Boards Must Ensure New Competences to Address Investor Inquiries Following ICGN’s Latest AI Engagement Guidelines

Boards need to ensure competence and oversight to respond to coming Investor questions from new AI engagement Guide by ICGN 

Investor Corporate Governance Network ICGN launches Engagement Guide for Artificial Intelligence

ICGN, International Corporate Governance Network, the Investor Association led by investors in 45 countries responsible for assets under management of around US$77 trillion, including has just released the Artificial intelligence: An engagement guide, guiding the investors on how to steward the companies and their boards. 

The ICGN Network members as AP funds 1,2,3,4,7, Axa Investment managers, Allianz Global Investors, BBVA, Blackrock, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Elliot, Euro China Capital, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Nordea, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) , Swedbank Robur, UBS, Zurich etc. 

Investors are guided in assessing whether your company uses AI in an active yet safe, ethical, and sustainable manner, leading to a series of questions for use in investors-investee dialogue.

Boards can with the guide anticipate investors’ areas of interest and concern, and better assess the robustness of their own competence and AI oversight.

The first critical area recommended for stewardship is that Boards should ensure that they have sufficient knowledge and understanding of AI to effectively oversee the company’s responsible development and use of AI. ​ This includes understanding the risks and opportunities associated with AI, as well as the company’s short, medium, and long-term plans for integrating AI into its business model. ​

We will revert further to ICGN and the guide, stay tuned.

Meanwhile read it here Artificial intelligence: An engagement guide:

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