Scott Lane

CEO of Speeki. Non-financial assurance specialist.

ESG assurance

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Corporate governance

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Hi, I’m Scott Lane. I write about sustainability, board-level governance, responsible AI, and non-financial assurance.

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About Scott Lane

Scott is a recognised expert in sustainability, governance and compliance. As the founder and CEO of Speeki, an independent assurance company, he helps organisations globally demonstrate the value of their non-financial initiatives to drive long-term value creation.

With over 25 years’ experience in ESG risk management and corporate governance, his expertise spans anti-corruption, sanctions, ethics and integrity, workplace issues, and human rights. He has built, designed and managed more than 2,500 non-financial programmes for the world’s leading companies.

Scott previously founded risk and compliance giant The Red Flag Group, scaling the company to 500 staff across 15 countries and servicing many of the world’s largest multinationals, before selling the business to the London Stock Exchange Group in 2020.

Committed to lifelong learning, he has completed executive programmes at Harvard Business School, Wharton School, MIT, Cambridge University and other institutions.

Featured

Insights

6 Dec 2025

Five mistakes companies make with ESG assurance – and how to avoid them

3 Dec 2025

Examining Social Practices in ESG Assurance

1 Dec 2025

Board and audit committee oversight of integrated performance assurance

28 Nov 2025

Changing the focus of compliance teams to change the world

22 Nov 2025

The evolution of non-financial reporting and building corporate infrastructure beyond financial metrics

16 Nov 2025

Why carbon targets don’t drive real sustainability

Videos

Coverage

To save sustainability, we need to stop talking about it

The language of sustainability has lost its power in the boardroom. To regain influence, sustainability leaders must stop selling virtue and start making the commercial case

Governments’ failure on climate is an opportunity for businesses to lead

The global surge in emissions is proof that governments are no longer fit to lead on climate change

How the banking net zero fantasy ran out of gas

Over the past year, the world’s biggest banks‘ net zero enthusiasm has quickly and quietly dried up. Top lenders have backtracked, diluted or outright abandoned their environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies.

How to equip the auditco to monitor sustainability

The board’s expanding remit to oversee non-financial reporting calls for significant reforms, with stakeholder trust being the prize.

ESG is a victim of subject-matter expertise – generalists are the remedy

For ESG initiatives to thrive, the need to be led by individuals with the right mix of specialist knowledge and broad business experience.

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