I’ve been posting these Standard & Poor’s ratings recently where they mention the ERM capabilities of the rated company. In all cases, they are insurance companies. I would really like to see a similar rating announcement for a non-financial organization. There was a time lag of about 18 months (?) from the time S&P issues [...]
Posts Tagged ‘financial risk’
Five major risks to green building
Posted in Risk management, Thought Leadership, tagged financial risk, green, legal risk, regulatory risk, reputation risk on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In an article in at the website earth2tech.com, the authors note 5 major risks to green building market growth: Financial, legal and regulatory risk, plus green-washed building materials and driving energy retrofits. I was glad to see that the author did not include reputation risk to this list. As always, reputation risk is a second [...]
Slywotzky on Strategic Risks
Posted in ERM Basics, Frameworks, tagged 31000, financial risk, operational risk, Slywotzky on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once again, a must read for anyone who considers themselves a risk professional because they can memorize ISO 31000. (Sarcasm.) Slywotzky describes more dangerous strategic risks like project risk, customer risk and transition risk that should be addressed, while unfortunately traditional risk managers only focus on business risks like hazards, financial risks and operating risks. [...]
