We founded the Pearl Initiative due to a genuine need to grow, develop and champion corporate governance, accountability and transparency in this region. Because of our work in this area

KPMG’s comprehensive survey of corporate responsibility reporting in 2011 found that ninety-five percent of the world’s 250 largest companies report on the environmental, social and governance aspects of their business.

[This is an extract from an article in the National newspaper on 5 August 2013] Family firms are the engine of our global economy. Many of the largest multinational corporations

In this week’s blog, Elaine Dezenski of the World Economic Forum talks about transparency and the way forward after the G8 summit. While the message from this week’s G8 was

Bribery and corruption – it can all start with the smallest of gifts. This may seem like a very simplistic way of tackling one of the most serious issues facing

At the Pearl Initiative we dedicate a lot of time to engaging with the business community on providing actionable insight into raising the bar for corporate accountability and transparency. However,

I was involved, last week, in a thought-provoking debate amongst regional experts, on the need for more robust governance and risk management practices in companies, and in particular where we