A landmark ruling by the UK’s Supreme Court said that a local council should have considered the full climate impact of burning oil from new wells – rather than restricting its assumptions to the impact of their construction.

That Read more

Climate-related litigation is becoming a major source of risk as cases against businesses continue to rise, according to Frank Elderson, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Speaking at the ECB’s legal conference in Read more

Global temperatures are likely to rise by over 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels over the next few decades, according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 

But if governments and industry take immediate and Read more

The ‘Winter 2022’ edition of the Enterprise Risk magazine is available to read here.

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Earlier this year, storms Malik, Corrie, Dudley and Eunice, and the crisis in Ukraine demonstrated the weakness of the UK’s centralised energy supply. The UK’s infrastructure needs to be more environmentally sustainable to increase operational resilience to inevitable future 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

Climate change is the largest, most challenging crisis the world has faced, bringing increasing risk and uncertainty for society, and for the future of our planet. With growing risks that threaten the livelihoods and futures of individuals, communities and Read more