April 03, 2025

The Future of Decision-Making

Organizations succeed or fail on the strength of their decisions. Yet the act of making decisions is becoming more difficult in an increasingly complex world. Unmanageably high volumes of data which could affect the outcome of a decision are being produced every day.

April 02, 2025

Amplify AI Insights with Smarter Data

How big is Big Data? The World Economic Forum says we’re approaching 44 zettabytes—and that number will only continue to grow. Put in perspective, this number reflects 40 times more bytes of data than stars in the observable universe, which begs the question: How can your organisation extract meaningful insights from such a vast collection of data?

April 02, 2025

Harnessing Data for AI Innovation

Unsurprisingly, major companies are exploring how to transform their key business functions by harnessing AI technologies. From machine learning to predictive analytics, and from natural language processing to generative AI, these technologies are revolutionizing various aspects of business and society.

April 01, 2025

Risk Revolution: How Big Data is Shaping Risk Management

The risk landscape today is unprecedented. A prolonged public health emergency, a major geopolitical conflict, and a global climate crisis—all happening simultaneously—have complicated risk management like never before.

March 31, 2025

Risiko-Revolution: So verändert Big Data das Risikomanagement

Die heutige Risikolandschaft ist so unvorhersehbar wie nie zuvor. Durch die anhaltende gesundheitliche Notlage, die weltweiten Klimakrisen und die geopolitischen Konflikte – und das alles gleichzeitig – ist das Risikomanagement so kompliziert wie nie zuvor.

March 29, 2025

Using Third-Party Data to Empower Decision Makers

In this whitepaper, we look at the challenges and benefits of integrating third-party data into decisioning analytics and explore eight use cases that organizations worldwide can take advantage of to gain a performance advantage.

March 29, 2025

Unlocking the Value of Unstructured Data

In today’s hyper-connected, digital-first world, almost everything we do is tracked,collected and packaged as data. From the vegetables we buy at the grocery store to the temperature we set our smart thermostat in the evening, with the rise of big data, there’s no such thing as extraneous information.

March 28, 2025

Eye of the Storm: Crisis Communications Planning in an Uncertain World

In this e-book, Eye of the Storm, we’ll explore how to implement a more proactive approach to crisis communications, identifying many of the steps required to craft a strategic plan that can weather even the toughest media storms.

March 28, 2025

The Ultimate Guide to a Modern PR Campaign

There’s a reason that the PR profession is considered one of the most stressful jobs in the world—doing it well is really, really difficult. Executing a modern PR campaign requires a huge array of tools and skill sets, ranging from research and writing chops to social media mavenry, master networking and C-Suite whispering. The siloed media landscape of even 20 years ago is LONG gone, replaced by a dynamic...

March 27, 2025

5 Keys to Measuring Social Media Influencers

One of the core tasks of PR and communications professionals is shaping the public perception of a brand through relevant target groups. Ultimately, they contribute to achieving the overall business objectives. In recent years, digital media have blurred the lines between traditional forms of "public relations" and "marketing."

March 26, 2025

5 Wege, Social-Media-Influencer zu messen

Eine der Kernaufgaben von PR- und Kommunikationsverantwortlichen ist die Gestaltung der öffentlichen Markenwahrnehmung durch relevante Zielgruppen. Letztendlich tragen sie so zur Erreichung der gesamten Unternehmensziele bei. In den vergangenen Jahren haben die digitalen Medien die Grenze zwischen den herkömmlichen Formen von „Public Relations“ und „Marketing“ verschwimmen lassen.

March 24, 2025

Trends Outlook: A Transformative Time Ahead for Higher Education

As the world continues its post-pandemic recovery, calls to ‘Build Back Better’ have become a familiar refrain across governments, academia, businesses, non-profits and the public. On top of transforming to meet the needs of today’s students and tomorrow’s workforce, universities will play a vital role in creating the reimagined—and better—future for the world.

March 23, 2025

Verbindliche Due Diligence in Bezug auf Menschenrechte

Vor zehn Jahren haben die Vereinten Nationen ihre „Leitprinzipien für Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte“ veröffentlicht. Darin rufen sie Regierungen und Unternehmen auf, sich proaktiv mit tatsächlichen und potenziellen Folgen ihres Handelns für Menschenrechte auseinanderzusetzen.Mit Verabschiedung des Lieferketten-Sorgfaltspflichten-Gesetzes in Deutschland gewinnt nun auch im Jahr 2021 die...

March 23, 2025

Making Human Rights Due Diligence Mandatory

A decade ago, the United Nations published its “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,” calling for governments and businesses to proactively address actual and potential human rights impacts of their actions. With the adoption of the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act in Germany, mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) is gaining momentum in 2021.

March 22, 2025

Responsible Business: an Ethical Approach to Maximizing the Value of AI

AI technologies are constantly evolving, and organizations are racing to harness their potential by rolling out the latest tools in search of a competitive advantage over rivals. In a world of rising regulatory requirements on companies, technology has already transformed due diligence, reporting and research functions. But speed is not everything; rushing to onboard AI – and data for AI – can expose companies...

March 21, 2025

The Age of the Reputation Economy

A company’s reputation has become one of the most important drivers of its success or failure. Numerous examples demonstrate how a negative story about a company or its third party can not only damage its reputation, but inflict financial, legal and strategic damage.

March 20, 2025

Erfolgsstrategien für das globale Business in 2024/25: Zukunftssicheres Unternehmertum

2024–25 ist angesichts der heutigen politischen und wirtschaftlichen Lage entscheidend. Die Welt ist aufgrund militärischer Konflikte, wirtschaftlicher Umwälzungen, nationaler Wahlen, neuer Vorschriften und vieler anderer Faktoren einem Wandel unterworfen.

March 19, 2025

Tipping Point: Ten Trends in Third Party Risk and How to Manage Them Effectively

Managing risk is the most important task of any CEO. Every CEO prioritises—or should prioritise—ensuring their company’s activities are free from bribery, corruption, human rights abuses or other ESG failures. But in the modern, globalised world of business, this is no longer enough to effectively manage risk.

March 18, 2025

Nachhaltigkeit unterstützen: EU erhöht Druck zur Erfüllung von ESG-Standards

Einst ein Nischenthema für Investmentfonds und andere Finanzdienstleister, gehört die Beachtung von Umwelt-, Sozial- und Governance-Standards (ESG) mittlerweile auch in anderen Branchen – von der Rohstoffindustrie bis zu Produktionsunternehmen – zunehmend zur Normalität.

March 18, 2025

Supporting Sustainability: EU Regulators Up Pressure to Meet ESG Standards

Once considered a niche concern for investment funds and other financial services organisations, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations have become more mainstream among other industries— from extractives to manufacturing.

March 17, 2025

Einhaltung von Sanktionen in turbulenten Zeiten

Durch geopolitische Entwicklungen können Unternehmen unter starken Druck kommen. Die jüngste Zunahme von Sanktionsmaßnahmen ist keine Ausnahme. Sehen Sie sich zum besseren Verständnis von Sanktionsrisiken ein paar der am häufigsten gestellten Fragen an.

March 17, 2025

Sanctions Compliance in Turbulent Times

Geopolitical events can exert profound pressure on businesses—and the recent intensification of sanctions activity is no exception. Check out some of the most Frequently Asked Questions to better understand sanctions risk.