{"id":16390,"date":"2019-01-07T16:57:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T14:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/?p=16390\/"},"modified":"2019-01-07T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:00:34","slug":"nano-2-0-risk-management-for-emerging-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/nano-2-0-risk-management-for-emerging-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eNano 2.0\u201c \u2013 Risk management for emerging materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nanotechnology\nand nanomaterials are being increasingly used in industrial and consumer\nproducts. Due to their small size, nanomaterials exhibit different\ncharacteristics as if they were present in bulk form. Products containing\nnanomaterials, i.e. new or emerging materials, these characteristics are used\nin targeted fashion and even though risk research has focused on potential\nrisks of nanomaterials for humans and the environment for more than 15 years,\nthere are still no clear answers. Materials such as graphene or CNTs offer\nlarge economic potential but are also suspected to bear risks for humans and\nthe environment when present in certain forms or via certain exposure pathways.\nThe article examines the risks for human and occupational health as well as for\nthe environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to\nrisk research, the regulatory landscape concerning nanomaterials is still in\nflux. While there are many regulations on nanomaterials, most are not specific\nto them and their special characteristics. Furthermore, there exist fundamental\ndifferences between international rules on nanomaterials (e.g. between the\nEuropean Union and United States of America). In light of the increasing spread\nand use of nanomaterials, the large number of possibly affected people and the\nincreasingly litigious behavior, products with nanomaterials can easily and\nreadily become a real insurance liability for producers and insurances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nsustainable use of nanomaterials and nanoproducts is certainly desirable and\ncan be facilitated by a comprehensive risk analysis. For this, the article\nfinally captures three important points for businesses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Proactive\nidentification of hidden risks for new materials<\/li><li>Promotion\nof risk expertise and risk management systems<\/li><li>Performance\nof proactive monitoring (risk-radar)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Die-Versicherungspraxis-12.2018-Beitrag-Christoph-Meili.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The entire article is available (in German only) here: Die Versicherungspraxis 12.2018 Beitrag Christoph Meili<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">360\u00b0\nMonitoring-Tool for Emerging Risks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Emerging\nRisks are new or rapidly changing risks with a high uncertainty concerning its\nimplications, occurrence and extent of damage. This includes risks from the\ntechnology sector, such as cyber- or nano-risks, as well as risks to health or\nthe environment. The 360\u00b0 Monitoring-Tool was developed in cooperation with\ninsurances and enterprises. It is based on the analysis and evaluation of\ncurrent, scientific and regulatory data. Risks are analyzed and evaluated in\nregards to several single criteria including regulatory risks, customer risks,\nagent risk, as well as cumulative risk potentials. The risks are categorized\ninto classes and visualized as a profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more on the 360\u00b0 Monitoring-Tool, please visit:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/kompetenzen\/risikomanagement\/risikomanagement\/\">http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/kompetenzen\/risikomanagement\/risikomanagement\/<\/a><br> or contact: <a href=\"mailto:christoph.meili@innovationsgesellschaft.ch\">christoph.meili@innovationsgesellschaft.ch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last edition of VersicherungsPraxis, the journal of the general association of policyholders (GVNW) a report of Christoph Meili on the riskmanagement principles of emerging materials was published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":16386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16393,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16390\/revisions\/16393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/innovationsgesellschaft.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}