Emerging Risks

Nov 13, 2015

HIGHLIGHTS from the Fall 2015 ERM ROUNDTABLE SUMMIT

NC State’s Fall 2015 ERM Roundtable Summit offered practical insights from top ERM leaders on enhancing risk culture, developing KRIs, integrating ERM with strategy, and avoiding common risk management pitfalls.

Oct 26, 2015

A Chief Compliance Officer’s Role in Risk Management

Risks, rules, and regulations: Can today's chief compliance officers keep up? It is commonly known that a company's ability to assess and manage risks to meet stakeholder expectations may ultimately determine the success or failure of an organization. Deloitte and Compliance Week, in their collaborative efforts, have administered a survey to annually assess corporate America's ability to keep up with these rising expectations and to address issues and concerns resulting from current trends.

Sep 1, 2015

Integrating Sustainability with Enterprise Risk Management

Sustainability policies have a meaningful role in managing risk, and can also promote faster growth. Have you ever heard the saying ‘you have to spend money to make money?’ This remains true for investments in sustainability and risk management - yes, investing money in sustainability and risk management will more than pay for itself. A white paper authored by James Lam and Frances Quinn and published by Workiva highlights the role and benefits sustainability plays in enterprise risk management and explains how to successfully integrate sustainability into the risk management framework.

Feb 1, 2015

2015 Report on the Current State of Enterprise Risk Management: Update of Trends and Opportunities

Discover the 2015 Report on the Current State of Enterprise Risk Management from NC State's ERM Initiative and the AICPA. The report, drawing from 1,093 executives' responses, highlights ERM maturity, integration with strategy, and key opportunities for enhancing risk oversight.

Oct 1, 2014

Mature Supply Chain Risk Management Yields Better Performance

Discover how mature supply chain and risk management processes enhance resilience and operational performance. This PwC-MIT study reveals key strategies for navigating global supply chain risks.

Sep 1, 2014

Trends that are Shaping the Next Fifty Years

Learn how emerging market growth, technological advancements, and aging populations are transforming global business strategy. Explore the key forces driving these changes and their implications for senior executives.

Jun 16, 2014

2014 Research Report on Current State of Enterprise Risk Management

Explore insights from the NC State ERM Initiative's latest report, developed in partnership with the AICPA, which examines the maturity of enterprise risk management processes across various organizations and highlights opportunities for better integration with strategic planning.

Apr 1, 2014

How Global Changes Can Affect the Business Environment

As organizations develop their strategic plans, their horizons are often only looking out over the next two-to-three years. While staying focused on the “here and now” is important, failure to look at broader trends of how the world may be shifting may cause some boards and executive teams to wake up some day in the future to discover their strategies are no longer viable. To help organizations consider how shifts may be on the horizon, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recently published information about five megatrends that are already changing the business environment. A megatrend is a change on a global scale that is often verified with factual data. In the past few years PwC has noticed that its clients are identifying and changing their strategies because of these megatrends. This article explains each of the five megatrends identified and then highlights possible effects of each trend.

Jan 1, 2014

Executive View of Strategic Risk

Learn how global businesses approach strategic risk, manage reputation threats, and adapt to technology disruptors. Insights from Deloitte's and Forbes’ study on evolving risk management practices.

Nov 1, 2013

An Insight into the Benefits of Risk Maturity

Aon’s 2013 Risk Maturity Index Report reveals how mature risk management correlates with better financial performance, including higher stock prices, return on equity, and enhanced resiliency.