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COVID-19: Pivoting to recovery
As the vaccine rollout proceeds at varying paces across the globe, organisations find themselves in different and sometimes multiple stages of the crisis management lifecycle. Remaining agile, forward-thinking and empathetic are all essential for a successful outcome.
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Control Risks Podcasts
Listen in on conversations with Control Risks experts and external guests about what risks are on the horizon for organisations. Featuring experts from all areas of Control Risks, we can help you navigate what lies ahead.
The struggle to position “Global Britain”
The recent G7 summit was an opportunity to project the leadership of “Global Britain”, a term used since the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016, but successive governments have struggled to define what it means. We examine the challenges facing Boris Johnson’s government as it tries to make it a reality.
OPEC+ scenarios – Slow return of output amid fragmented COVID recovery
Oil market management is going to be challenging in 2021. We present three scenarios for the trajectory of the oil markets for the rest of the year, and their implications for key producers. Read the article and listen to the podcast.
China: politics are important but it’s the regulations that matter for multinationals
Geopolitical tensions are a key concern for multinational companies with operations or major investments in China. However, understanding, responding and adapting to the changing regulatory landscape in China can significantly lower the odds of major disruption for multinationals.
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Asia In Focus
Malaysia: Is there an end to the political and healthcare crisis?
Dane Chamorro, Partner, sits down with Harrison Cheng, Associate Director and Lead Analyst for Malaysia, for an outlook on Malaysian politics for the remainder of 2021, including a look at the potential for a political coup, the government's handling of COVID-19, and the reputational risks associated with human rights allegations.
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Reevaluating compliance risk assessments in today’s world
Five considerations for demonstrating awareness of your evolving risk profile and for preventing and detecting issues.
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South Africa: security and operational threats to persist
The violent unrest prompted by the imprisonment of South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma is now easing, but operational challenges and security risks remain.
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The drivers behind unrest in South Africa
Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry for a conversation with in-house South Africa expert Seamus Duggan about how companies should contextualize the recent unrest in the country.
Asia In Focus
What does China's data crackdown mean for investors and MNCs?
Carly Ramsey, Head of Global Risk Analysis for Greater China and Yifei Zhang, General Manager, North China discuss recent events and how they might be viewed in the context of China’s domestic policy and regulatory developments.
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When climate change becomes climate crisis
Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry as they speak with Jonathan Wood about how Control Risks is helping clients improve their ESG performance and why climate change is rapidly becoming the most important factor for domestic policy, foreign policy and business strategy.
Analysis
China: politics are important but it’s the regulations that matter for multinationals
Understanding, responding and adapting to the changing regulatory landscape in China can significantly lower the odds of major disruption for multinationals.
Analysis
Social risks and impact in private markets transactions
What is social risk management in private market investing and the three questions investors need to consider in 2021?
Analysis
Wembley Euros security breach: Time to reset event security standards?
The stadium security breach at the Wembley Euros 2020 final shows why major event managers need to implement robust physical security layers designed and managed by event security specialists overlaid with operational security to control crowds and oversee greater security scrutiny.
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In the race to get ahead of the next major crisis, data is king
The pandemic showed that companies need effective data analysis and monitoring to better plan for and manage crises and disruptions to business continuity.
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Tolerance still in short supply for LGBT rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
LGBT issues have made national headlines in several Sub-Saharan African countries in recent months, highlighting the slow pace of change in public attitudes towards homosexuality. We look at the scrutiny organisations operating in countries with high levels of intolerance face.
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LGBT+ rights in Africa and the "S" in ESG
Join Charles Hecker and Claudine Fry for a conversation with in-house experts Vincent Rouget and Maria Knapp about how companies can support their employees and communities in a world of asymmetrical human rights.
Analysis
Raisi and the nuclear deal – implications for sanctions and financial transactions
Conservative Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi won the presidential elections on 18 June, ending reformist President Hassan Rowhani’s eight-year rule, and raising some concerns about the fate of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA – the 2015 nuclear deal).
Analysis
US sanctions still demand careful compliance
As the Biden administration forms its new approach to sanctions policy, what do companies need to consider for their sanctions compliance programmes?
Analysis
Emergency events and crisis management planning - lessons learnt in West Africa
2020 saw a level of crisis management focus within corporate organisations that was unparalleled in modern times. The sudden and very real crisis facing companies revealed some interesting and thought-provoking dynamics, especially in terms of how entities, big and small, had planned for and chose to respond to a real-life crisis event.
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