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title: Respond to a risk assessment
description: Conduct risk assessments to assess risks in the Operational Sustainability Management application.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Integrating Operational Sustainability Management \(formerly ESG\) with Advanced risk assessment, Integrating Operational Sustainability Management \(formerly ESG\) with other applications, Operational Sustainability Management \(formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance\)]
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# Respond to a risk assessment

Conduct risk assessments to assess risks in the Operational Sustainability Management application.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_esg.data\_owner

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Operational Sustainability Management** > **Operational Sustainability Workspace** > **My tasks**.

2.  Open the risk assessment that you want to assess and do one of the following.

    -   If you want to start the assessment, select **Let's get started**.
    -   If you think that the risk assessment must be assigned to someone else, select **Reassign** and fill in the necessary details.
    -   If this risk was previously assessed, to view the previous assessment, select **Review last assessment**.
3.  To perform inherent assessment, respond to the all inherent assessment questions.

4.  To view the qualitative and quantitative weightage, select **Overall rating**.

5.  To save and view the scores, select **Save**.

6.  To change the computed inherent risk results, do the following:

    1.  Select the **I would like to change the computed score** option.

    2.  From the **Override inherent risk** field, select the appropriate value.

    3.  Enter comments that explain the reasons for the change in the computed score.

    4.  Select **Save**.

7.  To assess the leftover risks after the implementation of mitigating controls, select **Move to residual assessment** and respond to the factors.

    You can also change the computed residual score by providing a justification for changing the score.

8.  If you want to modify the assessment, select **Edit assessment**.

9.  If you have defined approvers, then select **Review and submit**.

    The assessment home page is displayed. You can review the summary of your assessment.

10. To request approval, edit assignment, or reassign, select one of the following.

    |Choice|Description|
    |------|-----------|
    |**Request approval**|If an approver is specified, select this option to send the assessment for approval. You can also provide additional comments for the approver.|
    |**Edit assessment**|If you want to modify your responses in the assessment, select this option.|
    |**Reassign**|If the assessment must be assigned to someone else, select this option.|


**Parent Topic:**[Integrating Operational Sustainability Management \(formerly ESG\) with Advanced risk assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/environmental-social-governance/esg-risk-management.md)