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The Global Risks Index Indices · Build · on: studio project created

Build a custom index in Index Studio

Compose an index for a portfolio, sector, city or supply chain on the Indicator Standard grammar, with the same uncertainty, tests and provenance as NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) itself.

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Page GRX-JRN-BUILD-INDEXEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Jobs 9Values not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
on: studio project created · Build a custom index in Index Studio9 jobs · 2 gates · 5 checks
  1. Define scope and question instant
  2. Select indicators self-serve
  3. Licence and coverage gate automatic
  4. Harmonise and impute 1 hour
  5. Normalise, weight and aggregate self-serve
  6. Uncertainty: 1,000 draws 1 hour
  7. Validation suite 1 hour
  8. Method review 5 days
  9. Publish to your tenant instant

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Build a custom index in Index Studio

Compose an index for a portfolio, sector, city or supply chain on the Indicator Standard grammar, with the same uncertainty, tests and provenance as NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) itself.

on: studio project created

Build a custom index in Index Studio

In progressTriggered by You9 jobs2 approval gates2 matrix jobs5 checks1 deployment

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05Construct
06Construct
07Hlola
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09Ship

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Timeline
Job0 d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 dTarget
Define scope and questionYouinstant
Select indicatorsYouinstant
Licence and coverage gateNXS-GRX run serviceinstant
Harmonise and imputeNXS-GRX run service1 h
Normalise, weight and aggregateYouinstant
Uncertainty: 1,000 drawsMonte Carlo engine1 h
Validation suiteNXS-GRX run service1 h
Method reviewIndex editors5 d
Publish to your tenantNXS-GRX Platforminstant

End to end on the longest path: about 5.1 d of proposed target service levels. Gates wait for the people named; bars with a fading end have no fixed length.

Steps
  1. Define scope and question

    Scope · You · instant
    Entities: countries, ADM areas, sites or assets · Question and decision the index serves · Risk-chain components to cover
    Index Studio
  2. Select indicators

    Scope · You · self-serve
    Search 451 indicator definitions · Add your own indicators · Polarity and unit checked
    Index Studioindicator standard
  3. Licence and coverage gate approval

    Data · NXS-GRX run service · automatic
    Each input’s licence checked for the use · Coverage per entity measured · Gaps flagged, never zero-filled
    Licence registerPostgreSQL ledger (row-level security)
  4. Harmonise and impute matrix · indicators × entities

    Data · NXS-GRX run service · 1 hour
    Units and periods aligned · Flagged imputation only at indicator level
    NXS-GRX run serviceindicator standard
  5. Normalise, weight and aggregate

    Construct · You · self-serve
    Normalisation per indicator · Expert or statistical weights · Geometric, arithmetic or penalised aggregation
    Index StudioTested model kernels
  6. Uncertainty: 1,000 draws matrix · 1,000 draws

    Construct · Monte Carlo engine · 1 hour
    Weights, normalisation and imputation varied · 90% intervals and class probabilities
    Monte Carlo engine
  7. Validation suite

    Test · NXS-GRX run service · 1 hour
    Internal coherence · Sensitivity (Sobol) · Correlation with established indices · Leave-one-out stability
    Verification engineTested model kernels
  8. Method review approval

    Test · Index editors · 5 days
    Method and tests reviewed · Disposition recorded
    PostgreSQL ledger (row-level security)
  9. Publish to your tenant

    Ship · NXS-GRX Platform · instant
    API endpoint and tiles · Dashboard and embeds · Model card
    Private tenant (row-level security)Public cut APIVector tiles
Artefacts
Artefact Job Who Isigaba
Studio project Define scope and question You Ububanzi
Indicator set Select indicators You Ububanzi
Coverage report Licence and coverage gate NXS-GRX run service Idatha
Harmonised panel Harmonise and impute NXS-GRX run service Idatha
Method record Normalise, weight and aggregate You Construct
Draws file with seed Uncertainty: 1,000 draws Monte Carlo engine Construct
Validation report Validation suite NXS-GRX run service Hlola
Review note Method review Index editors Hlola
Index endpoint Publish to your tenant NXS-GRX Platform Ship
Model card Publish to your tenant NXS-GRX Platform Ship
DoneIn progressWaiting for approvalQueuedApproval gateMatrix jobTest jobDeploymentYou are here
Compose an index for a portfolio, sector, city or supply chain on the Indicator Standard grammar, with the same uncertainty, tests and provenance as NXS-GRX itself. The canvas shows where a request stands at the marked job; it is illustrative, not the status of a real request. Durations are proposed target service levels. Select a job for its steps, the people who act, the technology it runs on and what it produces.
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11 components

Each job names the component it runs on; open a job on the canvas for its steps, checks and artefacts.

Index Studioindicator standardLicence registerPostgreSQL ledger (row-level security)NXS-GRX run serviceTested model kernelsMonte Carlo engineVerification enginePrivate tenant (row-level security)Public cut APIVector tiles

Part of NXS-GRX Indices: The global composite, twenty domain indices, specialised series, country and subnational profiles, and custom indices built in Index Studio on the same grammar.

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Isimo

The methodology, structure and definitions of The Global Risks Index are a preparatory working draft (2026), circulated for review and comment and not for implementation. No value appears until an edition is released from a governed evidence cut; values then carry intervals, classes, sources and their correction pathway. Simulators run the published methods on numbers you choose and never show a NXS-GRX value.

Lokho i-NXS-GRX engeyikho

I-NXS-GRX iwulwazi locwaningo nokuhlaziywa kobungozi. Akusona isilinganiso sesikweletu noma se-ESG futhi ayisebenzisi sikali sokulinganisa, akusona isilinganiso samathuluzi ezimali, akuzona izibalo ezisemthethweni, akusona isixwayiso esiphuthumayo noma ukuhlukaniswa okusemthethweni, futhi akusona iseluleko. Akumele isetshenziselwe ukuhlola abantu ngabanye. Izigaba zobungozi ziyimigoqo esikalini esishicilelwe, akukaze kube ukulandelana kwamazwe noma kwabantu.

Izikhungo nemithombo

The Nexus Consortium is stewarded by three independent not-for-profit institutions: The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), through GCRI US in Washington, DC and GCRI Canada in Ontario, with GCRI Canada as Lead Institution, Consortium Secretariat and lead contracting organisation; The Global Risks Forum (GRF); and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA). Technology, infrastructure and service providers work with the Consortium at arm’s length under written agreements, like every other external party in the public-private-planet model, and hold no role in its stewardship.

Every value carries the attribution of its sources, which keep their own licences. External names are cited for interoperability only. Nexus-authored text is intended for CC BY 4.0 on release.

Avis en français

La méthodologie et les définitions du NXS-GRX sont un projet de travail préparatoire (2026). Le NXS-GRX est une information de recherche et d’analyse des risques : ni notation, ni indice de référence financier, ni statistique officielle, ni alerte, ni conseil. Les classes de risque sont des bandes sur une échelle publiée, non des classements.