Should companies speak out about difficult social, political or environmental topics? If so, when? What does it mean for a company to ‘take a stand’?

Climate change is negatively impacting and threatening human rights, physical and mental health, cultural and educational rights and it could impact our future. With that in mind, the United Nations highlighted the urgent need to respect human rights in climate-related actions.

Our research examines the perspectives of millennial and generation Z company secretaries, in contrast to more established practitioners.

The practical guidance remains pretty much unchanged; the main updates are to chapter 2, to cover the latest developments in environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting, and the future of digital.

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