Risk & Resilience Predictions 2026
What risks will dominate?
At the beginning of 2025 we surveyed 3,500 global business leaders, delving into their agenda-topping risks, their perceived resilience, and their predictions on the challenges they expect to tackle in 2026.
Harnessing these Risk & Resilience insights, our experts share their thoughts on the risks businesses should prepare themselves for in the new year.
Harnessing these Risk & Resilience insights, our experts share their thoughts on the risks businesses should prepare themselves for in the new year.
Risk & Resilience predictions for 2026
What does 2026 have in store for businesses?
2026: The Year of the AI Luddite
Geopolitical tension and economic uncertainty are reshaping the risk landscape, and data centres sit at the heart of both global tension and opportunity.
2026: The year energy ownership takes hold
Geopolitical uncertainty, climate risk and supply chain fragility are reshaping how businesses think about energy.
2026: The year businesses navigate tariff washing risks
“Tariff-washing” is poised to join the ranks of disclosure pitfalls like “greenwashing” and “AI-washing” in 2026, highlighting the growing risk of miscommunication or omission around the impact of tariffs on business operations.
2026: The year cyber outages could break a business
This year has shown how fast a cyber incident can spiral into operational paralysis.
2026: From rust to riches – the year the brownfield opportunity is unlocked
Once overlooked and forgotten, brownfield sites are fast becoming prime real estate for the next wave of infrastructure.