WELCOME TO KWM'S 7th EDITION OF NEXT
NEXT exists to bring you a considered perspective on over-the-horizon issues for business. We’re excited to keep doing so with this edition, and an expanded offering for 2024 – more on that below.
In this edition, we bring you practical discussion on risk management culture, ESG reporting and measuring social impact.
We also take a thoughtful dive into what prospective changes to Australia’s merger laws are likely to mean for any organisation either considering a deal or approached for one. Spoiler alert – a major shakeup awaits!
Click through to the articles and we hope you’ll see a consistent theme – responsible business is everyone’s business. This idea is at the core of the collaborative, joined-up approach we seek to promote by aligning our impact and commercial work under the concept of responsible business.
We’re also excited to bring you more ideas exploring this theme. In 2024, we’ll be offering a series of podcasts and events to compliment this publication – stay tuned!
In This Edition
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Driving ESG Accountability – Regular Reassessment is crucial
In the rapidly changing environmental, social and governance (ESG) landscape, regularly reassessing commitments and practices is critical.
19 February 2024
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Merger Reform – What happens now?
2024 is shaping up as a significant year for potential reform of Australia’s merger regime, as the ACCC ramps up its campaign for wholesale changes to the competition merger control laws.
19 February 2024
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Measuring Social Impact – Beyond the Quantitative to the Qualitative
Most of us will be familiar with the ‘what gets measured gets managed’ adage.
19 February 2024
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Proactive Risk Management – A culture and strategy imperative beyond the crisis
Too often, it is only while organisations are mopping up mess that they see the importance of investing time and money in proactive risk management.
19 February 2024
Download Previous Editions
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NEXT: Edition 6
Professional services organisations have developed a strong appetite in defining, capturing and reporting on the environmental and social impact of their operations and advice they offer clients.
17 July 2023
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NEXT: Edition 5
Business is navigating a moment of great responsibility. In response, at KWM we’ve brought the goals of doing well and doing good together under the umbrella of Responsible Business. NEXT is a publication to build on this, sharing ideas and stories that show how this approach can benefit organisations, their stakeholders and communities.
08 December 2022
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NEXT: Edition 4
Business is navigating a moment of great responsibility. On the issues that matter - like climate change, economic security and social equality – business is being called to lead.
15 June 2022
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NEXT: Edition 3
Gain a deeper perspective on emerging digitisation considerations around privacy, and cyber risk and its litigation potential. We look at the climate challenge from both business and political perspectives, and explore the communication challenge for any business facing a crisis.
18 October 2021
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NEXT: Edition 2
Businesses large and small are facing the weight of community, investor and regulatory expectations amid the greatest upheaval of our time; the COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping businesses’ lights on, ensuring employment, safety and supply continuity have suddenly become community as well as commercial imperatives.
09 December 2020
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NEXT: Edition 1
The current environment presents an unparalleled opportunity for business to lead – to prove that the same agility shown in responding and adapting to the pandemic can be applied to tackling society’s greatest environmental, safety and technological challenges.
22 June 2020