AHC Group Newsletter Archive

Issue: December 2005

Answering Public Expectations Since 1981

AHC Group Announces
New Strategic Affiliation with DNV

 
With the important U.N. Conference on Climate Control in Montreal (Nov. 28-Dec. 9) drawing to a close, some business leaders may look at the implications of this event in a negative light: what could it possibly entail but more bad P.R. for corporations, more government regulation, more lawsuits, and more expenses impacting the bottom line? But the smart leaders will see it not as a harbinger of new challenges, but the springboard for opportunities to enhance the business value of their organizations.

For this reason, AHC Group is pleased to announce a new affiliation with Det Norske Veritas (DNV), a leading international provider of services for managing risk, with a special focus on helping organizations define and implement their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies.

Today, organizations large and small are facing increased complexity and uncertainty in their day-to-day operations, making it difficult to manage technical and business risks. Among society in general and stakeholders in particular, expectations for successfully managing these risks are much higher; and failure to do so can be fatal to a company. And with regulatory authorities and insurers developing stricter oversight requirements, consistency and control have become even more critical to the risk management process.

DNV can help business leaders manage this new risk reality by staying ahead in all facets of sustainable development — economically, environmentally, and socially. This is referred to as the "triple bottom line," and it represents a balance that increasingly focuses on the need to align corporate goals with those of society. Please visit our Web site to learn more about DNV and the partnership.

One of the most important elements of managing those risks involves the implementation of trustworthy, verifiable, third-party governance reporting to help discover the true value of a company's assets — in particular, their often overlooked intangible assets. In the most recent issue (CST#11) of AHC Group's Corporate Strategy Today, Dr. Helena Barton of DNV/CoreRatings gives practical advice on how companies can manage those intangibles as a means of optimizing long-term shareholder value. You can read an excerpt from her article, "Leveraging Intangible Assets: How a Rating Can Help Measure and Communicate Performance," at our Web site.

Also in CST #11...

Money Matters: Financial Risk, Stock Valuation Models, and the Emergence of Rating Organizations

Published: September 2005

This issue of Corporate Strategy Today examines some of the important emerging trends in asset and risk management, corporate reporting and governance, benchmarking, product development, and shareholder valuation that will help social capitalism come of age in the 21st century. Articles include:

• Better Governance: To Avoid Risks or to Create Value?
  By George Dallas — Managing Director & Global Practice Leader, Standard & Poor's
• The Rising Tide of Shareholder Activism
  By Meg Voorhes — Director, Social Issues Service, IRRC
• Social Research Analysts and the New Significance of Socially Responsible Investing
  By Paul Hilton — Social Marketing Director, Calvert Group and Co-Chair, Social Investment Research Analyst Network (SIRAN)
• Risk, Fiduciary Responsibility and "Regulatory Insulation"
  By Gil Friend — President and CEO, Natural Logic, Inc.

Visit our Web site to read more excerpts from this groundbreaking issue or to purchase an electronic copy online.

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