The economic crisis in Spain has led to an increased awareness among senior executives of how risk must be managed globally. Read more > Leer más > (en espagñol) Source: Strategic Risk
BP counts the political and financial cost of Deepwater Horizon A disaster as the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is not anymore the domain of a private company, an accident, but has been centered into the heart of the public domain, public governance and of public risk management. This story in The Economist [...]
Source: “Government for the future” Director Eric Frank of PRIMO Nederland participates in Day of Risk. Dutch project on risk and responsibility “The working conference ‘Day of Risk’ on the 19th of May is part of the Dutch project Risk and Responsibility, which aims at sparking a debate on a better balanced management of risk [...]
Twenty years ago The Club of Rome brought forward the prognose that with the present techniques (1990) there would be enough drinkable clean water on Earth for 3 billion people. Now we are with much more people on our planet. Of course techniques are better, but with the combination with climate change makes it all [...]
Global Risk Management Survey 2013
Aon’s 2013 Global Risk Management Survey report is part of this process, capturing the latest risk trends and priorities facing companies around the world. The report unveiled the top 10 risks now and three years in the future. Conducted in Q4 2012, the web-based survey gathered input from 1,415 respondents — a 47 percent increase [...]
By Daniel Cressey for Nature “Across the globe, hives of honeybees are dying off in a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder. Among the proposed culprits are pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are supposed to be less harmful to beneficial insects and mammals than the previous generation of chemicals. Debate over neonicotinoids has become fierce. Conservation groups and [...]
The economic crisis in Spain has led to an increased awareness among senior executives of how risk must be managed globally. Read more > Leer más > (en espagñol) Source: Strategic Risk
A framework in development By Ed Mallens and Jack P. Kruf The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has worked on the ISO 31000 as referential framework for risk management in organizations. The setting has been outlined by ISO very clearly: “Risks affecting organizations can have consequences in terms of economic performance and professional reputation, as [...]
ISO 31000 and the Icelandic volcano crisis
By Kevin Knight The air traffic crisis provoked by the Icelandic volcano eruption, with its accompanying economic and societal effects, is analyzed through the lens of the ISO 31000 risk management standard by the leader of the group of ISO experts who developed it. The cloud of ash from the Icelandic volcano which has wreaked [...]
By PricewaterhouseCoopers Government and the global CEO: A new contract between business and the state 72% of government and public sector CEOs are somewhat or extremely concerned that fiscal deficits have risen. Each year, PwC’s Annual Global CEO survey gives business leaders, governments and the world’s business community a unique insight into the vision and decisions [...]
Reconsidering the Public-Private Risk Sector Management Divide
By Peter C. Young PhD. Five years ago I wrote a short article entitled, “Public and Private Sector Risk Management: Is There a Difference?” In that article I stated that while there is strength to the argument that ‘management is management’ and that leadership in any type of organization calls on common knowledge, skills and [...]
