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 165 (11th August 2023)
Artificial intelligence will affect organisations everywhere, and the greatest step forward for boards will be in terms of trust.
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Friday Reading Edition 164 (4th August 2023)
Europe is battling the effects of scorching weather, with June having been the hottest month on record in the 174-year history of temperature monitoring
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Friday Reading Edition 164 (4th August 2023)
Wildfires are becoming increasingly common in the UK and can cause harm and disruption to people, transport networks, rural areas and urban centres. How resilient is your organisation to wildfires?
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Friday Reading Edition 164 (4th August 2023)
Wildfire severity, spread and frequency have all increased because of climate change. There is a pressing need for technological innovation with artificial intelligence (AI) able to help to predict the riskiest locations and the best possible strategy to mitigate fire hazards.
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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)
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 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 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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