Welcome to our first Newsletter of 2023.
With the first three months of the year now in the rear view mirror, 2023 has yet to fully provide the fresh start many expected. Wider economic uncertainty persists, geopolitical tensions remain in many parts of the world and key supply chain questions remain unresolved. Following a winter of reinforcement and resupply, the crisis in Ukraine is potentially entering a new, crucial phase, of on-the-ground conflict and political brinkmanship. Alongside this, natural disasters continue across the globe with catastrophic impacts. The year started with heavy rains in New Zealand, Auckland receiving 75% of its typical summer rainfall in just 15 hours, followed by major earthquakes hitting Turkey and Syria in February. Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi have just been hit by Cyclone Freddy, maybe the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record.
Over the past few years, our research program has expanded and grown to respond to the challenges highlighted in the first few months of the year. As such, we are delighted to formally launch our 2023 WTW Research Network Annual Review, showcasing our wide portfolio of innovative and applied research and providing a chance for us to celebrate some of the work and partnerships underway. The 2023 version is our most comprehensive yet, providing insights and updates across our key areas of interest across Climate, Technology, People, Geopolitical and Organizational risk.
Over the next few weeks we are delighted to showcase a number of talks that illustrate how we continue to embed the research and insights derived with our partners into applied tools and analytics for our clients and colleagues. On Tuesday 4 April we build on work that has been done rethinking food and drink supply chains and exploring how food and drink business can mitigate water risks to explore the new political risks in the global food and beverage supply chain. On Tuesday 18 April we look at how the range of climate-related legal exposures facing companies has increased significantly in recent years, and provide insight on climate-related liability risk exposures and opportunities.
As always, please do get in touch with any questions or for more information on how we can support your conversations.
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