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International Risk Governance Council (IRGC)
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Address /
Contact Person
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CP 99
1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
www.irgc.org
Mrs. Marie-Valentine Florin, marie.florin(at)irgc.org
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Profile
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IRGC is a non-profit and independent organisation whose purpose is to help improve the understanding and governance of systemic risks that have impacts on human health and safety, on the environment, on the economy and on society at large.
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Key Business / Risk Area
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Business Areas:
Energy
Environment
Health
Infrastructure & Construction
Materials/Nanotechnology
Social science & humanities
Transport
Food
Industrial Technologies
ICT
Security
Space
Other:
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Risk Areas:
Risk Governance
Industrial Risk
Environmental Risks
Occupational Risks
Financial Risks
Social/Societal Risks
Health Risks
Asset Integrity Risks (RBI etc.)
Life Cycle Analysis
Standards and Regulations
Other:
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Main Products / Services
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- Concepts for risk governance
- Application to risk issues in emerging, ignored or neglected fields
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Key Projects
(running or just finished)
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- IRGC Risk Governance Framework
- IRGC Risk Governance Deficits
- IRGC Contributing Factors to Risk Emergence
- IRGC protocol for Emerging Risk Governance
- IRGC guidelines for unconventional gas development
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Why we joined EU-VRi?
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To partner with scientific and business organisations active in the field of risk governance, and engage on implementation projects.
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