Police ministry urges detectives to pursue all available avenues to find killers of Port Edward saps member and his family

Following the visit to the bereaved family of slain South African Police Service(SAPS) member Warrant Officer, Roger Mavundla and three of his family members, the Ministry of Police has called on the detective team assigned to investigate the multiple shooting to work with agility to find the killers.

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele, Deputy Minister of Police, Cassel Mathale and the SAPS management led by General Fannie Masemola, on Tuesday 24 January 2023, descended on Port Edward in KwaZulu-Natal. The visit comes as the SAPS mourns the loss of one of their own who was gunned down with his family just meters away from their family home.

Warrant Officer Mavundla and his fiancé Khanyisile Mthulisi aged 39, their children Siyamthanda Mthulisi 10 and 17-year-old Thando Mavundla all succumbed to their injuries.

Seven year old Simthandile Mthulisi, the sole survivor of the incident, is in a critical condition in hospital.

While the motive is yet to be confirmed, investigators from the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations (DPCI) are following-up on leads with the aim to find and prosecute the perpetrators of the heinous crime.

The 49-year-old Warrant Officer has been described by his colleagues and many in the community as a respected and dedicated public servant.

Minister Cele, has assured the bereaved family and community at large that this crime will not go unpunished.

“While we are aware that policing is a dangerous job, it is very shocking and truly disturbing that an officer who has been described as a good man dedicated to his work, is killed along with his young family so brutally. Our thoughts and prayers are with the young girl who is fighting for her life in hospital and hope she recovers from this tragedy. Ours as law enforcement is to ensure a thorough job is done during the investigative work and the results can bring the affected families the community and the nation, some closure.” Cele ended.

Warrant Officer Mavundla and his family will be laid to rest on the weekend.

Source: South African Police Service

Relatório sobre as práticas de governança sustentável dos 30 maiores bancos mundiais revela resultados interessantes

LONDRES, Jan. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Morrow Sodali e a Nestor Advisors – uma Empresa da Morrow Sodali, têm o prazer de anunciar a publicação da “Governança sustentável dos maiores bancos mundiais: Um estudo dos 30 principais bancos europeus e norte-americanos”.

O relatório examina as práticas de governança sustentável dos 30 maiores bancos europeus e norte-americanos. Para realizar o Relatório, analisamos vários documentos públicos e entrevistamos representantes de quinze bancos líderes, incluindo nove presidentes de conselho, outros membros do conselho e executivos seniores. Os entrevistados explicam as diferentes práticas e o motivo dos bancos optarem por elas. O relatório compara os bancos em vários pontos de dados e analisa essas informações em relação a um índice duplo de sustentabilidade e desempenho financeiro.

Stilpon Nestor, principal autor do relatório, disse: “A sustentabilidade é um dos grandes problemas enfrentados pelos bancos e sua liderança. Acionistas e várias partes interessadas, incluindo reguladores, esperam que os bancos sejam proativos quanto à sustentabilidade. Do ponto de vista estratégico, a “ecologização do livro” é o grande desafio, especialmente nos mercados com grandes setores “marrons”. Do ponto de vista do risco, alguns reguladores esperam que os bancos integrem o risco da sustentabilidade na estrutura principal de gestão de riscos e suas principais categorias. Eles também esperam uma perspectiva clara de sustentabilidade na estrutura do apetite ao risco. Para um bom desempenho nessas áreas, os bancos mundiais reformularam a governança e os pactos organizacionais existentes e desenvolveram alguns novos. Nosso relatório examina esses pactos e revelando pontos interessantes que, às vezes, chegam a ser contraintuitivos.

Dentre os resultados, destacamos a questão das habilidades dos conselhos quanto à sustentabilidade. Nenhum banco entrevistado considera prioritário ter especialistas em sustentabilidade no conselho. A prioridade é tornar seus atuais membros do conselho mais conscientes da sustentabilidade. Nesse sentido, os bancos enfatizam o desenvolvimento das habilidades do diretor.

Como um conselho se estrutura para abordar a sustentabilidade? Em muitos casos, isso é feito através da criação de uma nova comissão. No entanto, a estrutura geralmente reflete o nível de maturidade em relação às questões de um banco. Um ponto interessante do Relatório é que os bancos mais avançados no “espectro da maturidade” eliminaram os comitês especiais e passaram a discutir a sustentabilidade como parte da estratégia geral e do apetite ao risco.

