Director Confidence Index
July 2022
The latest reading from the Director Confidence Index shows director optimism rising for the first time in seven months, despite a growing number of directors worried about recession in the near term.
Environment, Social, Governance (ESG)
As pressure increases for companies to take action on ESG, the question remains: How well-aligned is the board to environmental and social goals?
Director Confidence Index
June 2022
The latest reading from the Director Confidence Index shows director optimism now down 19 percent since January.
Cyber Risk
BCDA Board Oversight, Risk and Strategic Integration
As BCDAs become more mainstream, both to business and to society as a whole, the Diligent Institute and the Silicon Valley Directors’ Exchange were interested in better understanding how directors were thinking about them as they pertain to their roles and responsibilities in the boardroom.
Director Confidence Index
May 2022
Directors continue to downgrade their rating of future business conditions this month after a nosedive in April.
Director Confidence Index
April 2022
Boardroom optimism continued to falter for the 12th month in a row according to our April Director Confidence Index, conducted in partnership between Corporate Board Member and the Diligent Institute. There’s little sign of a rebound.
Board Practices
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation
Environment, Social, Governance (ESG)
Diligent Institute seeks to help corporate leaders be more effective by providing cutting-edge insights on corporate governance, by amplifying the voices of diverse corporate leaders, and by sharing broadly all that we are learning about modern governance practices.Diligent Institute produces original research both on our own and in collaboration with partners, including institutions of higher education and thought leaders in the corporate governance space. We produce over a dozen reports each year, ranging from our monthly Director Confidence Index, which measures how corporate directors are feeling about the economy, to in-depth reviews of issues such as ESG (environment, social, governance) practices, to our AI-powered Corporate Sentiment Tracker that analyzes data from thousands of public sources to discern what’s on the minds of corporate leaders.
