Risk Management Information
Business activities are inevitably associated with chance and risk. How to deal with this problem is a question that every company needs to address.
Businesses invariably focus on securing their earnings and the return on capital investment. Every day, however, they are at risk in various ways from major factors such as production, personnel, financing and environmental influences. Accidents can affect persons, property, the environment, or profit, whether in individual departments or in the undertaking as a whole. Yet, though safety plays a key role at every level, companies still often fail to make systematic provision for the safety issue. Accordingly, there is need for a comprehensive and systematic approach to corporate risk management. The Zurich risk management methodology is based on an integrated consideration of the issues.
Since 2008 the Swiss Code of Obligations requires public companies, plc and others, to provide risk audit information in the notes to the annual financial statement. The report must address risks that could have a material impact on the annual results.
Whatever the size of your company, we recommend to conduct regular checks to assess your risk situation. The Zurich brochures listed below will provide you with support in this regard.
Risk management for exporters
Things do not always go to plan, and for those conducting business at an international level, the range of risks is particularly large and changes constantly.
In view of this, responsible business management involves the systematic identification of risks and the adoption of appropriate measures to contain them.
If you wish to obtain more information on risk management for exporters, please visit the web site of our partner,
Osec - The centre of excellence for Swiss foreign trade.