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ESG and sustainability action items for leadership in 2024

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It encompasses environmental, social, and economic dimensions and involves the responsible use of resources, reducing waste and pollution, promoting social equity, and ensuring economic viability over the long term,” she put forward. The post ESG and sustainability action items for leadership in 2024 appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI

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The latter, for example, is an offering that Bloomberg says can “ bring the full potential of AI to the financial domain ” and create entirely new workflows, economic analyses and financial benchmarks for its customers. The post Preparing Your Finance Organization for the New Era of AI first appeared on CFO Leadership.

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Emerging risks for enterprises now includes Generative AI

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The advisory firm noted that it surveyed 249 senior enterprise risk executives in May 2023 to provide leaders with a benchmarked view of 20 emerging risks for enterprises. In addiiton, using outputs from these tools could well end up inadvertently infringing the intellectual property rights of others who have used it.

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938: The Art of the Possible | Jason Leet, CFO, Zylo

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“I was involved in some of the diligence, so I was aware of what was going down several months in advance,” explains Leet, who had joined ExactTarget in 2006, as he vividly recalls for us the company’s impressive climb upward—along with its disappointing 2007 decision to pull its IPO due to Wall Street’s economic collapse.

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How to work with HR to prevent unwanted consequences of cost optimization

Future CFO

New Gartner benchmark study reveals 92% of HR leaders are prioritising budgeting and cost optimisation initiatives. While there is growing pressure for HR leaders to reduce budgets and improve productivity, many CHROs and their teams struggle to monitor the economic business cycle and anticipate times of economic uncertainty and volatility.

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How To Fight Inflation: 14 Tips For Business Owners

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total economic melt downs, (2000, 2008), terrorist attacks, pandemics (bird flu, swine flu, coronavirus), natural disasters (fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods), and geo-political tensions and disruptions. Healthy – Help your leaders become a more cohesive, functional, healthy leadership team. The Perils of Inflation.

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Enhancing Business Valuation: Aligning Owner Perception with Market Realities

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You can learn how you compare to your competitors and best in class by benchmarking your performance to a peer group. For instance, if your benchmarking shows a gross profit margin below the industry, that may signal excessive Cost of Goods Sold or Cost of Sales, suggesting operational or supplier agreement issues.