Better Decisions on Risk Capital and Human Capital for Food Agribusiness and Beverage

Better Decisions on Risk Capital and Human Capital for Food Agribusiness and Beverage
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Better Decisions on Risk Capital and Human Capital for Food, Agribusiness and Beverage

Navigating a New Era of Volatility and Unpredictability

Change and uncertainty are well-understood operating conditions for organizations in the Food, Agribusiness and Beverage (FAB) sector. However, the industry now finds itself operating in a new era of unpredictability. Today, the current frequency, severity and volatility of risk are unlike anything businesses have ever seen. Against a backdrop of volatile commodity prices, labor costs and foreign exchange, FAB organizations are deploying cost containment strategies to optimize operational efficiency and protect profit margins.

Food, Agribusiness and Beverage In Focus

To navigate the challenges created by these global forces and capitalize on opportunities, leaders must set a new standard in agility and innovation, prioritizing a long-term and cross-functional approach to risk management and workforce development.

  • 60%

    In early 2025, food price inflation exceeded overall inflation in 60% of the 161 countries where data is available.

    Source: World Bank (1)

  • 35%

    of FAB businesses have no incident response plan and 46 percent aren’t utilizing secondary data centers as part of their data protection strategies.

    Source: Analysis of U.S. Ransomware and CyQu Data for 2024 (FAB Industry), Aon (2)

  • 73%

    Percent of FAB employees who would be willing to sacrifice existing benefits for a better choice of benefits.

    Source: Aon (3)

Solutions For Food, Agribusiness and Beverage

At Aon, we’ve been on a decade-plus journey to connect our global capabilities, so we can address our clients’ top priorities more effectively. Through our global expertise across two key areas of need ― Risk Capital and Human Capital ― our clients are better advised within, and across, their risk and people strategies.

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    Having the right people in the right jobs at the right time is vital to business success. We partner with clients to give them the data and expertise they need to attract and retain a winning workforce.

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    To manage the threats to business operations posed by supply chain disruption - and importantly from secondary risk events such as reputational risk, companies need to be able to navigate risk events from across their extended supply chain ecosystem.

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  • Risk Financing

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Better Decisions on Risk for Food Agribusiness and Beverage

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Long-term strategies to build sustainable growth and stability

Change Requires Cooperation and Collaboration

Facing the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow in food, agribusiness and beverage means continuing to move away from reactive and cyclical short-termism. Instead, progressive leaders in this space should seek collective, big thinking and lean on strong partners who can ensure they are better informed in their pursuit of cost-optimization, sustainability and change.

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(1) World Bank
(2) Analysis of U.S. Ransomware and CyQu Data for 2024 (FAB Industry), Aon
(3) Aon