Globally, over the years, high profile corporate failures brought the importance of bringing best practices of corporate governance in order to ensure long-term stability, profitability and sustainability of the companies.…
The 29th annual Conference of the Parties (COP29) concluded with a renewed sense of urgency and a litany of commitments aimed at accelerating global climate efforts. Held in the vibrant…
A new important piece in the legal domain of Pakistan’s public finance management system is the National Fiscal Pact (NFP), which reportedly all four provinces have now signed onto. The…
When two of the most powerful brands in retail and packaged foods last month ousted their CEOs, it signaled corporate boards are more ready to toss top executives before activist…
WHY should we talk about corruption when we talk about climate change? This question dominated many discussions at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington, D.C. last week. The answer is…
DURING a tour of a local FMCG plant a few years ago, a senior manager mentioned a new pressure the brand was facing. He wasn’t speaking of a rising competitor…
GERMAN philosopher Friedrich Hegel has characterised history as “a march of reason”; Karl Marx called it a “dialectical process”, propelled by inherent social contradictions; and Joseph Schumpeter saw it as…
Stalled efforts to expand companies’ use of carbon credits to offset greenhouse-gas emissions are raising the prospect that some will backtrack or abandon targets to shrink their carbon footprint. Since…
Focus on growth, not taxes. Vietnam's standard corporate tax rate is 20 per cent and preferential tax rates are as low as 10 per cent, depending on factors like investment…
The unveiling of SIFC (Special Investment Facilitation Council) marks the Government of Pakistan’s comprehensive ‘Economic Revival Plan’ in response to the economic challenges faced by the country. The SIFC was…
