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The reaction to the Spring Statement delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week has been more negative than to the previous Conservative government’s last Budget last March, as 31% of respondents in this week’s Airmic Big Question survey said their reaction to the Spring Statement was “very negative”.
Half of respondents in this week’s Airmic Big Question survey say their organisations are still using Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scores and assessments to inform their sourcing and sustainability strategy, when asked what their organisations do to manage supply chain risks.
Trade sanctions are rising in concern again for organisations as respondents in this week’s Airmic Big Question survey have ranked it third in terms of their impact on them among geopolitics-related incidents.
An overwhelming 77% of respondents in this week’s Airmic Big Question survey said their organisations are keeping their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) policy and initiatives as they stand.
While news on the negotiations to end the Ukraine-Russia war has been dominating the headlines, it is the policy changes around climate and energy – out of the many policy changes of the new US administration – that present the second biggest exposure risk for organisations, the Airmic Big Question survey this week revealed.
Eighty-five percent of respondents in this week’s Airmic Big Question survey said their organisations are ‘very well prepared’ or ‘somewhat prepared’ for weather-related natural catastrophes.