Case studies
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Case Studies
Case study: Dedalus Group’s CRO explains how the company is tackling CSRD disclosures
As her organisation prepares for its first CSRD disclosure, Dedalus Group’s Valentina Paduano talks us through their step-by-step process, and the opportunities she sees for risk management to make a valuable contribution.
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Case StudiesCase study: how to safeguard your reputation when entering new markets
A good image is hard won, but easily lost. And while growing into emerging markets provides amazing opportunities, your reputational risk will grow, too. Trevor Treharne asked one senior risk leader how they safeguarded their reputation when expanding into India.
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Case StudiesCase study: How Katoen Natie used its captive to manage the challenges of Covid-19
Katoen Natie survived the pandemic by securing NDBI cover through its captive – something thought to be a near-impossible task. Chief risk officer Carl Leeman explains how he did it, and why he won’t stop pushing to test his captive’s potential.
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Case StudiesCase study: How Lendlease put people front and centre during the Fukushima nuclear accident and earthquake
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident and preceding earthquake and tsunami devastated the region in a matter of hours. Managing Lendlease’s risk response from the region, Kevin Bates describes putting a pause on other business concerns to focus on what mattered most – people.
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Case StudiesCase study: How Sandvik put its supply chain to the ultimate test
Relying on links across 150 countries to produce a very specific, high-quality product, Swedish engineering firm Sandvik’s supply chain is more high risk than most. Sara Benwell reports on how the company set out to uncover exactly how it would respond to disruption.
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Case StudiesCase study: why risk management must focus on people not plants
Adrian Clements describes his experience ensuring just-in-time manufacturing continued to meet its deadlines, despite multiple severe weather threats faced by plants within the supply chain
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Case StudiesCase study: How Fidelity Investments stripped out manual processes to build greater resilience
Nazir Vellani, Fidelity Investments VP of enterprise resiliency, speaks to StrategicRISK about how the organisation built a proactive program that seamlessly detects, addresses, and rectifies risk
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Case StudiesCase study: how Network Rail reduced safety-critical errors and near-miss incidents
Working with EY, Network Rail created an ambitious digital transformation strategy that has improved railway safety and created sustainable, long-term benefits.
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Case StudiesCase study: how one exporter used risk culture to reduce operational, branding, financial, and market-related risks
An India-based SME experienced growing pains as demand for its products swelled. IRM’s Hersh Shah talks us through the rescue plan: a formalised approach to risk and a risk culture built on accountability and communication.
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Case StudiesCase study: how to overcome board resistance to integrate a risk management programme
The key to successful integration of your risk programme lies in the bonds you make at the executive level, says Darlene Halwas, a board member of Carbon Management Canada. Forming close ties, developing trust through transparency and being a source of help, means you have a voice on the board ...
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Case StudiesCase study: Enhancing urban resilience in Medellín through insurance protection for climate risks
Following the conclusion of the two-year Medellín Tripartite Project in Colombia, the risk industry team involved reflects on the project’s outcome, the challenges they overcame, and how the knowledge they gained on the way can help future resilience programmes
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Case StudiesCase study: How Taprobane Seafood Group are using parametrics to protect against nat cats
A new and innovative parametric structure is allowing shrimp farms in Sri Lanka to protect themselves against multiple weather risks not covered by traditional insurance
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Case StudiesHow to manage reshoring risks - a US case study
Former pharma risk manager and current P.E. integrated risk leader at Sigma7, Andrew Tait, looks at how reshoring changes the exposures faced by manufacturing companies in the US, and what global lessons can be learnt
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Case StudiesRisk-!n case study: How Sunstar set up a quantitative risk management system
Maya Wellig, head of global risk management at Sunstar, shares her process for quantifying risks and how it improves c-suite engagement
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Case StudiesCase study: How parametric solutions allowed Aboitiz Power to insure the uninsurable
Simplicity, pre-defined triggers, and fast payouts are some of the key advantages of a parametric approach to extraordinary Nat Cat risks, says chief risk officer, Annacel Natividad
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Case StudiesCase study: reacting to a ransomware attack
An inside view of how one company deals with ransomware attacks and what risk managers can learn from their approach
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Case StudiesMitigating the risks of re-tooling
How HARTMANN Group’s risk profile changed when it increased sanitiser production at the start of the COVID outbreak.
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Case StudiesManaging natural disaster to renewable energy projects: an Asia-Pacific case study
Asia-Pacific’s renewable energy sector is poised for growth, placing greater pressure on finding the best risk management solutions to prevent and mitigate the risks
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Case StudiesRisk case study: ArcerlorMittal's crisis management plan
The global steel and mining company has an airtight crisis response framework, which it activated when the Ebola virus hit a village close to its plant in Liberia
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Case Studies
Case study: Loss Prevention
Reckitt Benckiser is the multinational company behind famous global brands like Calgon, Cillit Bang, Nurofen and Air Wick. Innovation is central to their success - but new materials, technologies and facilities invariably mean new risks too.
