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Risk management
The successful management of a broad definition of risk from
counterparty to credit to political to product defines the success
of our business. We constantly strive to reduce the nature and
level of all the risks we face.
Offsetting risk is central to what Trafigura does; and we
consider our continued investment in market-leading risk management
systems as vital to preserving our competitive advantage.
Trafigura has invested substantially in a bespoke, IT-based
system, which integrates information from all our activities and
provides a real-time, transparent tool to monitor and adjust
operations according to the environment.
Information services are key to Trafigura’s success, and the
Group has well-defined IT security, business continuity and
disaster recovery plans in place.
A culture of risk awareness runs through all of Trafigura’s
business activities, with traders operating within clearly defined
risk parameters.
A full risk review is undertaken for all new clients,
counterparty credit limits are monitored throughout, and
independent risk specialists evaluate and report trading
exposures.
For Trafigura, strict risk management is not a restriction but a
business opportunity.
Responsibilities
Trafigura’s impact on the global economy is a positive one; our
responsibility is to the communities in which we operate, our
customers, our suppliers and employees.
As physical traders whose success rests on long-term ownership
of assets, supporting local communities is essential to our
business. Our community involvement programme will bring together
the contributions that Trafigura already makes under a more
cohesive group framework.
Our business also benefits from our commitment to training,
including the Fast Track scheme, which aims to fulfil the potential
of promising Trafigura employees from all backgrounds and ensures
that we maintain our proud record of ethnic and cultural diversity
in management positions.