RISK LANDSCAPE

See the connections.

An editorial framework for asking better business questions. These examples are illustrative; they are not current country ratings or company risk scores.

RISK THEME

Geopolitics & trade

Supply chains, market access and geographic concentration.

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Illustrative trigger

A border restriction delays a critical input.

Trade restriction → supplier delay → production interruption → cash pressure.

Question for your team

Which supplier or route could become a single point of failure?

Possible review step

Map critical inputs and alternatives; record the trigger for escalating a disruption.

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Cyber & technology

Digital dependencies, AI use and service availability.

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Illustrative trigger

An external service outage interrupts customer operations.

Service outage → process failure → customer impact → contractual exposure.

Question for your team

Which activities rely on one service, identity system or data source?

Possible review step

Test manual fallbacks, recovery access and responsibility for AI-assisted decisions.

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Climate & infrastructure

Location exposure, utilities and recovery capacity.

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Illustrative trigger

A flood prevents access to an important facility.

Physical event → site interruption → recovery demand → financial loss.

Question for your team

Can the operation recover if a site and its local suppliers are affected together?

Possible review step

Review location dependencies, recovery resources and the assumptions in continuity plans.

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Financial & enterprise

Counterparties, cash demands and risk ownership.

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Illustrative trigger

A major customer delays payment during a disruption.

Counterparty stress → delayed receipts → liquidity pressure → operational constraints.

Question for your team

Which exposures share a counterparty, sector or source of funding?

Possible review step

Track concentrations, contingency assumptions and owners of escalation decisions.

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