Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 10 (29th May 2020)
The $10 trillion in COVID-19-related stimulus measures that policy makers have allocated could be decisive for the world's low-carbon transition. This article examines how organisations can bring economic and environmental priorities together.
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Friday Reading Edition 10 (29th May 2020)
This article and video summarise a WEF webinar held this week featuring government, business and technology leaders discussing tracking and tracing technologies being employed in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Friday Reading Edition 10 (29th May 2020)
This series of podcasts from Zurich examines building reopening and machinery restarting, school reopening, returning to the workplace, and construction project restart, to support businesses through the coronavirus outbreak.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (31st July 2020)
[Subscription required] An in-depth piece on how the COVID-19 crisis could unleash a new era of finance, involving more innovation, cheaper financial intermediation and a monetary policy that is not constrained by the presence of physical cash.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
This article from McKinsey outlines four forces whose uncertain outcomes will shape the years to come, as well as the steps needed to build the return muscle to grapple with these forces in the post-COVID-19 world.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
In this collection of essays, the Global Risks Advisory Board of the WEF’s Global Risks Initiative looks beyond the current crisis to the potential challenges and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 world. They are designed to offer new perspectives on the post-pandemic future, in support of efforts to proactively and collectively shape the future we want.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
This report taps into the views of nearly 350 senior risk professionals who participated in the COVID-19 Risks Perception Survey conducted by WEF, Marsh & McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group – four key areas of significant challenges emerge from the survey as global concerns.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
Alistair Cox, CEO of Hays, shares some of the practical questions he and his leadership team have been asking themselves in the short term, as they start to think about helping employees make the transition back to the workplace after the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
In Episode 5 of Airmic Talks, Richard Cutcher speaks to Kevin Boscher, Chief Investment Officer at Ravenscroft, and John Ludlow, CEO of Airmic, about the shock to the UK and global economy from the pandemic.
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Friday Reading Edition 8 (15th May 2020)
This study by researchers at Princeton has found that this silent phase of transmission can be a successful evolutionary strategy for pathogens such as viruses like the one that causes COVID-19.
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