As environmental management standards continue to evolve, organisations and auditors are beginning to prepare for the transition to ISO 14001:2026. While the revised standard builds on ISO 14001:2015, the draft introduces clearer expectations around governance, climate considerations, risk based thinking, and audit trail transparency. At Ruya Advisory Limited, we have developed a practical ISO 14001:2026…
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Sustainability reporting is often seen as something only large companies have to do, something complex, cumbersome, and reserved for organisations with big compliance teams. But that view is changing rapidly, especially in Ireland. While the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) currently applies to large companies and listed entities under Irish and EU law, Irish SMEs…
It was a pleasure hosting this webinar yesterday. Thank you again to the Teams from Auxilia Group, VS Digital, First Aid Coaching, Universal First Aid Services, and Neuro Group. Book some time to discuss your #Sustainability Journey BOOK HERE How we Support Sustainability GAP Analysis leading to the development of a Sustainability Roadmap including;…
Ahead of a Introduction to Sustainability Webinar Ruya Advisory is hosting next week I was reviewing the tools and framework created to support Small Businesses comply with the needs of Stakeholders relating to Sustainability and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive CSRD. It was satisfying to see the templates and solutions in place to support Double Materiality…
Mentoring Start-Up Organisations (Challenges and Opportunities) A Sunday morning musing. Over the last 2 years I have been asked to engage with over 200 organisations as a mentor, 90% of these organisations are in the early stages (pre-startup or startup), the other 10% are in the scaling and growth phase. I find there is…
We need to act now on rebuilding after Covid-19 so that when the time is right the plans and groundwork has begun. Although this article is based on the positive effects of the Covid-19 virus it is not meant to belittle any of the negative effects people are experiencing. In this article I am attempting…
Family owned organisations face different challenges than most corporate organisations in relation to the implementation of corporate governance due to the nature of the business and the nature of the family involvement. LinkedIn Article In many cases there are more than one family member involved in the business e.g. Father, Brother, Sister, Son and Daughter…
Many times I am engaged in conversations where investor relations and corporate communication is seen to be outside the day to day operations of the business and yet when we circle around in the conversation we find many reasons that these functions needs to be more involved in the business. LinkedIn Article The role of…
Sometimes we are asked what Corporate Governance has to do with Sales and Marketing, which creates an interesting debate when you get into the details of the responsibilities of the different functions and how it can be linked to Corporate Governance. LinkedIn Article The business role of sales and marketing we think are well defined…
Within the corporate governance arena the legal team have a number of key responsibilities which many organisations may not adequately understand. The Legal team, internal or external counsel, are not there just to write contracts and help you if there is a case pending. LinkedIn Article The saying “prevention if better than a cure” should…