Outro ponto importante está relacionado ao papel da administração em garantir que todas as funções dos negócios fortaleçam sua capacidade de entender a sustentabilidade. Esta é uma questão que toca todas as áreas de negócios de um banco, seja um banco corporativo, de varejo ou privado, bem como funções de risco, finanças e auditoria interna. É por isso que a maioria dos bancos mundiais criou comitês de gerenciamento sênior para supervisionar esse trabalho transversal. O tempo de serviço dos membros desta comissão é fundamental. Em 50% dos bancos, os próprios CEOs estão liderando esse comitê de coordenação sênior.

A maioria dos bancos também incluiu parâmetros de sustentabilidade na sua abordagem quanto à remuneração dos executivos. O relatório conclui que, nos bancos com melhores, as considerações de sustentabilidade têm um “peso” relativamente significativo, entre outros fatores, na determinação da remuneração variável.

Esperamos que este estudo seja informativo e que explorem pontos úteis para todas as partes interessadas. Clique aqui para solicitar o Relatório na íntegra.

SOBRE A MORROW SODALI

Morrow Sodali é a provedora líder de consultoria estratégica e serviços aos acionistas para clientes corporativos em todo o mundo. A empresa oferece para conselhos e executivos corporativos consultoria estratégica e serviços relacionados à governança corporativa, ESG, comunicação e engajamento com acionistas, inteligência de mercados de capital, solicitação de procurações, ativismo com acionistas, e fusões e aquisições.

Com sedes em Nova York e Londres, e escritórios e parceiros nos principais mercados de capital, a Morrow Sodali atende a mais de 1.000 clientes corporativos em mais de 80 países, incluindo muitas das maiores corporações multinacionais do mundo. Além de empresas públicas e privadas, seus clientes incluem instituições financeiras, fundos mútuos, ETFs, bolsas de valores e associações de membros.

Para mais informações, visite morrowsodali.com.

SOBRE A NESTOR ADVISORS

Nestor Advisors é uma empresa global de consultoria subsidiária da Morrow Sodali, especializada em governança corporativa, sustentabilidade e design organizacional. Trabalhamos com os conselhos e a alta administração de instituições financeiras, empresas e organizações sem fins lucrativos para aprimorar as tomadas de decisões, as estruturas organizacionais, os controles e os incentivos.

Totalmente integradas com a Morrow Sodali, as duas empresas fornecem à base global de clientes da empresa um conjunto abrangente de serviços de consultoria relacionados à governança corporativa, ESG, sustentabilidade e engajamento das partes interessadas.

Nossos serviços são de amplo espectro, incluindo avaliações holísticas que resultam em um redesenho significativo do sistema de governança de uma empresa, avaliações do conselho, governança do grupo, treinamento do conselho, gerenciamento de riscos, e desenvolvimento de políticas e controles específicos. Seja qual for o escopo, nossos serviços são sempre adaptados às necessidades dos nossos clientes.

Para mais informações, visite nestoradvisors.com.

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Elena Cargnello
Diretora Corporativa, Marketing
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Le rapport sur les pratiques de gouvernance de la durabilité des 30 plus grandes banques mondiales fournit des conclusions intéressantes

LONDRES, 23 janv. 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Morrow Sodali et Nestor Advisors, une entreprise Morrow Sodali, ont le plaisir d’annoncer la publication de « Governance of sustainability in the largest global banks: A study of the top 30 European and North American banks » (Gouvernance de la durabilité dans les plus grandes banques mondiales : une étude des 30 premières banques européennes et nord-américaines).

Ce rapport examine les pratiques de gouvernance de la durabilité des 30 plus grandes banques européennes et nord-américaines. Pour préparer le rapport, nous avons examiné divers documents accessibles au public et avons également interrogé des représentants de quinze grandes banques, dont neuf présidents de conseil d’administration, d’autres membres de conseil et des cadres supérieurs. Les personnes interrogées ont fait le point sur différentes pratiques et sur les raisons de leur mise en œuvre. Le rapport qui en résulte compare les banques sur plusieurs points de données et analyse ces résultats par rapport à un double indice de durabilité et de performance financière.

