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FeaturesBLOG: Airmic Conference 2025 Daily News Summary
Stay tuned - live reporting from the Airmic Conference this week - all in one place
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FeaturesAirmic 2025: How risk managers are thinking about the threats they face
Every week, Airmic polls its members on the biggest risks facing their organisations. Six months into 2025, we take a look at what’s been keeping CROs up at night.
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FeaturesCyber wakeup call: What risk managers must learn from the M&S, Harrods and Co-op attacks
Recent cyberattacks on three of the UK’s best-known retailers exposed critical vulnerabilities in digital operations, supply chains and incident response. Here are the key lessons for retail risk professionals navigating today’s threat landscape.
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FeaturesCountry spotlight: key risks for businesses operating in Japan - and how to manage them
The Japanese proverb ‘fall down seven times, stand up eight’ says much about a country under constant pressure to build resilience against a litany of risks. In the face of earthquakes, an aging workforce and supply chain instability, Japan approaches its challenges with creativity and fortitude.
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FeaturesBusiness urge governments across the globe to accelerate energy transition plans
New landmark report shows businesses are prepared to relocate if governments fail to prioritise energy transition plans. Here’s what risk managers need to know
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FeaturesRisk-!n: everything risk managers need to know about ISO 31000 and why it matters to resilience
Ahead of his session at Risk-!n, Joel Aimuemojie, global risk assurance leader, shares his views on how ISO 31000 can improve ESG outcomes, and what risk professionals will learn at the event
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FeaturesRisk tool spotlight: using benefits to better manage people risk
An unhappy workforce is a dangerous workforce, as stressed employees are more prone to mistakes, ethical lapses or just moving on. But while they can’t fix a poor culture, working with HR to enhance employee benefits can signifi cantly boost wellbeing, and lower your people risk.
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Deep dive: how businesses can build resilience against black swan events
Can businesses prepare for unforeseen Black Swan events, or is resilience the only viable strategy when facing an unknowable future? Observing the firms that bounced back best from previous crises could teach us a lot.
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FeaturesRisk tool spotlight: How to use risk visualisations to improve data-driven decision-making
Risk visualisations are an essential tool for transforming complex data into something decision-makers can really use. But there are ways to elevate your graph game, and ways you can really devalue those visuals. We dug into the research on maximising your visualisation strategies.
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FeaturesHow to hire and inspire the risk leaders of the future
Today’s young talent is demanding a well-defi ned career path that is meaningful and purpose-driven. How do we convince the next generation of go-getters that risk is more strategy than spreadsheet, and could shape them into the changemakers of the future?
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FeaturesSector spotlight: How the construction industry is building the foundations for better risk management
In an industry built on layers of complexity and involving significant human risk, construction risk management needs deep collaboration and planning – long before the first brick is laid.
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FeaturesStrategicRISK launches SR.500
StrategicRISK SR.500 is an exclusive ‘off the record’ members-only forum for a carefully selected group of the most senior risk management professionals and insurance buyers from the biggest companies across the globe.
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FeaturesCountry spotlight: How Latin America is digging deep on ESG risks
World leaders in the mining industry, Latin American countries must focus efforts on meeting risk management expectations surrounding safety and sustainability. Two of the region’s experts drilled down into these topics.
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FeaturesSpotlight on: California wildfire risks and how to protect employees and ensure business continuity
As wildfires spread across California, Strategic Risk explores the steps risk managers can take to safeguard their employees and ensure business continuity
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FeaturesCyber crime: Global problem, Vietnamese crisis
In Vietnam, online business is thriving, but tech infrastructure is not yet fit to meet the challenge, leaving the country in an escalating battle against cyber crime. But with Chinese hackers often blamed for cyberattacks, its issues are indicative of wider tensions across the APAC region.
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FeaturesAre you ready for round two? What we know about Trump’s second term so far
As Donald Trump prepares to re-enter the White House, risk managers are trying to predict what upheaval awaits. Expect regulatory rollbacks, a return to his controversial approach to international relations, and an ‘America First’ economic approach that may put global trade in a tailspin.
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FeaturesClimate report 2024: Risk managers attitudes to climate threats revealed
When it comes to embedding climate threats into organisational risk management strategies, progress is being made. Slowly. But, as our 2024 climate change survey finds, the fight for resources continues.
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FeaturesSector spotlight: evolving financial services threats and how leading risk managers are tackling them
Against a backdrop of bank failures and low consumer trust, the financial services industry is juggling escalating cyber threats, ever-rising regulatory scrutiny, and the need to innovate. Sara Benwell reports.
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FeaturesSpotlight on: greenwashing risks and how to avoid them
There is huge pressure for companies to present an environmentally friendly image but consumers, regulators and law courts are now quick to silence greenwashing. So, if you plan to shout about your green credentials, make sure you have the data to back up your claims.
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FeaturesThe next generation: How the risk management profession needs to evolve for the future
The industry’s next generation is coming into the market, laser-focused on building careers in risk management. We asked three up-and-coming ‘ones to watch’, what changes the industry needs to make to meet the needs of an evolving risk landscape
