All Environmental Risk articles – Page 7
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AnalysisFive risk principles all risk managers should adopt
Will a redirection of our basic principles of risk management add the value we need? Jonathan Blackhurst, head of risk management at Capita, boils it down into five key steps
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AnalysisHow corporates get derailed and what risk managers can do to ensure it doesn’t happen to them
Economic and corporate crises in our recent history have taught us that solid risk management, communicated effectively to the top, works. Yet often, it never reaches the decision makers, writes Jonathan Blackhurst, head of risk management at Capita
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InterviewsHow Patrick Smith is managing Deliveroo’s intangible risks
Much more than a food delivery service, Deliveroo serves up vast amounts of big data – and fresh new risks – daily. It relies on business resilience leader Patrick Smith to stay creative.
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AnalysisStrategicRISK Europe Q4 now live: the power is in our hands
Nobody wants to become a byword for failure to keep up. But with 2018 showing great changes in business models, everyone is under pressure to stay relevant. Be brave. Join the innovation revolution.
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AnalysisBeating down the cost of natural catastrophes
The economic cost of natural catastrophes is rising all the time, so how can businesses safeguard against costly risks?
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AnalysisPrimark and Grenfell Tower fires: are risk managers taking their eyes off the ball with fire risk?
After 10 or 15 years of declining incidence of fires, two large-scale property fires in Europe attracted widespread attention because of the enormity of the damage. This begs the question, are risk managers resting on their laurels when it comes to traditional risks, focusing too much on emerging risks?
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AnalysisLoss in brand equity, data theft, and lack of technological innovation, named top three risks
During a live poll at StrategicRISK’s risk and digital revolution, risk managers mapped out the effectiveness of risk controls in managing the biggest threats for business across the Asia-Pacific region
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AnalysisCarillion collapse: the lessons learnt in supply chain risk
How the collapse of construction giant Carillion highlighted many issues within construction supply chains, including the opaque nature of subcontractor networks
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AnalysisFrom Heathrow to Crossrail: the future of tunnelling
Cedric Wong, senior underwriter, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, recalls how a series of tunnel collapses sparked the creation of a new best practice code 15 years ago and asks if it is still fit for purpose
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AnalysisBuilding Metro de Lima: turning vision into reality in the City of Kings
How geological and other challenges are being overcome in The Metro de Lima project in order to bring a much needed transportation system to Peru’s capital city
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Analysis13 common mistakes when building global crisis readiness programmes
Regardless of the sector, size or the geographic location, there are a number of common mistakes that organisations make when establishing global readiness programs. Control Risks senior partner, Bill Udell and associate director, Aaron Schwirian explain how you can avoid them
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AnalysisThailand cave rescue: the lessons that can apply to risk management
Important risk management lessons emerged from this summer’s dramatic rescue operation, as Juliana Sutanto, professor of information systems at Lancaster University, explains
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InterviewsEver wondered how airports keep millions of passengers safe? Risk manager, Hans Joerg Schill, tells us how
Managing Fraport AG’s vast insurance operations, with its sky-high risks, is not a job for the faint of heart. Thankfully, managing director Hans Joerg Schill is always pushing the envelope
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AnalysisEurope’s listeria outbreak sends stern warning to risk and supply chain managers
As Europe’s food and industry thrives, the heat is on to manage its risks. We look to the lab where solutions are being developed to better handle contamination and consider a more holistic approach to coverage that goes far beyond simple product recall insurance
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AnalysisThe top risk management lessons from the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Corruption, hooliganism, terrorism, cyber attacks, and robbery were risk-managed so tightly that no such incidents occurred. So how did the authorities achieve this?
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AnalysisHow can risk managers be confident that international claims will be paid should the worst happen?
Sean Welsch, head of captive management and business development, Zurich explores what happens to local retentions of local policies.
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AnalysisRising global temperatures forecast to hit emerging market exports and power supplies
While Europe is gripped by a heatwave, it remains the region most insulated from the economic impacts of rising heat stress
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AnalysisRisk-managing renewable energy projects: what Hurricane Maria taught us
Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s worst natural disaster on record, highlights the impact major natural catastrophes can have on renewable energy projects and what can be learnt
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AnalysisCould energy storage resolve grid volatility?
As power grids seek to adapt to the transition to renewable power generation, energy storage solutions, including battery storage, gas peaking plants and hydroelectricity, are touted as one solution to grid volatility
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AnalysisThe risks and opportunities of cross-border energy sharing
Damage to deep-sea cables - such as those servicing offshore wind projects - has been a major driver of losses within the renewable sector. As grids seek to import and export more of their power via interconnectors, there is an opportunity to learn from these losses
