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.
Friday Reading Edition 118 (12th August 2022)
There is concern that droughts could cause some of the world’s most important rivers to become unnavigable leading to the loss of vital inland shipping routes. Should we be worried and how should we respond?
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Friday Reading Edition 54 (16th April 2021)
The new Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric estimates the potential contributions of specific actions in specific places towards international biodiversity targets. It can help companies, the finance industry, governments and civil society better plan projects that would bring benefits for threatened species, assess biodiversity risk, and align contributions to achieve global targets.
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Friday Reading Edition 93 (11th February 2022)
[Free to read upon sharing contact details] The data indicates that larger scale of losses could result if an event of the past were to occur today, given the accumulation of socio-economic value and other dynamics such as changing weather conditions in the intervening years.
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Friday Reading Edition 73 (3rd September 2021)
This Insights paper, arising from a roundtable co-organised with Allianz and supported by Herbert Smith Freehills, evaluates what businesses need to address and be aware of with regard to ESG issues. It also discusses how Allianz integrates ESG principles in its underwriting, with director and officer (D&O) liability as a focus.
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Friday Reading Edition 56 (30th April 2021)
The events of last year (2020) emphasised the role technology such as Edge Computing can play in helping organisations to adapt and respond quickly and efficiently to unprecedented situations. This new report sets out why we need to work together to realise the full potential of Edge Computing – computing that's done at or near the source of the data.
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Friday Reading Edition 51 (26th March 2021)
This Insights paper, arising from a roundtable co-organised with Allianz and supported by Herbert Smith Freehills, evaluates what businesses need to address and be aware of with regard to ESG issues. It also discusses how Allianz integrates ESG principles in its underwriting, with director and officer (D&O) liability as a focus.
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Friday Reading Edition 118 (12th August 2022)
Since 2012, 'water crises' have consistently ranked in the World Economic Forum's Global Risk. Despite that, far too many companies are unaware of their exposure to water risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 85 (3rd December 2021)
A discussion on the steps that need to be taken by technologists, businesses, government and the international community to ensure that our digital infrastructure can continue to provide the level of resilience and security we need.
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Friday Reading Edition 47 (26th February 2021)
[Free to read full report upon sharing contact details] Lloyd's Register Foundation and the Resilience Shift have developed 'Engineering A Safer Future', a series of conversations as an antidote to the pervasive online 'noise' that confronts us as we seek serious discussion and meaningful insight into the impact of Covid-19.
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Hydrogen Insights A perspective on hydrogen investment, market development and cost competitiveness Text
Friday Reading Edition 133 (2nd December 2022)
Hydrogen is gathering strong momentum as a key energy transition pillar. Announced hydrogen investments have accelerated rapidly in response to government commitments to deep decarbonsation.
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