Stilpon Nestor, l’auteur principal du rapport, a déclaré : « La durabilité est l’un des grands problèmes auxquels sont confrontées les banques et leur direction. Les actionnaires et diverses parties prenantes, y compris les régulateurs, attendent des banques qu’elles soient proactives dans ce domaine. Du côté de la stratégie, “verdir le portefeuille” est le grand défi, surtout sur les marchés ayant de grands secteurs “bruns”. Du côté des risques, certains régulateurs attendent des banques qu’elles intègrent le risque en matière de durabilité dans le cadre principal de gestion des risques et ses catégories clés. Ils attendent aussi une prise en compte claire de la durabilité dans le cadre de l’appétence au risque. Afin de tenir leurs promesses dans ces domaines, les banques mondiales ont remanié les dispositifs de gouvernance et d’organisation existants et en ont développé de nouveaux. Notre rapport examine ces dispositifs et aboutit à des conclusions intéressantes, parfois contre-intuitives. »

Parmi ces conclusions, la question des compétences du conseil d’administration en lien avec la durabilité a été mise en évidence. Toutes les banques que nous avons interrogées ne considèrent pas comme une priorité le fait d’avoir des experts en durabilité dans leur conseil d’administration. Leur priorité est de sensibiliser les membres actuels du conseil d’administration à ces questions. En ce sens, elles mettent l’accent sur le développement des compétences de directeur.

Comment un conseil d’administration se structure-t-il pour aborder les questions de durabilité ? Dans de nombreux cas, on crée un nouveau comité. Cependant, la structure reflète souvent le niveau de maturité des enjeux dans une banque. Une conclusion intéressante du rapport est que les banques plus avancées dans le « spectre de maturité » ont supprimé les comités spéciaux et discutent de la durabilité dans le cadre de la stratégie générale et de l’appétence au risque.

Une autre conclusion majeure concerne le rôle de la direction qui doit veiller à ce que toutes les fonctions de l’entreprise renforcent leur capacité à comprendre la durabilité. C’est une question qui touche tous les secteurs d’activité d’une banque, qu’il s’agisse d’une banque d’entreprise, de détail ou privée, ainsi que les fonctions de risque, de finance et d’audit interne. C’est pourquoi la plupart des banques mondiales ont créé des comités de direction pour superviser ce travail transversal. Il est essentiel que les membres de ce comité aient un rang élevé dans la hiérarchie. Dans 50 % des banques, les PDG eux-mêmes dirigent ce comité de coordination.

La plupart des banques ont également inclus des paramètres de durabilité dans leur approche de la rémunération des cadres. Le rapport constate que dans les plus performants, les considérations de durabilité ont un « poids » relativement important parmi les autres facteurs pour déterminer la rémunération variable.

Nous espérons que vous trouverez cette étude instructive, et que les conclusions seront utiles du point de vue de toutes les parties prenantes. Cliquez ici pour demander le rapport complet.

À PROPOS DE MORROW SODALI

Morrow Sodali est l’un des principaux fournisseurs de conseils stratégiques et de services aux actionnaires pour les entreprises du monde entier. Le cabinet fournit aux conseils d’administration et aux dirigeants d’entreprises des conseils et des services stratégiques en matière de gouvernance d’entreprise, d’ESG, de communication et d’engagement des actionnaires et des obligataires, de renseignements sur les marchés des capitaux, de sollicitation de procurations, d’activisme actionnarial et de fusions et acquisitions.

Depuis ses sièges à New York et à Londres, et ses bureaux et partenaires sur les principaux marchés de capitaux, Morrow Sodali sert plus de 1000 entreprises clientes dans plus de 80 pays, dont un grand nombre des plus grandes multinationales du monde. Outre les sociétés cotées et privées, ses clients comprennent des institutions financières, des fonds communs de placement, des ETF, des marchés boursiers et des associations de membres.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter le site morrowsodali.com.

À PROPOS DE NESTOR ADVISORS

Nestor Advisors est la filiale de conseil spécialisée dans les conseils d’administration et la gouvernance de Morrow Sodali. Nous sommes un cabinet de conseil mondial spécialisé dans la gouvernance d’entreprise, la durabilité et la conception organisationnelle. Nous travaillons avec les conseils d’administration et les responsables d’institutions financières, d’entreprises et d’organisations à but non lucratif pour améliorer la prise de décision, les structures organisationnelles, les contrôles et les incitations.

La filiale est entièrement intégrée à Morrow Sodali, et les deux sociétés fournissent à la clientèle mondiale du cabinet une gamme complète de services de conseil en matière de gouvernance d’entreprise, d’ESG, de durabilité et d’engagement des parties prenantes.

Nos services couvrent un large éventail, notamment des évaluations holistiques aboutissant à une refonte importante du système de gouvernance d’une entreprise, des évaluations du conseil d’administration, la gouvernance de groupe, la formation du conseil d’administration, la gestion des risques et l’élaboration de politiques et de contrôles spécifiques. Quel que soit l’objectif, nos services sont toujours étroitement adaptés aux besoins de nos clients.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter le site nestoradvisors.com.

