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29 articles authored by the Perigon team, designed to challenge conventional thinking and deliver long-term results.
The FCA published landmark cryptoasset regime rules alongside Consumer Duty scope reforms and simplified investment disclosure requirements, with consultation closing 21 August 2026.
The UK government has announced reforms to Flood Re that will reduce payouts for high-value properties, with implications for mortgage lenders' climate scenario analysis and asset valuations.
Ask every member of your executive team to give you one sentence describing your overarching strategy. If the answers differ, you don't have an alignment problem. You have a strategy problem.
The FRC's revised Stewardship Code took effect on 1 January 2026. For the first time, it includes dedicated guidance for private markets. GPs need to know what has changed.
The FRC's UK Corporate Governance Code was revised in 2024 and has applied since January 2025. Its most significant provision, Provision 29, came into force this year. Boards need to understand what has actually changed.
The motions of a strategy process have been followed. But none of the muscles truly needed to build strategic resilience today have been exercised.
What is strategy, really? Many CEOs and Boards have a plan. Few have a true strategy. We explore the difference and how to build and embed one successfully.
UK companies cross ESG compliance thresholds unnoticed every year — SECR, ESOS, modern slavery, gender pay gap. Why these get missed and what to do.
UK ESG compliance — SECR, ESOS, TCFD, Modern Slavery, FCA SDR and more. Which requirements apply to your business? Find out based on size, sector and structure.
Scenario planning to explore 27 possible futures shaped by society, AI, and external shocks. A practical tool for leadership teams to build strategic foresight.
The PRA made climate transition plans mandatory for UK banks under SS5/25. Less than a third have one. Here's what banks should do now.
PRA SS5/25 is live, replacing SS3/19. What UK banks need to change on climate risk, and what to deliver by 3 June 2026.
Why abandoning Net Zero exposes UK firms to trade barriers, higher cost of capital, and tech stagnation. The economic case for climate action over fossil fuel retreat.
Climate transition plans face a paradox — ambitious 1.5°C targets meet messy reality. How companies navigate Scope 3, net zero by 2050, and the integrity gap.
In our rush to simplify, are we eroding long-term resilience? Here's why the next advantage belongs to the curious and the capably complex.
A satirical fable illustrating the risks of one-size climate targets and advocating bottom-up transition plans built like financial models.
How Tytler's cycle and other Big Cycle thinking prompts five key strategic questions that business leaders should be asking right now.
Perigon's 2025 Banking Barometer benchmarks 57 UK banks on ESG, strategy, and AI maturity — revealing progress, gaps, and future risks.
Most "strategies" are just plans. Here's how to spot the imposters, define real business strategy, and use it to create long-term advantage.
Strategy is drowning in noise. Reclaim quiet wonder - space to think deeply, ask brave questions, and make better long-term decisions.
The uncertainty we face today is faster and more feral than ever. Four forces — AI, climate, ageing, deglobalisation — demand long-termism, not prediction.
From trends to societal forces — AI, climate, ageing, and deglobalisation. Learn how to face uncertainty and plan for multiple futures.
The 21st century demands non-linear strategy — adaptive, probabilistic, resilient to forces like AI, climate change, ageing, and geopolitics.
Ten things you only discover about financed emissions when you get your hands dirty — practical learnings for mid-tier and smaller UK banks.
The best time to start a business, perhaps the hardest time to sustain one. Climate and economic risks create mounting challenges for UK SMEs.
Four questions to test the resilience of your strategy in a world of rapid change driven by the low-carbon transition, AI, and shifting societal trends.
Perigon's 2024 benchmark of UK financial institutions — sustainability reporting trends, transition plans, emissions progress, and next steps for leaders.
Five steps to better integrate sustainability into corporate strategy — saving wasted effort, risk, cost, duplication, and confusion in the process.
Our first UK FI Sustainability Benchmark reviews 51 banks, building societies, and fintechs across materiality, strategy, reporting, targets, and carbon credits.
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