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Chronic Hazards

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Four steps for organizations to proactively address chronic hazards Global climate change continues to have a profound impact on businesses worldwide, with chronic hazards such as flooding, wildfires, and extreme weather conditions posing a significant risk to industries.

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Risk Management Process- Part 1: Overview

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Risk management describes how a business identifies, analyzes, and responds to threats and risk factors that impact its profitability, viability, and strategic goals. Risk management attempts to control future threats by planning preemptively and deploying effective risk-control measures.

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Risk Management Process- Part 3a: Risk Assessment and Risk Identification

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In the previous post of this risk management series, we covered the business impact analysis (BIA) , which is a crucial step in understanding the impact of potential disruptions to critical business processes. Now, we move on to the next critical step in the process: risk assessment , and its first stage, risk identification.

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Acute hazards & expanding ESG regulations: how organizations can succeed in the face of new challenges

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Acute hazards pose a significant threat to organizations, as they can disrupt business operations, endanger employees, and lead to substantial financial losses. This is particularly pertinent given the growing threat of climate change, which is likely to increase the frequency and severity of acute hazards.

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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Enterprise risk management is critical for business success. The fundamental components of ERM are evaluating significant risks and applying adequate responses. Factor analysis of information risk (FAIR) provides a common risk mitigation vocabulary to help you to address security practice weaknesses.

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

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Enterprise risk management (ERM) is critical for success in the modern business landscape. Your ERM program should encompass all aspects of risk management and response in all business processes, including cybersecurity, finance, human resources, risk management audit , privacy, compliance, and natural disasters.

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. The book is part of Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global).