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The rise and rise of ‘China Plus One’ risk strategies

Companies are protecting their supply chain by diversifying beyond China and Southeast Asia is cashing in

Risk briefing: how the renewables sector can manage growing construction risks

As new projects and construction in the renewables sector ramps up, firms need a high concentration of risk management, insurance and claims expertise to prepare for an inevitable increase in losses

Risk briefing: Scenario planning lessons from the CrowdStrike Falcon outage

The CrowdStrike outage showed that risk managers need a nuanced approach to risk assessment that allows organisations to focus their resources on addressing the most critical vulnerabilities first, maximising the effectiveness of their resilience efforts.

Risk management lessons to learn from earthquake disasters in 2024

WTW’s Arash Nassirpour and Elide Pantoli look at the reasons behind building failures, highlighting the ongoing need for seismic risk assessments, retrofitting and improved construction codes; and the implications these have in other earthquake vulnerable cities around the world.

Risk briefing: Why is air turbulence getting worse - and what does it mean for aviation risk?

Recent high-profile air turbulence events highlight broader, long-term climate risks

The challenges for NATO and why this should matter for business

General Sir Richard Shirreff – chair of the Healix security and risk advisory board, delves into the key challenges facing NATO post-summit and their implications for the business community.

Spotlight on: the risks facing the global retail sector

Many have rung the death knell for retail over the years, but the sector isn’t dying – it’s just changing. Retail risk managers have their hands full, managing disruptors like AI integration and the next generations’ consumer habits, alongside supply chain issues and loss prevention. Trevor Treharne reports.

C-suite must rethink its approach to cyber threats and ransomware attacks increase

Cybercriminals have evolved their tactics in 2024 to take advantage of business and technology consolidation. Businesses must respond by being more proactive about cybersecurity

Spotlight on: risk management strategies to tackle Lithium-ion battery fire threats

The growing risks from the increased use of lithium-ion batteries across the world has left employers, manufacturers, transport hubs and regulators urgently seeking solutions.

A global cyber protection gap is emerging - what it means for firms

An EMEA survey shows that less than a fifth of corporate information assets have cyber coverage in place. This is what businesses need to know

How to tackle net-zero risks in the Asia-Pacific region

As the journey to net-zero continues apace, it is creating unique and emerging risks for organisations. Here are the key threats that risk managers need to be aware of, and why collaboration is the key to solving them

Risk briefing: Maritime supply chains in danger of sinking

As CEO of shipping giant Maersk says that supply chains are at breaking point, here’s how ports are responding and what risk managers can expect

Risk briefing: Experts predict an escalation in the US-China trade war - what it means for businesses

Risk managers must prepare for an escalation in the trade war between the US and China and the implications it would have for business operations

The paradox: Gentari’s group head of risk discusses the benefits of balancing risk and reward

Adrenaline-loving skydiver or level-headed strategic risk manager? Gentari’s Wan Norashikin Mohd Nasir shows it’s possible to be both, discussing risk personalities and the search for balance between risk and opportunity.

G20 leaders need a bold new approach to risk

Ruth Richardson, executive director of the ASRA, argues that current risk management approaches are creating a dangerous misalignment between the hazards we’re facing and the types of deep, transformative decisions that need to be made.

Risk briefing: how risk managers should react to the Microsoft / Crowdstrike outage

As critical infrastructure across the globe grinds to a halt, StrategicRISK speaks to risk, reputation, data and IT experts to learn what happened, what impacted organisations can do, and steps that risk managers should take to avoid similar crises in the future

Regulation watch: everything risk managers need to know about ASEAN’s guide to AI governance and ethics

Linklaters’ Albert Yuen considers the implications and significance of ASEAN’s guide to AI governance and ethics, and why it is for essential risk managers to understand and embrace this new reality.

The international order is ‘in decline’ – what it means for businesses

A political risk insurance report from WTW highlights the decline of consensus on the liberal international order, summarising it as at best, ‘lukewarm’.

Risk managers must guide businesses to invest in geopolitical resilience and keep expecting the unexpected

You’d be forgiven for thinking crisis levels had peaked in 2020. Yet, four years on, global volatility soars ever higher. As boards begin to invest in geopolitical resilience, Trevor Treharne asks what risk managers can do to anticipate ticking time bombs before they explode onto the headlines.

Spotlight on: rising ESG violations within supply chains and how to tackle them

Earlier this month, news that workers’ rights campaigners were protesting Shein’s potential FTSE listing hit headlines.