Vol. 27 No. 2, March 2011
Index
- Hitting the 'update' button on COSO internal controls.
- 'Green revolution' outcome murky, still.
- In quotes.
- Survey: U.S. losing its share of global IPOs.
- CFO job tougher than five years ago.
- North American deals top the 2010 global market.
- Letters to the editor.
- What essential skills are required for the 'new reality?'.
- New FASB chairman Leslie Seidman hits the ground running.
- Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise.
- The New Standards: Methods for Linking Business Performance and Executive Incentive Pay.
- FAF mulls Blue-Ribbon Panel recommendations on standards.
- Financing energy efficiency initiatives: there are a number of widely available federal and state incentive programs--including tax incentives--to ease the burden of companies interested in financing their energy efficiency and green energy initiatives.
- 'Green collar' jobs once a sprint, now a crawl: the promise of green jobs has not risen to the heights predicted just a few short years ago--due to a poor economy and lingering uncertainty about how and where to expand, as well as a lack of agreement on what constitutes a green job.
- The financial executive's role in Corporate sustainability: when properly instituted, sustainability initiatives can be profitable strategic business decisions that take a long-range perspective and benefit the environment, society and the business itself.
- Benefits of comprehensive integrated reporting: by standardizing disparate information sources, financial executive can eliminate the narrow perspectives of the elephant and the blind man parable--and "see" beyond merely information silos or reports.
- Keep on truckin' technology driving a cleaner tomorrow: today's trucking industry is turning increasingly to environmentally friendly, clean and energy-efficient methods to remain competitive--and in its wake, help the planet in the process.
- Moving beyond conventional energy: in the aftermath of the great recession, entrepreneurial companies are exploring new, cleaner energy sources to lessen their reliance on foreign oil, and they're doing so through an increasing number of public-private partnerships.
- Proxy season buffeted by winds of eco-change: following last year's environmental disasters that damaged reputations of major companies, institutional and individual shareholder activists are pressing corporations to change environmental, social and governance practices.
- Report from world climate summit why business needs to care: assimilating two often incompatible objectives--lowering carbon emissions and reducing waste, while at the same time raising productivity and revenue--dominated the discussions during the recent summit in Mexico.
- Co-sourcing expertise on demand can drive change and savings: going beyond outsourcing, co-sourcing augments a company's internal staff with external resources with broader industry knowledge and trends--a practice gaining favor in the real-estate industry.
- Audit committees deal with post-financial crisis challenges: navigating the post-financial crisis environment may prove almost as challenging as the crisis itself.
- Do sustainable real estate practices cost more? Generalizing about the cost of incorporating sustainable real estate practices can lead to misconceptions about the financial toll of "greening" real estate. The key is understanding what exactly is being compared.
- Trends bode well for clean tech IPOs this year.
- Is business 'back' in Washington, D.C.?
- FEI's Boston Chapter celebrates financial executives.
- Preparing for new health care law.
- Private companies teleconference.
- Crossword.
- Bharat Mahajan.
- Corbet Lancaster.
- Dale M. Lawr.
- Daryl E. Buck.
- Eric A. Karl.
- Harik Nijjar.
- Joseph Ng.
- Ken MacKenzie.
- Marc Diamant.
- Marc Olson.
- Mike Standbrook.
- Neil M. Kaufman.
- Scott Ball.
- Susan Brioux.
- Vicki Nishimura.
- Ziggy Krupa.
- Loretta Cangialosi.