Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Yet more wildfires Text
Friday Reading Edition 164 (4th August 2023)
More than half of the global economy depends on the good health of the natural world.
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Friday Reading Edition 164 (4th August 2023)
A brief synopsis of historical wildfire events, a high-level view of wildfire science, and a discussion of the tools available to mitigate this threat.
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Friday Reading Edition 164 (4th August 2023)
Most regions in the Mediterranean will need to invest in adaptation. Forests can be made more resilient to wildfire risk by planting fire-resistant trees, reducing the amount of easily burning fuel available (such as leaf litter and brush), and even prescribed and controlled burning.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
In discussing Nigel Farage’s relationship with the bank’s Coutts subsidiary, the NatWest CEO breached the group’s policy. Her compounding error was that she had not got her facts straight when talking to the media – it turned out that Coutts didn’t drop Farage solely because he had fallen below the qualifying criteria to be a client. Its reputational risk committee had also deemed him to be too risky, because his views “were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation”.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
A continued string of corporate failures reminds us how a strong risk culture, consciously built and nurtured by the board, senior and middle management is essential as the best means of avoiding them. This report aims to empower the risk and accountancy professions to improve their risk cultures and lead their organisations in a new age of risk.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
Purpose can make organisations more aware of shifting external consumer sentiments. At the same time, the enthusiasm for corporate purpose brings its own risks – a botched corporate purpose programme could do more damage than having never engaged with the idea in the first place.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
Previous studies suggest that the risk community continues to struggle with reputational risk and with reputation as an intangible asset. This report puts forward frameworks for risk professionals to work strategically with others within their organisations to measure and tackle reputational risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th March 2023)
CEO activism — the practice of CEOs taking public positions on environmental, social, and political issues not directly related to their business — has become a hotly debated topic in corporate governance.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
In the uncertain economic and geopolitical environment, the importance of non-financial risks (NFR) is increasing for banks.
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Friday Reading Edition 162 (21st July 2023)
Generative AI is evolving at record speed while CEOs are still learning the technology’s business value and risks. Here, we offer some of the generative AI essentials.
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