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The sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk significantly in the last decades. The transport pattern has as a result partly changed with more traffic in remote areas. This change may influence on the risk pattern. The critical factors are harsh weather, ice conditions, remoteness and vulnerability of nature. In this paper, we look into the risk of accidents in Atlantic Arctic based on previous ship accidents and the changes in maritime activity. The risk has to be assessed to ensure a proper level of emergency response. The consequences of incidents depend on the incident type, scale and location. As accidents are rare, there are limited statistics available for Arctic maritime accidents. Hence, this study offers a qualitative analysis and an expert-based risk assessment. Implications for the emergency preparedness system of the Arctic region are discussed.

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There is a growing interest in sustainability reporting and its practices. Worldwide, this interest is especially urgent in hazardous industries where serious accidents have grave economic, social, and ecological impacts. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill triggered discussions of regulation and safety issues in oil companies which highlighted the complexity and risks of operations in the oil industry. Oil companies are called on to be transparent and accountable to the public regarding their corporate social responsibility; they are expected to disclose information regarding oil operations safety, including spill prevention and response plans. Existing sustainability reporting standards suggest a way for presenting sustainability performance information for stakeholders. Research literature focuses on industrial challenges and criticizes the current sustainability reporting initiatives for providing guidance of too generic a character. This article focuses on the question of how sustainability reporting represents oil operation safety issues. The study provides an overview of the current global sustainability reporting guidelines and analyzes how they recommend focusing on safety issues and response plans. The study discusses whether sustainability reporting frameworks are a useful platform for providing information about the oil companies' safety.

In this paper we focus on managerial roles and structuring mechanisms within the crisis preparedness system. We elaborate on the challenges of crises management in complex and volatile environments. The coordination and control mechanisms are of importance to safeguard operations including joint operations including several preparedness institutions, especially in cross-border cooperation. We include examples from the maritime Arctic. This paper contributes to the crisis management literature emphasizing the relations between context, managerial roles and the organizational structuring mechanisms needed to facilitate the interplay between several emergency response actors.