All Strategic Risk Global articles in November 2011
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White Papers
Beating the Freeze
A 3-stage Action Plan to protect your business against freezing weather
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Headspace
Sabrina Hartusch
Sabrina Hartusch recalls her journey from restaurant dishwasher to Triumph boss, and the experiences and memories she has collected over the years
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Features
Resilience through sustainability
Businesses must shift to an embedded sustainability strategy to guarantee growth and competitive advantage in the future
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Analysis
Be ready for rating
Led by Standard & Poor’s, rating agencies are looking at corporations’ ERM programmes as part of their assessments
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Interviews
Lone ranger
Rogelio Bautista Guardeño was Spanish company Abengoa’s first risk manager. Now he’s one of the few in Europe to really evolve his role beyond buying insurance. Is it time the rest caught up?
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Special Reports
Environmental Special Report: The public perception
As the media’s eco focus grows, the public is becoming increasingly clued up about green matters. That means companies must ensure their environmental strategies are top notch or face harsh public scrutiny
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Special Reports
Environment Special Report: Exposure issues
Many companies are completely unaware of the potentially ecologically damaging products and methods they employ, making it difficult to ensure they are covered for all environmental eventualities
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Analysis
East meets West
Despite global misery, economies in Asia remain strong, making it attractive for new business. But with this come new considerations for risk managers who must rethink their strategies if they are to approach this area
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Features
The dangers of dealing with customer data
As customers become more aware of personal data use, companies must realise that preserving information on customers is of the utmost importance
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Analysis
Contagion in the eurozone?
As the debt crisis worsens, Portugal and Ireland are struggling to regain their composure and Greece is in line for yet another bail-out. What will happen if the trouble spreads?
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Comment
'Are we prepared for the storm that’s coming?'
Josef Ackermann’s doom-laden speech shocked the industry with his predictions of continued and deepening economic crisis, but he’s not the only one who fears the worst
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Analysis
Managing business in the line of fire
As war and conflict increasingly creep across the globe, organisations must reconsider how they do business in volatile countries and, indeed, as the situation in Libya demonstrates, just who they’re doing business with
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Comment
‘The better we spread best practices, the better our own companies will be protected’
John Brown, director of supply chain risk management at Coca-Cola Company answers our questions on supply chain risk
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Interviews
Rogelio Bautista Guardeño
Rogelio Bautista Guardeño was Spanish company Abengoa’s first risk manager. Now he’s one of the few in Europe to really evolve his role beyond buying insurance. Is it time the rest caught up?
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Features
Understanding and measuring risk appetite
Effectively measuring risk appetite and determining risk tolerance allows companies to analyse their objectives and take advantage of opportunites
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Special Reports
Environmental Special Report: Alternative methods
In the wake of several high-profile environmental disasters, many firms are looking at different resource extraction methods - but these are not without their own ecological consequences
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Analysis
Data security is back on the agenda
Ever since the Millennium Bug debacle at the end of the 1990s, cyber risk insurance has been largely ignored. But companies’ increased reliance on IT, and proposed EU legislation, has highlighted the need for protection