1、Global Risk Landscape 2025 The Risk Rift:Why playing safe means losing growthGLOBAL RISK LANDSCAPE 2025|THE RISK RIFT:WHY PLAYING SAFE MEANS LOSING GROWTH01ForewordIn fast-changing times,proactive risk management is the key to growthThe lesson from the past 12 months is clear:forget about waiting fo

2、r the turbulence to pass.In an era of non-stop crisis,businesses that want to grow and meet their targets must take a proactive approach to risk.The problem is that few are-and things are getting worse.This is our 10th annual report on global risk,and it is remarkable that our survey of 500 senior l

3、eaders worldwide found that 69%now say their companies are risk-averse or risk-minimising,compared to 61%last year.This is likely to have grown even more since we conducted the survey,given the increasing risk of a global trade war and frequent US policy changes.Senior managers were already frustrat

4、ed with their risk management efforts.Given a list of six risk management failings,executives on average said half applied to their organisation.None of the 500 global respondents,all senior leaders,gave their risk management a clean bill of health.Notably,CEOs were particularly critical of complian

5、ce overspend,suggesting that risk management strategies as they stand are failing to deliver value.Koen Claessens Global Head of Risk Advisory Services,BDO Belgiumkoen.claessensbdo.bePart of the problem is that businesses are increasingly taking a compliance-led approach to risk,with a box-ticking m

6、entality distracting from real risk management.Fortunately,many executives recognise this as an issue 74%say that embedding risk thinking in the company culture will start to tilt the balance from a heavy focus on compliance to real risk strategies that can deliver more value and opportunities for t