Deloitte Point of View | Center for Corporate Governance

Deloitte developed these "Points of View"; on current hot topics to share with the marketplace expertise on questions that affect board and audit committee members.

	Changing the system: the top 10 sustainability challenges for Canadian businesses in 2013 In addition to setting out the 10 challenges that limit sustainable development for Canadian businesses, this report considers the actions business leaders must take on a go-forward basis.
	What Canada’s new anti-spam law means to you If your organization sends texts, tweets, Facebook posts, emails or any other electronic communication in connection with a commercial activity, you will need to consider Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (CASL).
	Progress in inches, miles to go A benchmarking study of women’s leadership in Canada This comprehensive benchmarking study outlines the uneven progress female leaders have made in Canada and the challenges they face in achieving parity in various sectors.
	Adding insight to audit Transforming internal audit through data analytics Leading internal audit functions are embracing recent enhancements in data mining technology and data visualization tools to deliver results more dynamically in response to risk, dive deeper into organizational data, and deliver profound fact-based insights.
	The future of productivity Clear choices for a competitive Canada This report brings new and deeper insight into what must be done to restore our competitiveness; dispels myths which may block our way; and makes specific recommendations for a more prosperous future for Canadians.
	Business:Society This research explored the opinions of over 1,000 Deloitte Millennials. In addition, Deloitte sponsored a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit of 390 business leaders around the world (over 50% of them C-suite). Both surveys considered the purpose, impact, and leadership of business in wider society.
	Enterprise 2.0 Harnessing social media How to use social media effectively, while managing the risks it presents for businesses.
	The Risk Intelligent CFO Converting risk into opportunity CFOs are strategically positioned to recognize, manage, and report risks and opportunities to key stakeholders.
	A new age of public accountability Implications for directors Public scepticism, combined with unprecedented transparency, is placing directors under scrutiny like never before.
	Risk health check. When is yours? Identify steps to improve your risk intelligence capability Our ERM maturity model combined with our ERM diagnostic approach will assist organizations with understanding their current ERM capability and determining their desired ERM capability.