The Role of the Risk Manager in the Context of Sustainable Development - A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

The implementation of ESG strategies is a key task for risk managers in organisations that have implemented or are implementing sustainability principles. Indeed, risk management is a process designed to support the achievement of an organisation's objectives by exploiting potential opportunities and minimising the impact of potential risks. The implementation of sustainability principles in an organisation influences the principles and manner of risk management and the role of risk managers. The aim of this article is to identify the actual state of knowledge about the role of the risk manager in organisations where sustainability principles have been implemented, and to identify directions for future research. A systematic literature review using bibliometric analysis performed with VOSviewer software was used to achieve the objective. The subject of the review was English-language scientific articles indexed in the SCOPUS database. Knowledge on the role of the risk manager in sustainable organisations and future research directions were identified. The findings presented can be used by theoreticians for further research, as well as by practitioners wishing to improve the role of the risk manager in sustainable organisations.

Keywords: Risk manager, Sustainable development, Bibliometric analysis, Keyword co-occurrence, Author analysis, Thematic-cluster analysis, VOSviewer