Risk governance · art. 716a and 810 CO · Swiss SMEs & mid-sized companies

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Risk map
Helvetia Métal SA · 2026-Q3 · residual risk
demonstration
Impact.
R-04R-09
R-01R-03
R-02R-06R-07R-08
R-05
RareLikelihood →Almost certain
9 risks2 above appetite8 open actions
The Swiss legal framework

A duty of the board of directors, not optional good practice.

The overall management of the company, financial control and the overall supervision of the persons entrusted with managing the company are non-transferable and inalienable duties of the board of directors (art. 716a para. 1 CO). Since 2023, it must also monitor the company's solvency (art. 725 CO). It may assign the preparation or the monitoring of certain matters to a committee, but the duty remains its own and it must ensure appropriate reporting to its members. RiskBoard produces a dated, quantified risk report, drawn up by your risk manager — one of the documents the board relies on to exercise its supervision.

A reminder of the framework, not legal advice: the exact scope of your obligations depends on your legal form, your audit regime and the specific legislation of your sector.

Art. 716a para. 1 and 2 CO
Company limited by shares (SA / AG)

Overall management, financial control, overall supervision of the persons entrusted with managing the company: duties the board of directors can neither delegate nor relinquish. It may assign the preparation and implementation of its resolutions, or the monitoring of certain matters, to committees or individual members; it must ensure appropriate reporting to its members.

Art. 725 CO
Solvency monitoring

Since 1 January 2023, the board of directors must monitor the company's solvency and act with the required urgency if the company is at risk of becoming insolvent. An explicit monitoring duty, one that names a risk; it also applies to the limited liability company (art. 820 CO).

Art. 810 para. 2 CO
Limited liability company (Sàrl / GmbH)

The managing directors have analogous non-transferable duties: overall management, financial control, supervision of the persons who are delegated management responsibilities.

Art. 961c para. 2 no. 2 CO
Ordinary audit

Notably where two of the three thresholds are exceeded in two successive financial years (balance sheet total CHF 20 million, sales revenue CHF 40 million, 250 full-time positions on annual average — art. 727 para. 1 no. 2 CO), the management report provides information on the conduct of a risk assessment, and the external auditor verifies whether an internal system of control exists, not the way the board of directors manages the company (art. 728a para. 1 no. 3 and para. 3 CO).

Art. 754 CO
Directors' liability

Directors and managing directors (art. 827 CO) are liable for losses caused by an intentional or negligent breach of their duties. A dated register and a report drawn up under a named author trace the information the board had at its disposal and the decisions taken; they do not exclude liability.

Three steps, from the shop floor to the boardroom.

01
Record

A structured register: likelihood × impact, gross and residual, owner, controls. Scales anchored in francs and in frequency — the assessment becomes reproducible.

02
Prioritise

The 5×5 risk map places every risk and draws the boundary of the appetite set by the board. Whatever crosses it calls for a decision — automatically.

03
Decide

The board report is generated: quantified summary, decisions requested, action tracking. Ready to attach to the notice of meeting.

The scales, as delivered
The same in the assessment form and in the appendix of the report
Impact · amount, disruption, exposure
  1. 1
    Negligible< 50 kCHF
    Less than CHF 50'000 · no significant operational disruption · no external impact.
  2. 2
    Minor50–200 kCHF
    CHF 50'000 to 200'000 · disruption of less than 2 days · isolated customer complaint.
  3. 3
    Moderate0.2–0.5 MCHF
    CHF 200'000 to 500'000 · disruption of 2 days to 1 week · complaint from a major customer.
  4. 4
    Major0.5–2 MCHF
    CHF 0.5 to 2 million · shutdown of 1 to 2 weeks · regional press coverage · investigation by an authority.
  5. 5
    Critical> 2 MCHF
    More than CHF 2 million · shutdown of more than 2 weeks · national press · business continuity at stake.
Likelihood · frequency of occurrence
  1. 1
    Rare> 10 years
    Less than once in 10 years · no known precedent in the industry.
  2. 2
    Unlikely5–10 years
    Once every 5 to 10 years · precedent known elsewhere in the industry.
  3. 3
    Possible3–5 years
    Once every 3 to 5 years · has already occurred in a comparable company.
  4. 4
    Likely1–3 years
    Once every 1 to 3 years · has already occurred in the company.
  5. 5
    Almost certain≤ 1 year
    At least once a year · occurrence expected during the financial year.

A deliverable you will not be ashamed of

Cover page, executive summary, risk map, detailed register, decisions requested with approved / refused / postponed boxes, action tracking and an appendix of scales. The PDF goes into the board pack, next to the audited accounts.

Quantified summary5×5 risk mapDecisions requestedAction trackingAppendix of scales

The same document as a PDF: “Export as PDF” button on the sample page — A4 format, cover page, footer on every page.

Sample · demonstration data

Confidential — for the exclusive use of the board of directors

Helvetia Métal SA · Industry / precision machining

Risk report to the board of directors

Q3 2026

Prepared by C. Berger, Head of Risk

Figures calculated from the risk register — no automatic drafting.

1. Executive summary

The register holds 9 risks: 0 critical, 2 high, 7 medium, 0 low. 2 risks above the appetite set by the board (net level ≥ 12) — decision required (§4).

Priority risks

  • R-01Information system outage (ransomware)12 · High
  • R-03Customer concentration (38 % of revenue)12 · High
  • R-05Supply disruption (steel, single supplier)9 · Medium

Helvetia Métal SA · Risk report 2026-Q3 · Confidential — for the exclusive use of the board of directors

Every figure can be defended before your audit committee.

Anglo-Saxon GRC suites sell you an AI that “writes” your analysis. We do the opposite: rankings, trends and thresholds are calculated, traceable, reproducible. You sign a document you can explain, line by line.

CalculatedTraceableReproducibleNo AI-written text
Legal obligation · LAA / OPA · CFST directive 6508

From CFST directive 6508 to the boardroom.

A log of accidents and near misses, frequency and severity rates calculated the SUVA way. Entered once by your safety officer, they feed the OHS section of the board report — no double entry. Health and safety ceases to be a separate file: it becomes part of your risk governance.

Incident logFrequency / severity ratesLost daysCorrective actions
Frequency rate
88.1
lost-time accidents / M h
Severity rate
0.4
lost days / k h
Accidents (2026-Q3)
2
of which 2 with lost time
Near misses
1
reported, with no lost time
The publisher

Who is behind RiskBoard

RiskBoard is published by Jaures Adjamonsi, a sole proprietorship established in the canton of Vaud. He holds a degree in finance, with a specialisation in finance and controlling, and works in risk management in the Swiss financial sector — credit insurance and reinsurance.

During the pilot, he is the one who migrates your register, configures your settings and answers your questions — not a customer service department.

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Each organisation sees only its own data — strict isolation at database level (RLS), verified by security review. Your risk register is your most sensitive document: it is treated as such.

Independent director · fiduciary · auditor

Do you hold several mandates?

Your client companies have no risk manager: you are the one keeping their register, mandate after mandate. Today, one RiskBoard workspace corresponds to one organisation. The cross-company view does not exist yet — tell us what you would need.

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Simple pricing, designed to get started.

Based on the size of your company. Annual subscription, all included: register, risk map, OHS module, unlimited reports.

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CHF 290
per month, billed annually
  • 1 organisation
  • Register + OHS + unlimited reports
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CHF 590
per month, billed annually
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  • Migration of your existing register included
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250+ employees, multi-site
On request
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