Learning the lessons of the Crowdstrike IT outage: Dr Alexander Taylor on the resilience takeaways.

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The Crowdstrike IT outtage left companies and users asking: how resilient are the IT systems that underpin our livelihoods. The views in this article are those of the author. Resilience First welcomes contributions from a range of experts to inform our members and the wider community on how we can build more resilient systems. 

Resilience First and ICSI Announce New Strategic Partnership

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Resilience First and the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership.  The partnership will enable the two organisations to collaborate through joint thought leadership, knowledge sharing, and convening. This partnership builds on an existing collaborative relationship between the two organisations, which have worked closely for many years, including as part of the Resilience Rising network. 

London Climate Action Week Recap

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London Climate Action Week is over for another year. 

The annual festival of climate action is now a firm fixture on the global climate action agenda, harnessing the power of the people, ideas and communities in London to find solutions to climate change. 

We were pleased to see resilience continue to be recognised in the annual programme of climate events  with resilience being a theme for this year. 

Resilience First Announces New Leadership and Continuing Commitment to Building a Resilient Future

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London, 9 May 2024 – Resilience First, the world's largest business network setting the standard for resilience leadership in the private sector, is pleased to announce that current Resilience First Chair and Board Director, Rick Cudworth, has stepped into the role of Executive Director, with effect from 1st of May. 

New Leadership Principles Set a Guiding Compass for Corporate Climate Resilience Pathways Initiative

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Resilience First, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and Resilience Rising recently launched the Corporate Climate Resilience Pathways (CCRP) initiative, a multi-year effort focused on empowering companies to enhance their resilience, scale up investment in adaptation, and drive systemic transformation toward a sustainable future. Learn more about our groundbreaking set of Principles for Corporate Climate Resilient Leadership, developed with input from over 70 leading climate and corporate stakeholders.

Resilience First, Resilience Rising and C2ES Launch Groundbreaking Climate Leadership Report and Principles for Businesses

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Developed with input from nearly 70 thought leaders, the new report and principles present a bold vision for a resilient economy and are a key milestone of the Corporate Climate Resilience Pathways Initiative.

Climate change poses an urgent threat. As the backbone of the global economy, businesses play a pivotal role in driving forward resilience and mitigating the dire impacts of climate change.

The State of the Nation: Reflections on the UK's resilience with Lord Toby Harris

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On 22 February 2024, Resilience First held a 'Resilience State of our Nation' briefing, reception and private dinner with Lord Toby Harris, Chair of the National Preparedness Commission. The event was co-hosted by PA Consulting and Radisson Collection Hotel, The May Fair. These are our reflections from the evening. 

 

Looking back

Bolstering Global Resilience: The Power of Early Warning Systems

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Early warning systems play a crucial role in disaster response, minimising losses and preserving lives. Despite progress made in the past decade, less than 50% of the world's most vulnerable regions have access to such systems. Resilience First's current project aims to analyse data from the World Risk Poll to determine the factors that affect people's confidence in disaster-related information sources and their level of preparedness.

Climate resilience approaches (and budget considerations) for Chief Sustainability Officers

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It’s no coincidence that 2023 – the hottest year on record – was the year adaptation and resilience climbed up further than ever on the global climate agenda. But what does climate resilience mean at company level, and how can Chief Sustainability Officers integrate it into their work?

Bridging the gap between regulation and private sector innovation - Event Roundup

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Regulation and innovation often seem worlds apart, but last month's roundtable discussion highlighted some ways we can bridge this gap. In this article, Control Risks' Partner Jean Devlin outlined some key takeaways, including the need for strategic policy-making, the shared cost of resilience and the influential role of the private sector in regulations. Though challenges may seem daunting, the potential for unlocking competitive advantages through a whole-of-society approach to resilience holds enormous promise.

The National Risk Register; becoming a very British institution?

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Having been published since 2008, the 190-page National Risk Register (NRR) 2023, shares much in common with an older iconic institution, the ‘Shipping Forecast’. Like the Shipping Forecast, it predicts the future, its accuracy varies, it is listened to, or read, by far more people than actually understand it and ignored by millions who don’t even know about it.

From de-risking innovation to boosting adaptation and resilience, COP28 sent a clear message to risk managers

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Decarbonising the world economy is both possible and necessary, and we should approach 2024 with renewed energy about our role as enablers. Explore this insightful take on COP28 by Amy Barnes, Head of Climate and Sustainability Strategy at Marsh.

Climate Resilience Pathways: Highlights from our COP28 Implementation Lab on Enabling Private Finance for Adaptation

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Our COP28 Roundtable on Enabling Private Finance for Adaptation convened senior stakeholders from across sectors to explore the case for resilience investment, current challenges that widen the financing gap, and real-world innovative solutions that have already demonstrated remarkable success in accelerating adaptation, protecting value chains and sustaining livelihoods. Find out our key takeaways.

2023 Retrospective: Unveiling Overlooked Challenges to Resilience

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Gain insights into unaddressed risks to resilience in 2023 with a thought-provoking article authored by Dr. Chris Needham-Bennett and Garth Banks from Needhams 1834 Ltd. Working from home brought about new IT security challenges and changed the dynamics between employers and employees. Quantifying threats and incorporating them into risk registers remains difficult, prompting us to consider what other hurdles to resilience might be overlooked, such as space weather events or potential wars in Europe.