move from “good enough” to game-changing.

The ESG Backlash and the Demand for ESG Mutual Funds | ECGI

The backlash to ESG investing is in full swing, with dozens of states enacting measures aimed at curtailing the consideration of environmental, social, and governance factors in their pension funds. This study finds that ESG fund demand peaked before the political backlash however and has since stabilised despite anti-ESG laws.

Proxy Season Global Briefing: Trends on Executive Pay

Whether you call it compensation or remuneration, how — and how much — executives get paid remains a lightning rod for companies and investors around the world. This paper provides a rundown of the headlines and key trends relating to executive pay from around the globe.

Biased Promotions | ECGI

Although individual firms prefer unbiased promotions, biased promotions collectively benefit firms by weakening worker bargaining power. The model created for this research helps explain why bias-driven gaps in promotions and earnings may persist even in competitive markets.

Route to the Top 2025: The ascent redefined — detailed survey insights | Heidrick & Struggles

This research finds that companies generally take one of three approaches to CEO succession planning: those who see CEO succession planning as a top priority and act accordingly; traditionalists, who recognise its importance but allow other priorities to overshadow it; and those who simply do not prioritise CEO succession.

Artificial Intelligence in the Boardroom

Artificial intelligence adoption by the board mitigates some of the negative aspects of the CEO’s AI use, but cannot restore efficient levels of board monitoring. This research assessed how the use of AI affects the monitoring and advisory relationship between CEOs and corporate boards.

2025 Private company board survey insights | KPMG

Two years ago, nearly two-thirds of directors told KPMG that the greatest opportunity for improvement in board oversight was in strategy. This update to that survey takes a closer look at the challenges boards face in oversight of strategy and where they can add the most value, including the impact of GenAI on the strategic planning and where the board now adds value.

Ethnic Representation in New Russell 3000 Director Appointments Has Fallen 22% Since 2022

This research examines whether recent political and regulatory developments have affected the trajectory of board diversity. It found that a major contributor to the decline in ethnic diversity has come from less Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino representation.