"....growing investments and practical applications in various industries are making AI an integral part of our daily lives and businesses. This combination of technology, resources and demand is what makes AI flourish right now" says Professor and Vice-Rector of Kozminski University Aleksandra Przegalinska in an interview conducted by our Managing Partner Violetta Malek, EMBA.
Agnieszka Dublańska and Mariusz Lemparty from Grafton Recruitment write about the new regulations, pointing out that according to Eurostat data, the unadjusted gender pay gap in the European Union is 12.7% on average. Estonia is the infamous leader here, where the differences in salaries reach over 20%, while the smallest differences were recorded in Luxembourg, where women sometimes earn more than men and this value is -0.7%. And what is it like in Poland?
A whole range of benefits means that companies are increasingly considering outsourcing controlling processes. Especially since a very beneficial trend has emerged from the point of view of business efficiency, namely investing in external controlling of companies that previously did not have such processes in the organization at all due to financial reasons, lack of competence, lack of time and other priorities. The possibility of using flexible and effective support models means that even smaller organizations begin to have valuable management information, writes our co-managing partner Pawel Mlynski.
Violetta Malek, EMBA, as a former CFO, emphasizes that the following sentence could fully justify why ESG reporting issues should be in the hands of the CFO => according to a Gartner study, 87% of surveyed companies plan to increase capital expenditure on sustainability initiatives, and 80% believe that investments in sustainable development help reduce and/or optimize costs. However, for a full picture justifying the critical role of the finance team in ensuring the completeness, reliability, and correctness of reported ESG data, it is necessary to look at 6 characteristics of an effective CFO and his financial team.
