{
  "id": 9530998,
  "title": "ORC intensifies risk awareness to strengthen resilience",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/orc-intensifies-risk-awareness-to-strengthen-resilience",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T09:31:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/orc-intensifies-risk-awareness-to-strengthen-resilience/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has ramped up its efforts to bolster risk management across its directorates and zonal offices, urging employees to take ownership of risks and act proactively. This was emphasized at the opening of the 2026 Risk Awareness Week in Accra on September 22, with the theme \"Building a Risk-Smart ORC: Strengthening Resilience, Accountability and Service Excellence.\" The week-long programme, running from September 22 to September 25, aims to deepen staff understanding of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and foster a culture where risks are identified early, openly discussed, and managed before they negatively impact the organization's operations and service delivery.\n\nORC's Registrar, Mrs Maame Samma Peprah, stressed that risk management is crucial to the organization's mandate and must be a shared commitment from all staff. Effective risk management should transcend individual departments and involve every employee across all directorates and zonal offices to protect the organization's resources, reputation, and ability to deliver quality services. Mrs Peprah emphasized that staff must identify risks that could disrupt operations, erode public confidence, or hinder the ORC's achievement of its objectives. She urged risk owners and champions to understand the risks associated with their areas of responsibility, ensure controls and mitigation measures are implemented, and maintain active risk discussions.\n\nThe Head of Internal Audit and Risk Coordinator, Mr Prince Kakah, highlighted the Governing Board's commitment to integrating Enterprise Risk Management into daily operations. He stressed that this commitment extends beyond merely having policies and documents; instead, it requires risk awareness to influence how staff plan, execute, and evaluate their duties. Mr Kakah explained that the Risk Awareness Week was crafted to promote awareness and equip staff with practical knowledge of risk management through various activities, including an opening ceremony, directorate risk engagements, a health, wellness, and organizational resilience talk, a risk management educational symposium, and an awards ceremony. The latter will recognize staff and teams exemplifying strong risk management practices in their work. The final event aims to reinforce the message that risk management is a collective responsibility, necessitating accountability in decision-making, safeguarding the ORC's mandate, and enhancing service delivery.",
  "summary": "The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has intensified efforts to strengthen risk management across its directorates and zonal offices, urging staff to take ownership of risks and act proactively to prevent them from affecting the organisation’s operations and service delivery. The call was made at the opening of the 2026 Risk Awareness Week … The post ORC intensifies risk awareness to…",
  "key_points": [
    "ORC intensifies risk awareness with 2026 Risk Awareness Week",
    "Focus on building resilience, accountability, and service excellence",
    "Week includes risk management educational symposium and awards ceremony"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}