The latest resilience news from around the world
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Pacific Rim economies’ exposure to the increasing threat of natural disasters has provided impetus for governments and the private sector to jointly address the need for more robust safeguards in the region.
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In the first article in a three-part series looking at ‘people and resilience’, Paul Kudray explores the professional resilience perspective: what do we think we should be doing?
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The Business Continuity Institute recently published a very welcome positioning statement, looking to set out its view on organizational resilience. In this article David Honour, editor of Continuity Central, looks at the statement and invites business continuity and resilience professionals to have their say.
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A new report ‘Enterprise Resilience: A business imperative for an era of change’ summarises the results of a survey conducted by PwC on behalf of London First.
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In the final article in his series on organizational resilience, Robin Robin Gaddum looks at the strategic value of resilience; why this is important; and how to embed organizational resilience into strategic programmes.
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Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has released the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during January 2016.
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FEMA has published a document detailing the US National Planning System. It aims to support capability building capability and the integration of National Preparedness System planning efforts across the whole community, including all levels of government, the private sector and with non-governmental organizations.
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The ISO 22316 ‘Security and resilience: guidelines for organizational resilience’ standard, which is under development, has moved into a new phase.
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Porto Alegre Mayor José Fortunati and chief resilience officer Cezar Busatto have unveiled the first city resilience strategy in Latin America. The strategy, a joint effort between the city and 100 Resilient Cities, proposes 69 projects across Porto Alegre’s 17 individual districts.
