Global Risk Series: March 2021
03/09/2021
Here, we take a look at the latest industry knowledge, stories and risk insights produced by Zurich globally in March.
Why businesses should invest in mental health
One in six workers experience depression or other stress-related problems, which cause 54% of all working days lost due to health issues. Yet only half of companies provide mental wellbeing support to their employees.
Learn why companies should invest in their employees’ mental health in this video.
The Resilience Playbook – concrete steps to help prepare for tomorrow’s shocks
A detailed look at the steps companies can take to build resilience to the diverse number of risks that could bring on the next global crisis.
Should businesses be preparing for another pandemic, or is there a different global risk that we should all be focused on? A group of experts from Zurich discuss this question in depth in a short podcast which you can listen to here.
Tough supply chain decisions and fresh challenges await in a post-pandemic world
COVID-19 exposed the fragility of our global supply chains. Post-pandemic, businesses will have to make some difficult strategic decisions. But first, they will have some immediate supply chain issues to contend.
Jean-Pierre Kause, Global Head of Risk Engineering at Zurich, discusses the turbulence those involved in supply chain or logistics will have experienced in the past 12 months, as well as four key questions for businesses to ask themselves around their supply chain strategy. These include questions around diversifying, localising or digitalising the supply chain.
Future of work arrives early, demands reskilling
The time for those critical skills you thought employees would need in five years? It’s here, now.
Covid-19 completely rewrote the script in terms of how organisations operate both internally and externally, and how they deal with customers. With the vast majority forced to work remotely, workers have had to learn and adapt new skills in communication as most tasks became digital during the pandemic.
