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FeaturesHow to: Deal with complexity
In this increasingly uncertain world, organisations need to evolve their risk management frameworks to further enhance their resilience to unexpected shocks. Here are five practical steps to do so
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FeaturesResilience through sustainability
Businesses must shift to an embedded sustainability strategy to guarantee growth and competitive advantage in the future
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FeaturesHow to: Clean up after your mess
The Environmental Liability Directive is creating waves throughout Europe, but some have concerns that its ethos remains misunderstood
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Plight of the honeybee
Pesticides, parasites, disease – the growing list of aggressors against the humble honeybee is causing the population to die out and, Emily Miller warns, the ramifi cations will be huge
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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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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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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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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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FeaturesThe new pollution
Once just a ‘low likelihood’ technical concern, environmental liability is now seen as a standard business risk, moving fast up the priority list. More companies are considering using their captives
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FeaturesHow to: Understand eco-labels
An overabundance of eco-labels and soft testing criteria is making it hard to consume responsibly. Are these green seals losing their clout? Nathan Skinner investigates
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FeaturesHow to: Understand the ELD
Countries have been slow to implement the Environmental Liability Directive. Andrew Williams asks: has progress been made?
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FeaturesChain reactions
Whether it's a supplier going bust or a dispute with a key partner, the potential risks in a supply chain have only increased with the downturn. StrategicRISK surveys the issues
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FeaturesCleaning up after ourselves
Dorothée Prunier of ACE assesses the impact for companies of the European directive on environmental liability
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FeaturesBorn free and equal
The multinational that abuses its power in poorer countries risks financial losses, litigation and reputational ruin. Yet shocking cases of exploitation still occur. It is time to take responsibility, says Nathan Skinner
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FeaturesDangerous results
2009 was a relatively mild year for natural catastrophes, with losses well below average. But with the tragedy in Haiti in January, and rising global temperatures continuing to put certain regions under pressure, there is no cause for complacency, argues Nathan Skinner
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FeaturesOn thin ice!
Using pioneering ice-drilling methods, one survey team has made the most ominous predictions yet for the future of the polar caps. Nathan Skinner looks at the perils facing the Arctic – and those who explore it
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FeaturesTaking a united approach
Alex Kiffen reports on a recent round table discussion on how to deal with catastrophe and how to prevent it
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FeaturesWhy the next big northeast hurricane will surprise
A repeat of the 1938 New England Hurricane could cause losses as large as Hurricane Katrina in 2005. By Karen Clark
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FeaturesWinds of change for agricultural risks
Changing climate and commodity price trends are steering agricultural risk in a new direction. The result is a rethink of exposure, products and product design. By Thomas Heintz
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A geographical understanding of risk
The advent of satellite navigation and the birth of Google Earth, Google Maps and France’s Geoportail have alerted everyone involved in the management of catastrophes to the value of geographical information systems. By François-Xavier Goblet
