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 91 (28th January 2022)
Learn more about the government’s updated COVID-19 measures following the ending of Plan B in England this week, and what it means for firms.
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Friday Reading Edition 90 (21st January 2022)
There is a growing market for technology platforms which support organisations to manage supplier risk, and respondents viewed these as the most effective commercial tool for managing supply chain cyber security risk. The government is committed to supporting this market.
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Friday Reading Edition 88 (7th January 2022)
In recognising the one-year mark since the January 6 riots at the US Capitol, scholars across the Brookings Institution, a major US think tank, discuss what has happened in the year since the attack, what we have learned as a nation since then, and what we must consider in the years ahead.
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Friday Reading Edition 88 (7th January 2022)
Journalists, media executives, columnists, commentators, and media critics—from the US and around the world—offered McKinsey their perspectives on what will make the news, from climate change and misinformation to the growing role of artificial intelligence and global supply-chain challenges. And, critically, what is unlikely to merit the headlines we all ought to see more of in the coming months.
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Friday Reading Edition 87 (17th December 2021)
The Chief of MI6 talked about the seismic changes he sees in the world, specifically in the espionage environment. He discussed China, Russia and Iran, three of the ‘Big Four’ priorities for the intelligence world. He also explained what the UK is doing to address the fourth priority – the amorphous, shape shifting character of international terrorism.
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Friday Reading Edition 85 (3rd December 2021)
The UK must be better at anticipating, preparing for and responding to a range of challenging risk scenarios, including those which it has never experienced before. The report emphasises that the Government’s current strategy of centralised and opaque risk assessment and risk management, which fails to make adequate preparations, has left the UK vulnerable.
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Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
In the lead up to COP26, the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) outlined sustainable finance policy recommendations to UK policymakers in this paper, on how to effectively mobilise capital to achieve the UK’s net zero targets and tackle other pressing environmental and social challenges.
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Harnessing internal audit against climate change risk: A guide for audit committees and directors Text
Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
As well as the need to prepare for the physical impacts of climate change, Boards must help their organisations adapt to the requirements of new national and international laws and regulations that will embed sustainability in products and services.
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COP26 blog series Text
Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
This blog series looks at the role of insurance in ensuring positive change — including helping to ensure a smooth energy transition, underpinning finance for green infrastructure, and mitigating the costs of the increased climate-related risks we are still set to see.
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Friday Reading Edition 79 (22nd October 2021)
This report commissioned by the NPC and written by Lianna Roast of the Disaster Management Centre at Bournemouth University, looks at how lessons from major incidents can be translated in to real-world change and asks how human psychology can best support our society to ensure lessons from past events are learnt.
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