RISK
RESILIENCE
VALUE
OPPORTUNITY
Governance, Risk Management and Assurance
We help you implement a strong system of non-financial risk management covering business exposures across a range of external and internal factors including ESG risks.
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Where a system of non-financial risk management is in operation, we provide Executive leadership teams and Boards with independent internal assurances on the integrity of the risk management process, as well as public assurance statements where required for stakeholder confidence.
Stakeholder Expectations & Transparency
Your business may operate in many jurisdictions, including some countries with a high Corruption Index. We help protect your company from ethical misconduct and corrupt practices through the application of controls that limit your risk and align with either the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or the UK Bribery Act.
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We help you design and apply first- and second-line defences against ethical misconduct and corrupt practices, including the development and roll-out of Board-endorsed Codes of Conduct; or confidential audits against existing Codes.
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Where you choose to, we can assist your business in reporting to Transparency International standards and guidelines, including jurisdictional expectations under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
Reputation, Brand & Supply Chain Risks
Your reputation will help you access people, resources and finance. It can be enhanced through your branding and eroded through your supply chain. We help you differentiate your brand by helping you select the key attributes that matter the most to your stakeholders, depending on your industry, where you operate, whom you operate with, and your history. We help you communicate effectively how you meet and exceed public expectations on these attributes.
Attributes may include your transparency and code of conduct, and your position on bribery and corruption, , climate change, modern slavery, diversity, corporate social responsibility and others.
Licence-to-operate, Government Approvals & Lenders's Tests
Your ability to secure timely, cost effective access to resources and finance underpins successful business outcomes. A strong social licence to operate provides you with a competitive advantage. We help you build, strengthen and enhance your licence to operate, achieve the government approvals you need and meet your social and environmental obligations to providers of capital.
Saftey & Health Management
Your labour force – your employees, contractors and subcontractors – should work under fair, safe conditions. Failure to ensure that this basic requirement is met can lead to severe personal, operational, regulatory and reputational consequences. How you manage your labour force is a proxy for how you manage your company. We help you implement a leadership culture and systems that drive strong safety and health management practices at your operations and demonstrate credible performance outcomes.
Environmental & Community Managment
How you manage external risk factors in the environment and the community impacts on your approvals, ongoing licences and reputation. A range of expectations are levied in these areas, including Principles of Responsible Investment, International Finance Corporation Performance Standards and ISO standards. Newer requirements of investors on climate change such as the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) add to your ESG governance expectations. We help you keep on top of these, and to demonstrate to your stakeholders that yours is a sustainable business.
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Security & Human Rights
If your operations are located in areas of conflict, poor rule of law and socio-political uncertainty, your business continuity may require you to secure your people and your assets. Security operations have the potential to infringe on the rights of others.
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We help you mitigate the risk of causing or contributing to such infringements by practically applying the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights to your contracted security operations, providing you with the tools to implement security protocols that preserve the rights of others, and applying both experience and foresight to protect your reputation.