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Enterprise Risk Management Initiative

Risk Identification and Assessment

Apr 9, 2024

ERM Tool: Using PESTLE Analysis to Identify Potential External Risks

A PESTLE analysis provides a framework for considering risks that may be triggered by political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors. Download this tool.
Arun Mani

Feb 7, 2024

Assessing Risks Related to Energy Transition

As the world moves toward sustainable energy solutions, understanding the risks and opportunities of this transition is crucial. Join us as Arun Mani, a principal in KPMG's Infrastructure and Capital Advisory practice sheds light on navigating the complexities of energy transformation.
Zach Wolff

Jul 6, 2023

Balancing ERM’s Focus on Operational Risks and Emerging Risks

Zach Wolff, Director of ERM and SOX Internal Controls, ConEdison, shares insights about approaches his organization takes to develop “watch lists” of emerging, hard to identify strategic risks.

Jun 7, 2023

Enhancing Risk Insights by Integrating ESG Perspectives

This thought paper, "Enhancing Risk Insights by Integrating ESG Perspectives: An Opportunity for ERM Leaders," is intended to help ERM leaders and other executives enhance their organization’s risk insights by strengthening the integration of their ERM and ESG efforts. The paper is based on interviews with ERM leaders who shared insights not only about challenges related to integrating ESG into their ERM processes but also suggestions of a number of opportunities leaders can consider to reap the benefits that can be realized through enhanced ESG considerations.
Zach Wolff

Feb 6, 2023

Identifying Long-Term Risks

Zach Wolff, director of ERM and SOX internal controls, ConEdison, shares how his organization engages business leaders across the company to identify potential issues that may reflect longer-term emerging enterprise-level risks.

Feb 1, 2023

Managing Long-term Risk: Preparing for 2032

Carol Beaumier, senior managing director at global consulting firm Protiviti, asks “What steps are my organization undertaking or continuing over the near term to ensure that they're sufficiently agile and resilient to thrive in this decade of disruption?"

Sep 27, 2022

2022 Global State of Enterprise Risk Oversight

2022 Global State of Enterprise Risk Oversight Report, in collaboration with AICPA and CIMA.

Apr 29, 2022

Elevating Value of Leading-Edge ERM: Highlights from the April 22, 2022 ERM Roundtable Summit

The sharing of insights and experiences among ERM leaders continues to help advance the strategic value of ERM programs among organizations. Fostering thought leadership on strategically focused risk management is a core mission of the ERM Initiative at NC State University. The “golden nuggets” shared by speakers at the April 22, 2022 ERM Roundtable Summit covered a variety of topics related to advancing best practices in enterprise risk management (ERM). We are providing this high-level summary so others can benefit by what was shared in each of the six sessions. 

Feb 23, 2022

New Case Study: Using Scenario Planning to Consider Emerging Risks

Recent events have highlighted the importance of planning for an uncertain future.  The ERM Initiative is excited to release this new case study “A Look into The Future with Scenario Planning: A Survey of ERM Practices” that looks at ways multiple organizations use scenario planning to address uncertainty and identify the risks and opportunities that may arise under different conditions.  

Feb 8, 2022

Imagining Unimaginable Risks

Risks take a variety of forms, many of which companies can proactively manage. But novel risks are much more difficult to predict and plan for and they may seem improbable, emerge from a perfect storm of events, or are unprecedentedly massive. In their 2020 Harvard Business Review article, "The Risks You Can't Foresee," authors Robert S. Kaplan, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Annette Mikes define novel risks and then describe how to detect and respond to them to mitigate the risk impact on the business.