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    The carbon opportunity

    1 November 2007

    Companies are cottoning on to the opportunities in being up front about carbon use. The question is how best to measure it? Nathan Skinner reports

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    Kidnap – a booming industry

    1 November 2007

    People working abroad are at risk of being held to ransom. What are employers doing about it? Not enough, says Neil Hodge

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    The long REACH of regulatory risk

    1 October 2007

    New EU regulations concerning the registration of chemicals are likely to entail massive costs, but one company perceives opportunities too.

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    Preventing unwanted legacies

    6 June 2007

    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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    Is defending personal injury claims a no brainer?

    31 May 2007

    Sean McGahan suggests that cutting the CRAP can lead to courtroom success

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    Reflections in New Orleans

    30 March 2007

    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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    Extortion - Held For Ransom

    12 March 2007

    Clive Stoddart warns that companies which fail to educate employees on the dangers of kidnap could be exposing themselves to legal action - but individuals need to take responsibility too.

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    Key risks

    24 October 2006

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

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    Secure remote working at Havering

    14 June 2006

    In 2004, Havering Council, under the watchful eye of Ian Lett, its senior information governance officer, launched an upgrade to its social care and housing systems as part of a joint project designed

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    ERM at Sabanci Holding

    1 December 2005

    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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    CHANGING GEARS AT DAIMLER CHRYSLER

    14 November 2005

    Lee Coppack explains that the last three years have proved a bumpy ride for DaimlerChrysler

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    Spotting the bad apples

    20 April 2005

    How do you spot a fraudulent employee? Hitesh Patel gives some guidelines

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    Securing the future

    20 April 2005

    On 7 March the UK Government announced its new sustainable development strategy - Securing the Future With risk managers increasingly focusing on reputational issues, good sustainability management ca

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    Risk and Reward

    28 February 2005

    Despite the current preoccupation with corporate governance, customer service risk still concerns European financial managers more than financial reporting requirements, says Wendy Cohen

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    Your Road Safety Culture

    10 June 2004

    Andy Price explains why the most important step to work-related road risk management is generating the right safety culture

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    The ethical crossroads

    26 April 2004

    In some business cultures 'sweeteners' are a fact of life Martin Cunningham looks at the ethical dilemma posed by bribery in an era of corporate social responsibility.

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    Saving lives and money

    16 March 2004

    David Abbott urges risk managers to meet their health and safety obligations by focusing on driving at work risks

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    Special Report - Corporate Risk Management and EIL

    28 December 2003

    With the legal goal posts constantly moving, environmental risk is hard to manage, warns David Thomas.

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    The Recycling Revolution

    23 October 2003

    Jessica McCallin discusses the EU's latest producer

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    Value Versus Cost

    19 June 2003

    Company bosses must take fleet risks seriously, but most directors only see cost