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Risk Spotlight

  • The Fearless Girl Beckons: Tracking Gender Diversity
  • Rating the Banks
  • US Elections and Corporate Spending
  • Avoiding the Land Grab: Responsible Farmland Investing
  • Beyond Market Forces: Regulating the Global Security Industry
  • Boosting Access to Medicine
  • Electric Jeepneys Challenge a Philippine Icon
  • Rats and Robots Sniff out Landmines
  • Green Jobs Transition Must Accelerate
  • Kung-Fu Peacebuilding

Independent analysis of political, environmental, social, economic and security issues. All views are my own.

Author: Sheila Oviedo

I am an experienced analyst combining expertise in political, security, environmental, social and economic risk analysis. All blog entries are based on personal interest and opinions are my own. This blog is not affiliated with any ESG research or political risk consultancy firm. Follow me on Twitter @Risk_Spotlight.

ESG and Risk Assessment: Value at Risk and Stress Testing

This blog series explores ways where environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can be incorporated in different areas of risk assessment.  … More

ESG and Risk Assessment: Market Risk

This blog series explores ways where environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can be incorporated in different areas of risk assessment.  … More

Quick Take: Employees take a Stand Against Trump

    Bloomberg put out an interesting story today on how employees in some firms are taking a firm stand … More

New Blog Series: ESG and Risk Assessment

Today I launch a new blog series to explore how ESG factors can be considered and integrated into different aspects … More

Tax Reforms are Coming, Who is Most at Risk? (Round 3: An Update)

In March 2016, I conducted a small research experiment to determine the tech company that is most at risk if … More

Apple Inc., European Commission, tax avoidance, Taxation

The Long-Term Cost of Trump

TL;DR: Trump’s campaign promises sounded attractive to supporters but if carried out, they impose real, long-term costs.      President … More

climate change, conflict of interest, health care, immigration, trade deals, Trump

Fossil Fuel Financing Round 3: MUFG and Mizuho Financial Group

This is the third of my blog series on Fossil Fuel Financing.  Bloomberg has reported that Japanese banks have reported an … More

financing, fossil fuel, Mizuho Financial Group, MUFG

How Sustainable is Tesla?

    Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has been in the news lately but for the wrong reasons. Workers in … More

immigration, labor relations, labor rights, Tesla

Rule of Law and Political Risk: A Tale of Two Countries

TL;DR: The Philippines and Thailand are undergoing dramatic political changes that threaten to further undermine the rule of law.    … More

#PhilippineElections2016, #PoliticalRisk, #Thailand, Philippines

Convincing the Oracle of Omaha to Integrate ESG

TL;DR: Buffett, while notoriously quiet on ESG, might have a lot more in common with responsible investors than people think, … More

Investing, Responsible Investing, Warren Buffett

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