Firms and auditors face a climate reporting shakeup as the industry regulator the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced a major review of how companies and auditors assess and report on the impact of climate change. The FRC has Read more

Disrupting the human resources (HR) process has moved up the corporate agenda recently as businesses have struggled to attract and retain the right talent. Achieving this aim is unlikely to be possible unless organisations drop the tried and trusted Read more

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a global health emergency over a new coronavirus that broke out in China and which has killed an estimated 1,000 people in mainland China. Additional cases have been confirmed elsewhere in the Read more

Risk managers have voted cyber threats as the top danger their organisations face in the 2020 Allianz Risk Barometer. This year’s poll saw 39% of the 2,700 participants choosing cyber-risk as their biggest risk compared to only 6 Read more

Climate threats dominate the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) long-term risk outlook in its Global risks report 2020 for the first time in its history. They also comprise three of the five most impactful threats to the planet (see long Read more

With global conflict, political and economic uncertainty, bushfires, storms and flooding in the headlines, IRM has surveyed some of its senior members across a range of sectors and geographies for their risk predictions for 2020. (Please note the Read more

The bush fires that have ravaged Australia since September 2019 have reignited climate debate among the country’s politicians.

Long-known as a climate change sceptic, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apparently shifted his position on the country’s approach to Read more