CRE Risk Management
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December 5, 2022
Nearly half of UK manufacturers hit by cyberattack
Nearly half of UK manufacturers (42%) have been hit by a cyberattack during the past 12 months, according to research…
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December 5, 2022
NatWest names Foad new CRO
NatWest bank has appointed Keiran Foad as chief risk officer (CRO) to replace Bruce Flectcher when he retires in 2023…
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December 1, 2022
ESG is worth it… despite the global meltdown
The Commercial Risk team arrived in Antwerp this week to host our latest annual conference, with Belgian risk and insurance…
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December 1, 2022
Belgian and Dutch risk managers warned to prepare for delayed whistleblower laws
Belgian risk and insurance managers have been advised to take action to prepare for the country’s delayed transposition of the…
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December 1, 2022
European packaging sector faces up to radical change through new EC waste rules
The European Commission (EC) has proposed a new set of EU-wide rules on packaging that it hopes will tackle “this…
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December 1, 2022
Bank Julius Baer fined £18m for improper Russian oil commissions
UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Swiss private bank Julius Baer International (JBI) £18m for breaches of…
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December 1, 2022
European court erases years of progress in battle against dirty money, claims Transparency International
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has set back the fight against cross-border corruption by years, according…
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November 30, 2022
Preparing for the storms ahead
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the last two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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November 30, 2022
Swiss risk managers focus on sustainability
The Swiss Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (SIRM) finally addressed the topic of sustainability at its recent forum in…
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November 30, 2022
Wegener calls for stronger effort on climate change
Dirk Wegener, president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma), used his speech at the Swiss Association of…
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November 30, 2022
Risk map reveals rising threats to business travel in 2023
Ukraine has entered the top five most dangerous countries to visit, after the outbreak of war increased its security risk…
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November 30, 2022
Climate risk measurement and management a work in progress: Stampa
Marco Stampa, sustainability governance manager at Italian oil and gas services giant Saipem, gave a talk during the recent SIRM…
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November 30, 2022
Corporate citizenship is ‘paradigm shift’ for business leaders
Elena Rittstieg, executive search consultant at Egon Zehnder, told the recent SIRM Forum: “Long gone are the days when shareholder…
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November 30, 2022
Progress made by Swiss insurers on climate compatibility
The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) have carried out…
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November 30, 2022
Swiss businesses call for nation to rise to the energy challenge
Switzerland faces a huge challenge in its efforts to shift away from fossil fuels to a more reliable and greener…
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November 29, 2022
Risk managers urged to engage with environmental NGOs
European risk managers and their corporate leadership have been urged to engage with NGOs campaigning to drive the fight against…
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November 29, 2022
Case dropped against Belgian central bank after ECB ‘greens’ bond scheme
Campaign group ClientEarth has dropped its case against Belgium’s central bank for helping to finance polluting businesses, after the European…
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November 29, 2022
Irish data regulator fines Meta €265m for Facebook GDPR breaches
Meta-owned Facebook has been fined €265m by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaching Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation…
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November 29, 2022
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive gets green light for 2024
The EC has given the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) its final green light and more companies operating in the…
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November 28, 2022
Risk managers and internal auditors must work closer with boards on sustainability, says Ferma
Boards of directors need to work more closely with risk managers and internal auditors to meet sustainability challenges faced by…