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Governance Statements is a dedicated ZedX application designed to help organisations produce clear, structured governance statements supported by evidence and assurance.
It provides a consistent way to define governance themes, capture formal statements, link them to supporting evidence, and record actions where further work or improvement is required.
By bringing structure, traceability, and discipline to governance statements, the application supports transparency, accountability, and confidence at senior management and board level.
Define governance themes and statement structures
Draft and manage formal governance statements
Link statements to supporting evidence
Record actions against statements where assurance gaps are identified
Track review, approval, and publication status
Ensure actions are completed before statements are published
Monitor completeness and coverage across governance themes
Export statements for formal reporting
Control access using role-based permissions
Governance Statements allows organisations to define governance themes such as financial control, risk management, data protection, or compliance.
Within each theme, formal governance statements can be drafted, reviewed, and refined in a structured and consistent format.
This ensures governance is articulated clearly and consistently rather than relying on fragmented narrative or informal summaries.
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Screen showing a list of governance themes with associated governance statements and their current status.
Each governance statement can be supported by evidence, references, and explanatory commentary to demonstrate how assurance is achieved.
Where gaps, weaknesses, or improvement areas are identified, actions can be recorded directly against the statement. These actions represent work required to support the statement and strengthen assurance.
Actions remain linked to the statement, providing clear visibility of what is being done to improve governance over time.
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Governance statement view showing linked evidence, supporting documents, and associated actions recorded against the statement.
Dashboards provide visibility of governance statement coverage, completeness, and approval status across themes.
This helps organisations identify gaps, incomplete areas, or statements requiring attention ahead of board or regulatory reporting.
Governance statements can be exported for inclusion in formal reports and submissions.
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Dashboard showing governance themes with counts of approved, draft, and outstanding statements.
Where governance statements relate to risk management, links can be made to Risk Registers to demonstrate how risks, issues, and incidents are identified and managed in practice.
Where audit activity informs governance assurance, Audit Actions can be referenced to demonstrate that audit recommendations are tracked and completed.
Where governance statements relate to delivery or transformation activity, Project Portfolios can be referenced to show how oversight and reporting are maintained.