Features – Page 5

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    Serious but misunderstood

    2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack discusses the findings of a new study on global business and the threat of political violence

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    Serious but misunderstood

    2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack discusses the findings of a new study on global business and the threat of political violence

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    Preventing unwanted legacies

    2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

    According to Gartner, between 30% and 40% of IT departments do not care about cutting their carbon footprint, and only 10% are being active in developing relevant policies to address the issue of their energy use. These statistics are staggering in today's society, where we are all encouraged to recycle ...

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    Seeing risk through a glass darkly

    2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Investigations into the accident at the Texas City refinery suggested that all was not well with BP’s perception of risk, says Lee CoppackOne of the world's most respected companies was responsible for the worst industrial accident in the US since 1990. An investigation by a US federal government agency found ...

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    Winning on all fronts

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Being environmentally friendly and maximising profitability are not mutually exclusive, says Viktor Mann, who believes that his own company has an important story to tell.

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    Reflections in New Orleans

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    From a distance the roads look unremarkably. There are few cars, but it is the middle of the day. Closer up there is clearly something wrong.

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    Extreme weather and commodity prices

    2007-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Extreme weather conditions and natural or man-made disasters usually cause a blip in commodity prices. How big a shift and how long it lasts depend on many factors. By Hugh Craig and Lee Coppack

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    Russians going global

    2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Vladislav Soloviov believes that embracing international corporate governance standards can help Russian companies shake off their negative image.

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    Key risks

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    European risk professionals share their personal views with Sue Copeman on the risks that they consider crucial to their organisations.

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    Modelling Offshore Energy Risk

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Two years of devastating hurricanes pose the question - can offshore energy risk be modelled?

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    When risk management saves lives

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack interviews Guy Lamand, StrategicRISK Lifetime Achiever award winner and recipient of the first ever French government prize for civil defence.

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    A positive approach

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard and Jean-Paul Louisot discuss the need to assess and mitigate risk to reputation.

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    Smash the rose coloured glasses!

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Ben Gilad says that executives who think they are right even when they are wrong pose the biggest strategic risk to companies.

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    The challenges and opportunities of complexity

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Is your business environment just too complicated to get to grips with? Helen Nixseaman and Richard Porter discuss how you can handle the risks

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    A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR POLICYHOLDERS?

    2006-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Jane Harte-Lovelace and Sarah Turpin suggest that insurance market moves to introduce contract certainty mean that policyholders will have to be active in ensuring their needs are met

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    Emissions regulators show teeth

    2005-12-21T00:00:00Z

    The first penalty under the rules governing the EU Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has recently been imposed The case highlights the importance of compliance, explain Jacqueline Mailly

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    ERM at Sabanci Holding

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Tamer Saka, winner of the StrategicRISK European enterprise-wide risk programme of the year award, describes how he helped to install enterprise risk management in Sabanci Holding

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    CBRN Terrorism - Are we prepared?

    2005-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Roger Stokes looks at the growing threat of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear terrorism, and related claims issues

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    FOCUS ON THE PROCESSES

    2005-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Sue Copeman talks to Chris Lajtha

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    A DUTY TO DISCLOSE

    2005-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Directors have a statutory duty to report on environmental risks