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CG News Update

Integrating Sustainable Investing into Corporate Retirement Plans: What Boards Need to Know

Driven by increasing media coverage and inquiries from employees, a growing number of employers are evaluating whether—and how—to integrate responsible investment approaches into their retirement plans.

The potential benefits of integrating environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) approaches into retirement plans are twofold. First, doing so can lead to stronger risk-adjusted returns for retirement plan participants’ and beneficiaries’ assets. Second, participant surveys and evidence show that employees—especially younger ones—tend to save more for retirement when offered investment options that reflect their values. Given the strain that societal aging and longer retirements are putting on pension assets in many advanced markets, strategies that increase retirement savings are critical.. (More details click)

Oversight of Digital Transformation: Insights from Active Directors

Disruptive innovation has a clear impact on the half-life of companies’ business models, and industry disruption and digital transformation present opportunities and risks that are shaping—and speeding up—business model changes.

To gain perspective on this important area of board oversight, Protiviti met with 20 active directors during a dinner roundtable at an August 2018 NACD event to discuss the board’s oversight of industry disruption and digital transformation. Here are some important takeaways from that discussion.…(More details click)

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