In a polarised world, operating a business across borders is becoming increasingly complex. While critical for those who seek customers, suppliers, talent, capital, and partnerships beyond their home markets, how do leaders balance risk and reward in a global arena?

Sustainability reporting has greatly evolved over the years. From a voluntary exercise, in many jurisdictions it has now evolved into a mandatory requirement with frameworks to collect and share ESG data publicly.

The world's Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) leaders head into the second half of the 2020s with something that shouldn't be taken for granted: genuine confidence. Despite mounting pressure across technological, economic, and political fronts, leaders remain confident about growing their businesses and making them profitable.