Effective management of
disaster risk and opportunities
R!SE – ADB Knowledge Partnership Week
Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities
Technology showcases and networking for Disaster Risk Management
May 20, 2015
*Companies included: ABB; ARUP; BG; Citi; GE; HCC; HIRCO; Hitachi; IHG;
Nestlé; NTT East; Roche; SPCL; Walmart
“The more governments, UN agencies, organizations, businesses and
civil society understand risk and vulnerability, the better equipped they
will be to mitigate disasters when they strike and save more lives”
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
Surveying to understand why the private sector hasn’t
engaged in DRM
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Survey* indicated that needed to be:
1. “clear value proposition/business case for investing in
prevention rather than just responding”
2. ways to engage private sector in "tangible, concrete
projects and actions”
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Engage major institutional investors
such as sovereign wealth and pension
funds to consider disaster risk in their
investment portfolios.
Alliance to unlock public/private DRM potential
Support the private sector in
developing improved disaster risk
management capacities.
Support the development
of improved risk metrics for
business and economic
forecasting.
Support the development of
voluntary industry standards for
disaster risk management.
Support academic institutions, training
centers and courses and business
associations in improving their curricula
on business risk management.
Support local business
communities and government
departments to increase disaster
resilience in their municipalities
and cities.
Facilitate joint learning in support of the United
Nations system’s efforts in building resilience to
disasters and climate risks. It will be an opportunity to
exchange lessons from practical experience of the
public and private sector and access relevant tools
and instruments developed in R!SE.
Increase access to optimal and
sustainable disaster insurance
to the wider global community,
particularly in emerging
economies.
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R!SE - a new alliance between six collaborating communities
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BostonECR
St Pete’s, Tampa, OrlandoECR
New Orleans / Gulf CoastCRC + Small business fragility assessment + Green infrastructure
Mexico CityECR
MedellinECR
Rio de Janeiro Insurance database
Cape TownECR
AmadoraScorecard
Manchester Scorecard
ParisECR
BogotáECR
CaliECR +
JeddahECR
CoimbatoreECR
Bandung, JakartaECR
Manila, Tacloban, MakatiECR, Green Infrastructure
MandalayECR
Tokyo, Yokohama, IwakiECR
Gold CoastScorecard
Istanbul, ECR
LimaMining supply chain resilience assessment
Live R!SE Contributors and Endorsing
Organizations Programs, Projects and
Opportunities
Enhancing City Resilience (Scorecard,
Simulation, Benchmark)
Community Resilience Coalitions
ECR
CRC
VictoriaECR
Silicon Valley, CAGreen Infrastructure
Mato GrossoAgroforestry
RandoniaAgroforestry
R!SE
Cities programs, projects and opportunities
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ADB Regional R!SE Launch Event
February 26, 2015 – multi-sector participants
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