Risks & Controls

Risk Management

An integrated model to identify, assess, mitigate and monitor risks across all business dimensions: strategic, financial, operational, compliance and ESG. 

MESA supports a governed, traceable and timely approach to risk management, overcoming siloed logic and data fragmentation and enabling a unified view at board level. 

In a context where financial, operational, regulatory, cyber and ESG risks are increasingly interconnected, risk management requires a single architecture: reliable data, structured governance and fast decisions, supported by advanced insights. 

Grafico MESA Enterprise Risk Management — mappa rischi finanziari, normativi ed ESG

Problem

Managing risk without integrated visibility

For the board and top management, the challenge is to have a process that makes risks visible, correlated and manageable in a timely way. 

The different risk domains – strategic, financial, operational, compliance, cyber and ESG – are often managed separately, with non-integrated tools and data.
The process is fragmented: manual updates, unreconciled information and the lack of a single source of data limit the capacity for analysis and response. 

Growing regulatory complexity and evolving risks (e.g. cyber, supply chain, sustainability) make the model reactive, hardly predictive and difficult to keep audit-ready. 

How MESA responds

An integrated and governed risk management process

MESA enables an end-to-end process that covers the entire risk lifecycle and integrates the different types (strategic, financial, operational, compliance, cyber, ESG), ensuring traceability, data consistency and decision support.

MESA translates risk appetite into operational thresholds and KRIs, integrating scenario analysis (including AI-assisted) and a dynamic risk register covering all risk categories. 

MESA integrates controls, workflows and audit trails into a single system, providing visibility over overall exposure and the interdependencies between risks. 

MESA automates the collection and reconciliation of data from existing systems, creating a single reliable source and monitoring mitigation plans with traceable progress.

MESA enables consistent and verifiable reporting, integrated across financial, ESG and regulatory dimensions, supporting internal and external stakeholders.

Business Value

Generating value from an integrated risk management process

Adopting MESA turns risk management into an integrated, traceable and decision-oriented process. 

Solutions

Enabling an integrated Enterprise Risk Management framework

MESA offers a set of integrated solutions covering the entire risk management process, from planning to governance, through to operational execution and reporting. 

Enterprise Risk Management

Integrated risk register for financial, operational, regulatory and ESG risks, with risk appetite and scenario analysis.

Integrated Risk Management

A consolidated, cross-functional view of the different risk domains (financial, tax, compliance, ESG) for the board and top management.

ESG Risk Management

Climate, reputational and value-chain risks integrated into the ERM framework with AI-assisted scenario analysis.

Third Parties Due Diligence

Continuous assessment of partners and counterparties for integrity, reputational and compliance risks.

By Function

Supporting business functions in integrated risk management

MESA enables a Risk Management process that supports the various functions with reliable data, traceable governance and operational insights. 

Finance

Oversees financial risks (liquidity, credit, market) with traceable data and support for planning and capital allocation decisions.

Sustainability

Integrates ESG risks into the overall model, supporting impact analysis and disclosure.

Risk

Manages an integrated framework across all risk categories, with continuous monitoring, KRIs and predictive analytics.

Compliance & Internal Audit

Ensures traceable, audit-ready controls over regulatory and compliance risks, simplifying reviews and reporting.

Platform fit

Integrating risk management into the existing architecture

MESA integrates with existing systems without replacing them, enabling a centralized and consistent risk management process based on data already available.

Rapid implementation

A configurable approach that allows functions to activate workflows, KRIs and dashboards without complex operational dependencies.

Enterprise security

High standards and full traceability throughout the process, supporting audit and governance requirements in regulated environments.

Evoluzione e scalabilità

Continuous adaptation to regulatory requirements and to the expansion of the risk perimeter, without redesigning the process.

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