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On the Board Agenda: Navigating Emerging Risks

The Board’s role in understanding and mitigating environmental risks to preserve and create value

On the Board Agenda: Navigating Emerging Risks

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Boards have a fiduciary duty to ensure management effectively mitigates risks, meets stakeholder expectations, seizes opportunities, and builds long-term business resilience. Organizations that integrate sustainability into strategy can turn risk into opportunity – preserving value, unlocking growth, and strengthening governance in a rapidly changing business environment.

Download the PDF to see questions boards should be asking about how the organization mitigates sustainability risks while capturing value.

These statistics highlight a disconnect between risk and action. Now is the time to close that gap.

92%

of global CEOs predict the cost of inaction will be higher than the cost of energy transition

65%

have fully embedded sustainability into their business, believing it is critical for long term success

Only 29%

are fully integrating sustainability into capital allocation and investment decisions

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Maura Hodge
US Sustainability Leader, KPMG US

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