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Audit committees at the largest U.S. companies have expanded their oversight this decade beyond financial challenges to encompass risks in cybersecurity, sustainability and artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new report from EY. The proportion of companies citing sustainability as an audit committee responsibility surged to 22% this year from 6% in 2021, EY found in a survey of Standard & Poor’s 500 firms. A growing proportion of audit committees oversee cybersecurity risk at most large companies, EY said. The share of S&P 500 companies that cite cybersecurity as an audit committee responsibility increased to 77% this year from 25% in 2019, according to EY. Companies are beginning to disclose some level of oversight for AI risks, and most commonly cite the risk as a point of audit committee oversight, EY said.
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Housebuilder Vistry has removed chief operating officer Earl Sibley in the wake of an accounting blunder that will reduce profits by £165m. Vistry said scrapping his role will reduce “the length of reporting lines” and “ensure closer proximity of the chief executive to the business.” Dan Coatsworth, an investment analyst at AJ Bell, said the “embarrassing” accounting error, which saw Vistry issue two profit warnings in quick succession, “seems to have prompted chief executive Greg Fitzgerald to change the reporting structure so he is closer to the engine room.” It is noted that some investors are said to be concerned about Fitzgerald’s role as executive chairman, a position which means he is effectively chairman and chief executive.
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