CONTACTS

Elena Cargnello
Directrice marketing
[email protected]
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St Kitts and Nevis administration vows to continue advancing economy to provide greater social and economic opportunities at first press conference of 2023

Basseterre, Jan. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Terrance Drew, along with six other cabinet members from his administration participated in their first press conference of the year on 18 January 2023.

The press conference is one of the methods that Prime Minister Drew’s administration will use to update citizens and residents on matters of national importance such as the 2022 Budget and the upcoming plans and budget for this year. The St Kitts and Nevis government has reiterated several times how it wants to lead with transparency and integrity – ensuring that the twin-island Federation is kept abreast of the administration’s decision-making process and accomplishments during its tenure.

In his opening address, Prime Minister Drew, noted that the government of St Kitts and Nevis continues to work around the clock to fufill the pledges made during the 2022 election campaign.

“These pledges were based on seven foundational pillars including Food Security, Energy Transition, Economic Diversification, Sustainable Industries, Creative Economy. COVID-19 Recovery and Social Protection.

“We made a pledge to govern with transparency, accountability and integrity and we intend to continue in that vein. We want to improve the quality of life and health of our people as these are the founding principles and remain the bedrock of our administration.”

The Prime Minister continued and said, “We are committed to serve with the sole purpose that every policy, every plan and every project is undertaken for the betterment of all, our mission is to transform the lives of people by advancing our economy in a way that will provide greater social and economic opportunities.”

As the Minister of Health and Social Security, Prime Minister Drew unveiled three major developments to strengthen the quality of healthcare in St Kitts and Nevis. These are Universal Health Care, Corporatization of the Joseph N. France General Hospital and strengthening the relations with third-party organizations.

Minister Drew asserted that Universal Health Care remains a priority for the government of St Kitts and Nevis and added that the government is geared to start their Universal Health Care, which will go a long way in opening up access to quality healthcare for all Kittians and Nevisians.

The World Health Organisation has described Universal health coverage as a means for all people to have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship.

The second major development, the corporatization of the Joseph N. France General Hospital – a premier health institution in the country, is aimed to increase the hospital’s efficiency and allow for the proper management of the hospital’s affairs.

The Prime Minister noted that while Joseph N France General Hospital has its strengths and weaknesses, there is always room for improvement, and it is for this reason that the government has been working towards developing its tertiary and secondary healthcare.

He thanked healthcare workers who continue to work tirelessly to serve those in need and hailed the dedication and commitment of medical professionals who served day and night during the unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic – an honorarium has been dedicated to them.

Talking about the challenges these workers face while performing their duties, including oppression and verbal abuse, the Prime Minister suggested hosting an open forum to communicate these issues.

The government of St Kitts and Nevis is also looking to recruit new doctors, nurses, technicians, therapists and technologists. Along with this, a principal nursing officer will be appointed, a position that has been vacant for the last seven years.

“Two lines of action are now ongoing; stabilization and transformation,” stated Prime Minister Drew as he expressed the requirements of new staff, new systems, a new culture of empathy and adequate resources.

The country’s eye clinic will receive new state-of-the-art equipment to the value of EC$700,000.00.

On the matter of strengthening relationships with third party stakeholders, the Prime Minister added that St Kitts and Nevis is looking to revitalize relationships with the likes of CARPHA (the Caribbean Public Health Agency), PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), and several NGOs such as PALS (Pediatric Assistance League of St Kitts). 

 

A deep dive into the country’s evolving Citizenship by Investment Programme

The Prime Minister hailed the efficient leadership of the new Head of the Citizenship by Investment Unit of St Kitts and Nevis, Michael Martin. The Prime Minister asked the Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, the Honourable Garth Wilkin to update on changes recently made to the Citizenship by Investment Programme’s legislation on 23 of December, 2022 which changes were made to remove any loopholes used by developers.

Attorney General Garth Wilkin said, “What developers are required to do now, is that they have to place money received from the sale of real estate units into an escrow account and the administration of the citizenship by investment programme will monitor the progress of the projects such that a developer does not sell 20 units for example and not build anything.

New regulations allow developers to prove that developments are indeed on track, and only then will the money be released from the escrow account. This release of funds will be done in phases as certain phases of the building are completed. The new regulations have also been set up to monitor the distribution of units processed.

Minister Wilkin added, “If you were a developer and you believe that you can sell 1000 units or 1000 buildings in your real estate project, you will not be given access to sell those 1000 units at the beginning of your project like it was done in the past, what you will do is you will be given a certain amount of units, for example, 50, you will be able to put those on the market and until you complete a certain phase of your selling, you will not get the next 50, so there will be a staggered approach to the actual issuance of the units that you can sell on the market.”

