All ERM articles – Page 7
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FeaturesSpecial Report: Environmental risk
Don’t be fooled by the EU’s new environment directive. Each member state has its own take on the new environmental accountability rules. And the onus is very much on multinational companies to get to grips with what each country is serving up – to ensure they are adequately covered across ...
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Environmental Special Report: Going green is key
The Environmental Liability Directive has brought with it a new urgency to take environment risk seriously. Despite other financial pressures, companies can’t afford to let green issues slip down the priority list
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How to: Develop an eagle eye
Nimble, observant, precise: risk management auditors have much to learn from our feathered friends. Liz Taylor urges them to do a spot of bird-watching
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FeaturesThe first line of defence
The effects of a blaze in a large building or facility go beyond just safety and structural damage, and can be ruinous – to the local infrastructure, economy and environment. But installing sprinkler protection could take businesses out of the line of fi re, says FM Global’s Brendan MacGrath
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Continental shift
The Environmental Liability Directive has been on the agenda for years, but now that it has reached all corners of Europe, multinational organisations no longer have any excuse for turning a blind eye to the consequences of their environmental actions
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Time to clean up your cover
While regulations bringing in the ‘polluter pays’ principle came into force in the EU some three years ago, experts fear many companies think only ‘heavy’ industries are at risk. Just relying on your public liability policy could end in fi nancial disaster
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Online onlyTrends in the emerging world
Growing emerging market economies offer significant opportunities, says Eurasia Group
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InterviewsFood most at risk in Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Africa topped a food security risk index
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Online onlyWho is recovering fastest?
This detailed graphic shows which economies are recovering from the recession quickest
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Online onlyEmerging risk management still “ineffective”
Oliver Wyman research finds most boards receive emerging risk data infrequently
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InterviewsLessons from the banking crisis
A case study examining what went wrong at Royal Bank of Scotland
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InterviewsSmartening up
In today’s tough climate how can firms make the most of smart risk management. Michael Morley-Fletcher investigates
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InterviewsA crisis of governance
Wafa Al Ammadi considers the findings of recent corporate governance reports
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Interviews‘Doing nothing is not an option’
The UK government’s policy of ‘more for less’ is presenting some particular challenges for the public sector as pressure mounts to demonstrate value for money. But can the risk management function within these organisations do the same?
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Online onlyHaiti and Mozambique most vulnerable to natural disasters
Italy, Japan, China, USA, Spain and France rated “high risk”
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InterviewsInfographic: Swine flu cases and timeline
The UK’s response to swine flu was based on a massive overestimation of possible victims of swine flu
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Captive RiskDomicile, sweet domicile
Good people, short flights and a flexible regulator all help captives professionals decide on their ideal base. Liz Booth looks at the pros and cons of the main locations in Europe, and considers if being in or out of the EU is an advantage
