Respond to a risk assessment

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

Before you begin

Role required: sn_esg.data_owner

Procedure

Navigate to All > Operational Sustainability Management > Operational Sustainability Workspace > My tasks.
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.
To perform inherent assessment, respond to the all inherent assessment questions.
To view the qualitative and quantitative weightage, select Overall rating.
To save and view the scores, select Save.
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.
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.
If you want to modify the assessment, select Edit assessment.
If you have defined approvers, then select Review and submit.

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

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

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title: Respond to a risk assessment
description: Conduct risk assessments to assess risks in the Operational Sustainability Management application.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/environmental-social-governance/respond-to-a-risk-asmt.html
release: brazil
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
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** &gt; **Operational Sustainability Management** &gt; **Operational Sustainability Workspace** &gt; **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/brazil/markdown/environmental-social-governance/esg-risk-management.md)