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Chronic Hazards

everbridge

Four steps for organizations to proactively address chronic hazards Global climate change continues to have a profound impact on businesses worldwide, with chronic hazards such as flooding, wildfires, and extreme weather conditions posing a significant risk to industries.

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Acute hazards & expanding ESG regulations: how organizations can succeed in the face of new challenges

everbridge

Acute hazards pose a significant threat to organizations, as they can disrupt business operations, endanger employees, and lead to substantial financial losses. This is particularly pertinent given the growing threat of climate change, which is likely to increase the frequency and severity of acute hazards.

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New GAO Report on Earthquakes

Recovery Diva

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program helps U.S. Such an assessment could help the program more strategically address inconsistencies in how states, localities, territories, and tribes mitigate earthquake risks. [ Earthquakes: Opportunities Exist to Further Assess Risk, Build Resilience, and Communicate Research.

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Coordinating Emergency Response and Business Continuity in Manufacturing

Plan B Consulting

These plans might not always be referred to as emergency response plans; they could be called incident response plans, major incident response plans, or hazard plans. Many manufacturing sites have hazardous materials on-site, which, in the event of an incident, could impact their staff or even the local community. Casualty Management.

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These 8 Risk Domains Are the Meat and Potatoes of Risk Management 

MHA Consulting

As a practical activity, enterprise risk management (ERM) centers on eight distinct risk domains, some strategic and some operational. Strategic : Involves assessing risks that may impact the achievement of long-term organizational objectives, guiding decision-making and strategic planning.

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Business Continuity and Risk Management

BCP Builder

Business Continuity Management Business Continuity Management is a tool that reacts when there is a business disruption, while Enterprise Risk Management is a strategic tool used by management to accomplish its business objectives. A generic “all hazards” plan ensures continuity regardless of the cause of the disruption.

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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans

Plan B Consulting

Secondly, the ISO 22361, which will be titled ‘Crisis Management – Guidelines for a Strategic Capability’. In both documents, I and a number of others are pushing the concept that there should be scenario-specific plans, at a crisis or strategic level. We have, for a long time had scenario-specific plans at the operational level.