Climate change seen as top emerging risk to Business Continuity

Continuity Central. “Climate change seen as topemerging risk.”
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news03834.htm

Excerpt: Climate change will be considered a major threat tobusiness in the next ten years according to a survey on ‘emerging risks’ conducted by Business ContinuityExpo 2008 and sponsored by Marsh. According to the survey, 87 percent of businesses see climate change as the single biggest threat in terms of risk assessment and the effect it could have on their businesses future growth, with many at a loss as to what can be done in order to prepare or plan for this eventuality. This threat to the continuity and long-term success oftheir business is ahead of terrorism, pandemic flu, flooding, the credit crunch, government red-tape, outsourcing and offshoring. The survey was conductedamongst 150 major UK and European companies.