“I want to able to devolve responsibility to our offices globally, so they can input the data, and I can use my experience to verify the data, mentor future governance professionals and advise the business based on my knowledge from my years of being in corporate governance.”

"Over the last eight years that I’ve worked at Daikin, the size of the audit team has remained fairly stable – but the company has grown and we’ve got more subsidiaries to service. By using [Diligent] to optimise the efficiency of our audit process, we’ve been able to maintain the …

“As we continue to invest in our culture, we’ve made the strategic decision to protect our investments by empowering all employees to speak up in a safe and secure environment.”

"Going into the next AGM, we are ready to talk with data rather than just words. We want to be proactive rather than reactive, and explain our choices upfront rather than counter criticisms with assumptions."

“Many of the metrics and governance mechanisms that you need for a strong ESG program often inherently live in a modern GRC program, including the technology and tools that I think are really the backbone for effectively driving and tracking against your progress.”

"The platform is our window into business operations. And without that window, you don’t know what information is even available to you, so it’s impossible to effectively audit."

"Diligent Manzama analytics have allowed us to isolate trends in general manufacturing and then drill down to aspects of next-generation manufacturing. We can then aggregate and share intelligence targeted to specific industries.”

“Diligent has helped simplify EDENS’ interactions with its private equity investors by centralizing all its board materials in one place. As a result, each stakeholder can access the information they need, including historical documents, which streamlines directors’ work and contributes to greater transparency."

“I didn’t realize how much of an impact the easy delivery of board materials would have. We are a nonprofit company and we liked that BoardEffect [a Diligent brand] understands the needs of nonprofit organizations. That, and the fact that BoardEffect is fairly priced, really appealed to us. It’s fantastic …

“We worked together from the start to serve AICUP members, and BoardEffect offered a trifecta: [It's] well-priced, highly-functional and user-friendly for non-IT professionals.”

“It was that easy. We were able to implement Diligent Community not even in the blink of an eye. It was incredible!"

“Diligent has been invaluable to me in maintaining a best practices environment with respect to corporate governance at BNY Mellon. Its ease of use and reliability have made it effortless to implement across my organization.”

“By creating a single risk and control matrix of around 100 controls for each legal entity around the world, [with] 30 legal entities, we have established consistency in our controls and compliance reporting.”

“As the CCO of the largest university-connected research foundation, we have hundreds of policies in place to address a constantly changing regulatory landscape. It is critical for us to have a single system to manage all these policies effectively.”

“If we’re going to help provide insights and foresights to businesses around risk, we need to also understand what our performance is, what our internal and external data is starting to tell us.”