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In recent months while reviewing several ESG reports I noticed that these reports have evolved from simply reporting on Environmental,...

Those that have watched Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ will know that the meaning of words we use can be different specifically when spoken in...

Back in the day I would visit bookstores in the places that I travelled particularly for work. Browsing the book isles was one way you...

In my first year of engineering I was given this advice. You can be the smartest engineer but if you cannot articulate your ideas and...

In this post we take a look at a new AI technology called ChatGPT from OpenAI. It can answer many of your questions, code for you, and...

As the year comes to a close we identified 10 compliance priorities for 2023 to keep you between the lines and ahead of risk. You can...

You do not have to wait for an ESG management standard before you start managing your ESG obligations. Obligations associated with...

Getting into shape is not very different from getting into compliance. Sometimes (most often) you need the help of a program and a coach...

When it comes to operations an important goal is to achieve and maintain consistency of work. Standardized work is essential for the...

Establishing and maintaining compliance is an objective of many organizations. However, many do not measure the effectiveness of their programs (75% according to HBR do not). This means they don't know if their compliance efforts are helping or hindering meeting their regulatory or voluntary obligations. A Measure of Effectiveness An important question to answer is how should compliance effectiveness be measured? How is compliance progress measured? Mark Burgess (author of

In this blog post we walk through the approach developed by Marissa Kephart in collaboration with Lean Compliance to define a golden thread of assurance for an environmental program. In this post we look at the use of a Dependency (or Design) Structure Matrix (DSM) to better understand the interactions of The12 Environmental Pillars (download them here ), which interactions are essential, and which ones contribute the most to overall program effectiveness. This informatio

LEAN teaches that it is important to go to the Gemba – the scene of the crime, so to speak, before we decide on what to change. This is...

Three operational rings power organizations towards total value from their GRC, ESG, Quality, Security, Regulatory, Ethics, and compliance investments, even when facing uncertainty

“Not all those who wander are lost” - Gandalf, LOTR We cannot always know what a thing is without first knowing how it relates to our...

When we adopt a standard we find that it inevitably judges what we are currently doing. That is what good standards do. They are a...

We have all heard that culture eats strategy for breakfast (Peter Drucker). What we may not have heard is that the same holds true when...