Risk Management
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March 21, 2024
Business confidence in Europe’s competitive position falls
Europe’s business federation believe that there has been no improvement in the position of European companies against global competition, with…
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March 21, 2024
Action groups claim landmark greenwashing victory in KLM case
Dutch action groups have claimed a major victory in the fight against greenwashing by the aviation industry. The District Court…
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March 21, 2024
Risilience launches ‘holistic, sustainability intelligence suite’
UK-based Risilience, a sustainability intelligence firm, has launched a nature platform that will combine with its climate platform to tackle…
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March 20, 2024
Ferma remains ‘vigilant’ as CSDDD passes next hurdle
Ferma has told Commercial Risk that it is “relieved” a risk-based approach to due diligence has survived the watered-down version…
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March 20, 2024
Mining giants sued in fresh £3bn lawsuit in the Netherlands over dam collapse
Victims of the 2015 Mariana dam collapse in Brazil are suing Vale and Samarco’s Dutch subsidiary for £3bn in a…
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March 20, 2024
Health and safety ‘surprise’ top risk for global D&Os, finds WTW survey
Health and safety is the “surprising” top risk for 84% of global directors, officers and risk managers, according to a…
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March 20, 2024
Captive owners face tough talks with fronts over collateral
Captive owners should ensure they provide accurate data and are ready to compromise on collateral to maximise their rate negotiations…
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March 19, 2024
Tech, talent and collaboration top Darim agenda
Denmark’s risk and insurance management association (Darim) has chosen collaboration as the theme of its annual members’ conference in Copenhagen…
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March 19, 2024
AI will shift liability rather than create new risks
Artificial intelligence raises challenging questions for liability as the technology continues to outpace regulatory and legal developments, experts have told…
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March 19, 2024
Europe and Central Asia hotspots as forced labour profits reach $236bn
Annual private sector profits from forced labour have reached $236bn, up 37%, or $64bn, since 2014 with Europe and the…
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March 19, 2024
Businesses struggling with net zero plans
Large businesses around the world are struggling with their net-zero plans, with barriers including fears of unfair scrutiny of climate…
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March 19, 2024
UK SMEs ‘woefully unprepared’ for cyber threat
New research commissioned by London-based cyber MGA Cowbell has found that UK SMEs are “woefully unprepared” to react to a…
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March 18, 2024
Ferma’s survey deadline approaches
The deadline to take part in this year’s Ferma survey, which is open to risk managers around the world for…
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March 18, 2024
Apple settles shareholder fraud suit led by UK council for $490m
Apple has agreed a $490m settlement with a group of shareholders who accused the company of committing fraud for failing…
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March 18, 2024
BusinessEurope unhappy with revised CSDDD
BusinessEurope, the European confederation that represents 40 national industry and employers’ organisations, is unhappy with the agreement on the EU…
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March 18, 2024
US Chamber of Commerce sues SEC over climate risk disclosure rules
Business lobby group the US Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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March 15, 2024
European Council adopts watered down CSDDD
The Belgian presidency of the European Council has finally managed to gain approval for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive…
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March 15, 2024
Landmark legal opinion highlights UK directors’ obligations on nature-related risks
Directors need to consider their company’s nature-related risks as part of their legal duties under English company law, according to…
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March 15, 2024
Italy fines TikTok after French Scar probe into child safety
Italy’s competition regulator has fined social media platform TikTok €10m for failing to monitor content that threatened child safety. The…
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March 15, 2024
Firms urged to adapt approach to lithium-ion battery fire risks
QBE Europe is urging companies to put in place appropriate risk management and fire safety controls to tackle lithium-ion battery…