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ERM for a dynamic world
Most people agree that the world is changing. But is ERM adaptable enough to deal with the new business realities? Gareth Byatt seeks to answer that question in a specially commissioned article for Enterprise Risk online. ERM is not a static process. Organisations must apply it intelligently to suit their won needs. Byatt offers five key…
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Women in Risk – here come the girls!
International Women’s Day While it may not be easy to predict what tomorrow’s business will require from its leadership there is a growing body of evidence that women are no longer trying to fit into the culture of the organisations they work for but are creating that culture. This is also the trend for women…
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Don’t forget extreme weather events
How many risk managers have extreme weather events at the top of their worry list? Not too many, one would expect – unless they are in the insurance or building sectors, or are a local council, or something similar. But in its annual review of the global risk landscape, the World Economic Forum puts extreme…
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Managing risks of your key relationships
Register your place IRM/ SAI Global Webinar Building resilient relationships – how to handle third party risk effectively When: 23 March 2017 at 14:30 GMT With growing geo-political, environmental and financial uncertainty, businesses must build resilient relationships with their suppliers, customers and stakeholders. But with more customers and businesses using and adopting open technology platforms, the…
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Corporate governance rethink
The UK’s corporate governance framework has not fundamentally changed in over 25 years. But expectations of what it should achieve have. That is why the governance body ICSA has launched a major review of corporate governance reform. While the framework may still well suited for its original task of providing better oversight on company behaviour, it…
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Cracking down on competition abuse
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) employed a tough new weapon for cracking down on competition abuse. Just before Christmas, it disqualified a director of a company for the first time. The case involved Daniel Aston, the managing director of an online poster and frame supplier called Trod Limited. CMA said Trod and GB eye Limited…
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Influencing the way people perceive risk
Risk managers know that effective communication influences the way people perceive risk. But some topics have become so emotionally charged that it can be hard to change people’s views. Fracking is a classic example. That is because members of the public now see the practice as inherently dangerous. Robert McGookin decided to look into the issue during his studies…
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Are you paying attention?
If 2016 was the year when fake news became – well, news – then 2017 seems to be a time for reflection and analysis. Several commentators in the press have started to ask, how does fake news – such as the “revelation” last year that Democratic senators in the US wanted to impose sharia law…
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The risk of executive reward
Executive pay has been in the headlines over recent months because of the growing disparity in remuneration between those on the shop floor and those at the top of the company. While public scrutiny seems to have done little to dent the appetite among directors for larger pay cheques, Yolanda Barreros Gutiérrez, writing exclusively for…
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IRM’s top risks for 2017
Political risk, cybersecurity, bribery and oil price and financial market fluctuations are among chief concerns for businesses voiced by some of the UK’s leading risk experts as they look ahead to 2017. “This year is undoubtedly the year where political risk on the global scale will be one to watch,” Nicola Crawford, CFIRM, Chair of…