He said that all of this was done to prevent what previously occurred in the past where real estate developers were selling off plans and building one part of the project and not completing it in its entirety resulting in what he termed “white elephants”.

The Government is focused on ensuring that the citizenship by investment offering provides value to both the investors and the citizens of the country.

The country’s Citizenship by Investment Programme has been undergoing an evolution, setting a bold and new tone for the industry as a whole. St Kitts and Nevis is once again leading the way for the investment immigration industry – adding a new layer of integrity to truly accelerate the country’s economic diversification, and empower and prosper local citizens while creating an enriching base for intelligent investors.

PR St Kitts and Nevis
Government of St. Kitts and Nevis
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Leading Singapore Law Enforcement Agency Awards Cellebrite with $14 Million Agreement for Cellebrite’s advanced extraction solution

PETAH TIKVA, Israel and TYSONS CORNER, Va., Jan. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cellebrite (Nasdaq: CLBT), a global leader in Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, today announced a five-year agreement with a national police agency in Singapore, which will use Cellebrite’s collect & review solution, Premium, to help lawfully expedite collection of digital evidence.

The 5-year contract creates a strong partnership between the customer and Cellebrite, enabling us to be a closely integrated partner, both in the areas of knowledge and competencies development, and in the technology space associated with top-tiered digital investigations and intelligence.

This engagement is also notable due to Cellebrite equipping the agency with the most advanced extraction solution and direct and immediate access to Cellebrite’s Advanced Services team

“We are thrilled to partner with this large law enforcement agency and progress our joint mission to enhance public safety and build safer communities,” said Arthur Veinstein, President, Cellebrite International. “This contract is a true testament to Cellebrite being an industry leader. I am confident that our DI solutions will help our customer in its digital transformation journey.”

About Cellebrite

Cellebrite’s (NASDAQ: CLBT) mission is to enable its customers to protect and save lives, accelerate justice, and preserve privacy in communities around the world. We are a global leader in Digital Intelligence solutions for the public and private sectors, empowering organizations in mastering the complexities of legally sanctioned digital investigations by streamlining intelligence processes. Trusted by thousands of leading agencies and companies worldwide, Cellebrite’s Digital Intelligence platform and solutions transform how customers collect, review, analyze and manage data in legally sanctioned investigations. To learn more visit us at www.cellebrite.comhttps://investors.cellebrite.com, or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Cellebrite.

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WHO: 500K People Die Prematurely from Trans Fat Annually

GENEVA — The World Health Organization is calling for the total elimination of trans fat — an artificial toxic chemical commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils, and spreads which is responsible for half a million premature deaths each year.

WHO reports 5 billion people are being exposed to this toxic product, increasing their risk of heart disease and death.

Tom Frieden, the president and chief executive officer of the public health initiative Resolve to Save Lives, said that the global elimination of trans fat from food could prevent up to 17 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases by 2040.

Frieden also spoke of the importance of distinguishing artificial trans fat, “which is a toxic chemical, which has no valid use in the food supply and should be eliminated,” from saturated fat, which he called “an inherent part of many food groups in which nobody is proposing to ban.”

To put it simply, Frieden said, “Think of artificial trans fat as the tobacco of nutrition. It has no values.”

Progress has been made since 2018 when the WHO set a goal for the global elimination of trans fat in 2023. It says 43 countries now have implemented best-practice policies for tackling trans fat in food, thus protecting 2.8 billion people from heart disease and death.

To Frieden, however, that still leaves 5 billion people at risk from the devastating health impacts of trans fat. He said governments can stop these preventable deaths by enacting WHO’s best-practice policies.

He noted several countries, especially Mexico, Nigeria and Sri Lanka, are very close to passing these lifesaving policies. According to him, all they need is a simple push to get them over the finish line.

“Policy wins in one country can help encourage other countries to take action,” Frieden noted. “We hope that leaders such as India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines will be examples for all of the South and Southeast Asia region, and we hope that Nigeria, along with South Africa, which has already banned trans fat, will be a leader for Africa.”

Friedan said experience shows the industry can adapt, innovate and replace trans fat with healthy alternatives. It is just a few large companies who continue to manufacture a toxic product.

Friedan added that these companies will come into line when they see the days of trans fat are numbered.

WHO reports most trans fat elimination policies have been implemented in high-income countries, mainly in the Americas and Europe, and that an increasing number of middle-income countries are following suit. As of now, however, no low-income countries have done so.

Source: Voice of America