2022 Governance Outlook

Published by NACD
The 2022 Governance Outlook is designed to give corporate directors and senior executives a comprehensive overview of major business and governance issues that are likely to demand board focus over the coming year. The report begins with an introduction from NACD that highlights survey findings about leading board priorities for 2022 and follows with four partner contributions that provide distinct insights and projections on the following themes: proxy priorities, ESG oversight, M&A oversight and purpose, ransomware risk, assessing DE&I practices, and D&O threat landscape.

Each partner contribution provides (1) an overview of key trends in a particular area of governance, (2) an outlook for how those trends will play out in 2022, and (3) relevant implications and questions for boards to consider. The 2022 Governance Outlook is designed as a collection of observations to help corporate boards to prioritize their focus in 2022 and increase their awareness of emerging issues through both detailed topical analysis and coverage of broader governance implications.