The key in full
Levels. Critical: acute, on the board agenda this quarter. Elevated: needs closer attention than routine. Managed: within routine oversight. Levels are Green Dolphin’s assessment of external attention on the sector, not a rating of any firm. A family sits at the level of its highest assessed topic.
Movement. Rising, Holding or Intensifying describe the trend inside a level (Intensifying when regulators moved on it more than once in the quarter). ▲▼ marks a change of level since the last edition where a family compares directly with its former domain; Regrouped and New this edition mark families that cannot be compared that way. Colour shows only the current level.
Evidence. Current development: a verified publication or event in the quarter. Standing coverage: assessed on established sources after a documented scan found no significant new development. Not assessed: left out of the family level, with the gap explained. Limited applicability: assessed, with the scope stated.
What it shows. Ten operational-risk families for the sector you choose, each opening a short list of topics, with a sector attention level: Critical (act now), Elevated (prepare: needs closer attention than routine) or Managed (monitor), and a trend within the level (Rising, Holding, Intensifying). Closer to the centre is a higher level. ▲ or ▼ on a label means the level changed since the last edition.
Levels describe external pressure. They are Green Dolphin’s read of what regulators, official bodies and Parliament have done and said in the quarter, for firms in your sector. They are not a rating of your firm.
Open a topic. Choose a starting topic, click or tap a signal, or pick from the list. The panel stays open until you choose another or go back. It starts with the level in plain terms, one leading question for your role, the evidence to request and why it matters now. Supporting detail sits in three groups underneath: prepare the discussion (follow-ups, weaker and stronger answers, further questions), evidence and examples (the main official sources, a dated example, all sources), and further detail (Green Dolphin’s fuller interpretation, a figure, proportionality, technical mappings).
Sector and role. Sector sets the levels, text and examples. Role sets the leading question and one evidence request per risk; the other evidence items are shared across roles.
Tailoring. Purpose, role and sector change which questions and starting topics you see, never the sector levels. Firm size changes only the proportionality text and the calibration note. “Add to meeting preparation” collects up to three topics for the meeting brief and does not change colours or levels. Archived editions show what was published then, and downloads follow the edition you have selected. Your choices are stored in this browser; the general share link carries none of them, the tailored link carries the settings described beside it, and feedback you choose to send goes to Green Dolphin.
What this is. A free, cited starting point for a board or committee conversation. Not advice, and not a substitute for your own risk register.