Maplecroft

Who we are

Maplecroft is a successful specialist research and advisory ‘boutique’ helping major brands manage global risks and corporate responsibility, build reputation and harness leadership opportunities. We are the definitive and only source of quantitative and comprehensive global risks indices and data relating to all areas of non-financial risk e.g. human rights, political risk, climate change vulnerability. Our creative design and software engineering skills are combined with meticulous analysis of the political, economic, social and environmental landscape, to communicate risk and responsibility in visually compelling ways – scorecards, briefings, reports, indices and interactive GIS maps. Our employees are among the world’s leading non-financial risk analysts and thought leaders (see examples of our publications at www.businessweek.com)

What we do

More and more companies and consumers around the world recognise the impact that social, environmental and political issues have on the integrity and reputation of a ‘brand’. Maplecroft can deliver off-the-shelf or customised solutions to fit your immediate requirements and help manage global, non-financial and sustainability risks. Many of the world’s leading businesses already use Maplecroft risk indices and products for:

• Business and reputational risk management systems e.g. four year mapping and risk assessment programme for Shell
• Supply chain risk calculators e.g. partnership with Sedex global brand members, to reduce business and reputational risks for global brands
• Human rights dilemmas research e.g. with the UN Global Compact and funded by the GE Foundation
• Investment decision-making e.g. country risk briefings provided to Standard Chartered, RBS and other banks for high risk, emerging markets
• Carbon foot printing and environmental risk tools e.g. for major post corporations of the world through the International Post Corporation
• Stakeholder engagement and reporting activities e.g. World Economic Forum, TNT engagement strategy, sustainability reporting for De Beers
• Social responsibility and ethical supply chain management systems and risk assessments e.g. Premier Oil, De Beers, Unilever and PepsiCo
• Global risks forecasting and early warning systems on natural and health related disasters e.g. BP, UN OCHA, other UN depts. and NGOs

What we offer

GLOBAL RISKS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

 

We present our products and services on interactive portals for clients.

Simply register at www.global-risks.com and our FREE Global Risks Portfolio Trial will give you access to the following:

 

More and more companies and consumers around the world recognise the impact that social, environmental and political issues
have on the ‘brand’. Maplecroft can deliver off-the-shelf or customised solutions that fit your risk requirements and help manage
non financial risk. Many of the world’s leading businesses already use Maplecroft risk indices and products in the following areas:

• Global Risks Forecast (updated fortnightly) – analysis of recent events relating to ten key global risks and their impact on business plus archive, including societal, political and human rights risk, climate change, pandemics, etc.
• Global Risks (updated quarterly) – quantitative and qualitative assessment of ten key global risks for each country, with key recent events and stakeholder views. Presented as scorecards (1-2 pages), briefings (3-8 pages) and reports (25+ pages).
• Political Risk (indices, scorecards updated quarterly) – risk assessment across 30 categories presented in 8 risk clusters including dynamic and structural risks plus GIS-derived maps. Traditional risks such as conflict, terrorism, the rule of law are presented alongside emerging risk areas affecting political stability including food, energy and water security, poverty etc.
• Human Rights (annual/quarterly) – risk assessment across 30 categories, including human security, labour standards, civil and political rights and access to remedy. Risk can be assessed according to province, sector and gender. Scorecards provide up-to-date analysis; sub-national, site specific indices and GIS-derived maps for 50-plus ‘high’ and ‘extreme’ risk countries. Briefings and reports provide additional insight and can be tailored to company, sector and relevant stakeholder requirements.
• Climate Change (annual) – risk assessment of vulnerability to climate change using location-specific GIS mapping. Includes energy use and emissions data. Scorecards, briefings and reports available. Includes an interactive mapping service that allows users to explore and compare risk indices across countries and within countries and extract risk values for specific locations.
• Map Centre (continually updated) – over 70 global maps and more than 100 risk indices covering economic, political, social and environmental issues such as avian influenza, energy security, conflict and political violence, natural disasters, human rights, climate change, HIV/AIDS, health and safety, digital inclusion and others.
• Policy Bank (best practice and up to date) – over 25 impeccably researched policies and guidance covering all key areas of non-financial risk.
• Ethical Insight – fortnightly review of corporate responsibility news and analysis and searchable archive, disseminated to over 50,000 readers.