$100,000 H-1B visa fee reshapes global talent deployment In September 2025, the U.S. administration formally announced a new fee on H-1B visa applications. An executive proclamation signed on September 19, 2025 requires employers to pay $100,000 for any new H-1B petition filed on or after September 21, 2025. This policy took effect immediately
SDGs: The challenge for leaders In September 2015, the leaders of United Nations’ 193 member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ("Transforming our World"), a universal agenda containing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs were selected after the largest public consultation in the UN’s history, resulting in 17 interlinked global
Principles of responsible AI: Leaders' FAQs answered Responsible AI refers to the design, development, deployment, and use of AI systems in a manner that is ethical, safe, transparent, regulatory-compliant, and beneficial to society at large. It acknowledges that AI has the power to bring about significant improvements across numerous sectors and industries, as
Charting Asia’s ESG journey: A practical guide to the ESG lifecycle Asia-Pacific is no longer experimenting with ESG disclosure, it is institutionalizing it. Market forces, policy changes, and international trade requirements are converging to make sustainability reporting a condition of doing business. Singapore and Hong Kong are embedding ISSB-aligned
Nature risk and finance: A growing challenge Nature risk, or nature-related financial risk, refers to the potential for financial losses that banks and the wider financial sector face from events associated with the degradation of nature, declines in biodiversity, or the collapse of ecosystems. Nature-related events can be gradual, such as declining soil health
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How to tackle fraud Organizational norms influence behavior, and unethical behavior, particularly from senior management, can be contagious. So, the first step in an organization's fight against fraud is to establish an ethical culture within the organization. This starts by having an official policy on fraud. Fraud policies vary from organization to organization,
Financial literacy: What role does the private sector play? Views on the appropriate role of the private sector in the design and delivery of financial education differ. For some, financial services providers are well placed to provide education to existing and potential customers. Others take the view that a conflict of interest exists
Banks roll back climate commitments ESG appears to be retreating, with banks having increased their fossil fuel financing in 2024, just as climate change poses growing threats to the insurance industry and raises questions about financial stability. A new report, Banking on Climate Chaos, by a nonprofit group finds that despite previous
How should banks report environmental risk? One of the most commonly used measures for environmental risk is carbon emissions, sometimes referred to as a carbon footprint. Carbon footprinting refers to the process of calculating and analyzing the total amount of GHGs (not just carbon dioxide) emitted directly or indirectly by an individual or
