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 38 (11th December 2020)
An overview of organisations’ preparedness for climate change, the key risks and opportunities associated with it, and the role internal audit is playing in supporting their organisation to be climate ready – a report written in partnership with The Climate Group.
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Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Although risk professionals are aware of the dangers that an unpredictable political environment can pose to their organisation, identifying and assessing those risks is the challenge that faces our profession today. This report will help break down the risks, understand their interconnectivity, the solutions available and appropriate responses.
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Friday Reading Edition 28 (2nd October 2020)
Parametric policies have tended to be weather-related. Stuart Turner examines non-weather related parametric policies which have started to be introduced including for flight delays, reputation, footfall, and gestational diabetes and pandemic related risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 27 (25th September 2020)
Previous studies suggest that the risk community continues to struggle with reputational risk and with reputation as an intangible asset. This paper puts forward frameworks for risk professionals to work strategically with others within their organizations to measure and tackle reputational risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 25 (11th September 2020)
Mike Henry, CEO at BHP, explains the importance of social value in decision making and why relationships lie at the heart of business resilience.
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Friday Reading Edition 24 (4th September 2020)
This paper provides a framework to enable a company to monitor and assess the return on its investments in its employees. It also provides guidance for how chief human resources officers, boards and policy-makers can mainstream this framework in order to shape a better approach to human capital.
Friday Reading Edition 22 (21st August 2020)
Paul Merrey and Arturs Kokins of KPMG discuss trust and reputation, the role of the risk professional in this area and the insurance options already available and currently in development, while Christopher Magee of AIG in the UK addresses the key areas of most concern to risk professionals in the areas of governance, laws and regulation.
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Friday Reading Edition 22 (21st August 2020)
Sir Ronald Cohen, the father of British venture capital and a pioneer of social impact investment, explains how weaving social good into the fabric of business and investment could change the world for the better, as we emerge from COVID-19.
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Friday Reading Edition 21 (14th August 2020)
Over the past few months, prompted by the pandemic situation, the shift towards digital business models has accelerated. Organisations need to tackle new types of reputational threats, and deal with many other challenges relating to intangible assets that were unimaginable a year ago.
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Friday Reading Edition 17 (17th July 2020)
Addressing climate change is not just about saving the world – it could save businesses. An exclusive StrategicRISK survey indicates that boards could finally be switched on to this risk, in this special report published in partnership with Airmic, FM Global and Swiss Re.
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