As more investors link sustainability with alpha, they're pressing issuers for meaningful environmental and social disclosures.

Responding to both investor demand and Securities and Exchange Commission mandates, the 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and proxy statements issued by companies contain more nonfinancial information than ever before.

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Almost every day, it seems, there's news of another ransomware attack on a prominent organization. In fact, according to one study, almost 40 percent of all businesses experienced an attack from the summer of 2015 to the summer of 2016. To protect our companies against ransomware and its potentially disastrous technological and financial consequences, we have to understand what's needed to shield information technology systems from the initial infection and how to recover as quickly as possible.

Finance chiefs are responsible for minimizing the risks that their organizations face in all facets of business - from supply chain operations and fixed-asset investment to payment processing and cybersecurity.