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Prewave All Risks Perspective

Risk Categories and Event Types

The Prewave All Risks perspective provides a comprehensive evaluation of events that may impact an organization across multiple dimensions, including brand and public trust, corporate and financial health, cybersecurity and digital risk, environmental and ESG factors, geopolitical developments, human and labor rights, natural hazards, operational uptime, and worker health and safety.

This perspective ensures that organizations can identify and assess risks from all relevant sources, promoting resilience and informed decision-making.

The impact level assigned to each event type depends on the relationship between the event and the monitored entity.

This perspective replaces the All Perspective, which was deprecated in May 2026.

Brand & Public Trust

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Labor demonstration

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Low

Product recall

High

Mid

Low

Low

Site closure (Permanent)

Critical

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Corporate & Financial

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Corporate investigation

Low

Low

Low

Low

Corporate Wrongdoing

Low

Low

Low

Low

Corruption

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Credit rating downgrade

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Delisting

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Fraud

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Insolvency

Critical

High

High

High

Insolvency Exit

Low

Low

Low

Low

Investment reduction

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Liquidity problem

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Mass layoff

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Reduced Work Hours

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Restructuring

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Subsidiary Insolvency

Critical

High

High

Mid

Cyber & Digital

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Cyber Incident

Critical

High

Low

Low

Data Exposure

High

High

Low

Low

Data privacy issue

Mid

Low

Low

Low

IP Infringement

Low

Low

Environmental & ESG

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Chemical Leakage

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Deforestation

Low

Low

Low

Low

Emission violation

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Environmental Issue

Low

Low

Low

Low

Land conflict

Low

Low

Pollution

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Toxic Contamination

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Low

Waste Disposal Problem

Low

Low

Low

Low

Geopolitical

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Collusion

Low

Low

Low

Low

Emergency measures

High

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Military Conflict

High

High

Mineral conflict

Low

Low

Political Instability

High

High

Sanctions

High

Mid

Mid

Mid

Low

Human & Labor Rights

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Child Labor

Critical

High

Mid

Low

Discrimination

Low

Low

Illegal employment

Low

Low

Low

Low

Labor dispute

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Low

Labor Rights Violation

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Modern Slavery

Critical

High

High

Mid

Sexual Wrongdoing

Low

Low

Wage Theft

Low

Low

Low

Low

Natural Hazards

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Blizzard

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Drought

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Earthquake

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Flood

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Landslide

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Tornado

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Tropical storm

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Tsunami

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Volcanic eruption

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Wildfire

High

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Operational Uptime

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Blackout

Critical

Mid

High

Mid

Low

Building collapse

Critical

Mid

Mid

Mid

Low

Customs Issue

High

Mid

Low

Low

Explosion

Critical

Mid

Mid

Mid

Low

Fire

Critical

Mid

Mid

Mid

Low

Force Majeure

Critical

Mid

Mid

Low

Labor strike

High

Low

Mid

Mid

Low

Maintenance

High

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Major Delay

High

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Operational Interruption

High

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Regulatory shutdown

Critical

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Supplier Disruption

High

Mid

Mid

Low

Technical Failure

High

Mid

Mid

Mid

Low

Worker Health & Safety

Event Type

Direct

Site Group

Regional

Tier-2

Tier-3+

Accident

High

Mid

Mid

Mid

Low

Fatality

High

Low

Low

Low

Health & Safety Issues

Mid

Low

Low

Low

Injury

Mid

Low

Low

Worker suicide

Mid

Low

Low

Low

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