IRM has launched the Armed Forces Community Group (AFC Group), following its signing of the Armed Forces Covenant in 2019 and receiving the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Bronze Employer award. The group creates a network of like-minded individuals working Read more

Businesses must upskill leaders to thrive and survive in a post-pandemic world. Academics at LSE set out six areas of focus for businesses in a recent blog.

The pandemic showed many businesses showed poor risk management practices because risk Read more

Anita Punwani CFIRM has been appointed chair of IRM’s new Environmental & Social Governance (ESG) SIG. Her passion is to promote the role of risk management in ESG and contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Read more

The UK Government’s third climate report urged more action in eight key risk areas. In its most recent five-year assessment, it said even low warming scenarios could cost £1 billion per year to the economy.

“The UK will be Read more

Cyber risks top business concerns for risk managers for 2022, pushing business interruption from the top spot.

Although COVID 19 continues to be a threat, ransomware attacks and other forms of attack rank top in the Allianz Risk Barometer Read more

The pandemic risks creating economic winners and losers and will stunt progress on climate action over the next five years, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said.

In particular, vaccine inequality will make economic recover uneven globally, which threatens Read more

Global GDP could rise over 4 per cent in 2022, but risks abound, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

While different regions will recover at varying speeds, global risks could derail growth everywhere.

Divided world

First, the Read more