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Guest blog by Nageeb Muqbel: Senior ESG, Environmental, Social & OHS Safeguards Expert | ESG Compliance & Due Diligence | Risk & Impact Assessment | Sustainability & Climate Action 🌍 Key Red Flags in GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) Strong GRC isn’t just about policies—it’s about how well an organization actually manages risk, ensures compliance, and maintains accountability. Here are some critical warning signs to watch out for: 🔴 Weak Controls Lack of continuous monitoring, ineffective risk management, and poor remediation follow-up. 🟠 Poor Incident Management Delayed responses, unresolved issues, and ineffective reporting processes. 🟡 Unclear Governance Undefined roles, weak policies, and poor tone at the top. 🟢 IT & Security Gaps Cyber vulnerabilities, weak access controls, and failure to protect sensitive data. 🔵 Lack of Measurement No KPIs/KRIs, limited audits, and unreliable data. 🟣 Audit & Review Weaknesses Ignored audit findings, lack of ...

    A Pocket Guide to Environment and Sustainable Development Governance – Third Edition   Dear Sustainable Development Friends and Colleagues, Hello, and many thanks to all of you who commented on and contributed meaningful feedback on the first drafts of A Pocket Guide to Environment and Sustainable Development Governance – Third Edition and the Discussion Paper to Inf...

Environmental Lobbying at the United Nations by Felix Dodds and Chris Spence  Use the code above at Routledge.com to get a 20% dsiscoun t until the end of  June this year . This book provides a s tep-by-step insider’s guide to lobbying and engaging successfully at the United Nations. It reveals how the United Nations, which plays such a key role on issues from climate change to pollution of our air, land and sea, really works. In a world of rapid climate change, a flood of forever chemicals and plastic pollution, and the extinction of so much wildlife around the world, we need the convening power of the United Nations now more than ever. What’s more, we need individuals and organisations dedicated to making sure the United Nations has the most positive impact it can.  And yet, global diplomacy can be dauntingly challenging and complex. Drawing on the authors' combined 60 years of professional experience with the United Nations system, this book provides essential ...

  A Series of Governance Papers by Stakeholder Forum, Focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Triple Planetary Crisis Paper 9: Lessons Learned from the BRS Conventions Synergies Process, Which Could be Applied to the UNEP-Administered and Extended to Selected Other Biodiversity Conventions   By Craig Boljkovac [i] , Hugo-Maria Schally [ii] , and Felix Dodds [iii] This was first published in March 2026. The opinions set forth below are the author's own. Introduction The UN80 process is a major United Nations reform effort launched in 2025 to modernise the organisation for its 80th anniversary, focusing on making it more efficient, agile, and effective by streamlining structures, reducing bureaucracy, and better aligning programs with current global challenges like climate change, conflict, and technological shifts. UN80 has three key workstreams with Member States making final decisions on proposals. The three workstreams are: Improving In...