The scope of governance keeps expanding.
Legal and compliance teams are being asked to oversee increasingly complex entity structures, navigate evolving regulatory requirements and establish clear guardrails around emerging technologies like AI, all while keeping day-to-day operations moving.
The challenge isn't simply keeping up with more work. It's maintaining confidence that the right controls, processes and information are in place as complexity grows.
From gaining a clearer view of ownership structures and strengthening governance around AI-assisted workflows, to improving compliance oversight and simplifying collaboration around ethics programs, these Diligent updates help organizations operate with greater clarity and confidence.
Understanding ownership structures becomes more challenging as organizations expand across jurisdictions, add subsidiaries or manage increasingly complex legal entities.
The upcoming Ownership Map helps governance and legal teams visualize the full ownership structure surrounding a selected entity in a single view. Rather than piecing together relationships across multiple reports and charts, teams can view parent entities, subsidiaries and connected ownership relationships together, helping them assess organizational complexity and identify important connections more quickly.
For legal, governance and compliance professionals, that means:
Ownership Map is currently available as an early-access release. Customers interested in participating can contact their Customer Success representative to request access.
As AI becomes part of everyday governance and legal workflows, organizations need greater visibility into how information is stored, managed and retained.
New AI Data Retention Settings help administrators govern how long uploaded AI content is retained within Diligent Entities. Retention information is surfaced directly within the AI Assistant experience, while administrators can define organization-wide retention periods that align with internal policies and governance requirements.
For legal, governance and compliance teams, that means:
Managing jurisdiction-specific compliance obligations can create significant administrative overhead, particularly for organizations overseeing large entity portfolios.
The new Australian Solvency Resolution capability helps teams generate and manage required solvency resolutions directly within Diligent Entities. Resolutions can be created individually or in bulk, with completed documentation stored against the relevant company record.
For entity management and legal teams, that means:
Technology is only one part of the entity compliance equation. Many organizations also need support managing filing requirements, compliance deadlines and jurisdiction-specific obligations across an increasingly complex global footprint.
Diligent Managed Services combines the Diligent Entities platform with corporate secretarial support across more than 100 jurisdictions, helping organizations centralize entity compliance while reducing reliance on fragmented provider networks.
For governance and legal teams, that means:
Managing entity compliance across multiple jurisdictions? Connect with your Customer Success Manager to learn how Diligent Managed Services can help simplify filings, streamline compliance activities and support your team with global expertise where and when it's needed.
Retention requirements rarely stay static. Regulations evolve, jurisdictions differ and organizations need confidence that sensitive information is being managed appropriately.
New Data Retention capabilities in Speak Up Manager give compliance administrators greater control over how case data is retained, reviewed, sanitized or deleted. Teams can create country-specific retention rules, establish fallback policies and introduce approval workflows before sensitive actions take place.
For compliance leaders, that means:
Preparing a World's Most Ethical Companies application often requires extensive collaboration between legal, compliance and business stakeholders.
The new SurveySync workspace gives applicants a dedicated environment to draft responses, manage supporting documentation and collaborate on Ethisphere submissions in one place, with AI-assisted drafting available throughout the process.
For ethics and compliance teams, that means:
The best product ideas often come from the people doing the work every day.
The Diligent Insiders Program gives governance professionals, legal teams and Diligent champions opportunities to participate in surveys, interviews, focus groups and Early Adopter Programs that help shape future product development.
For participants, that means:
Interested in helping shape the future of governance technology? Apply to join the Diligent Insiders Program today.
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Not yet a customer? Request a demo to see how Diligent supports board and entity workflows with fewer manual steps and stronger control.
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