Business Continuity for Resilient Jobs
Nestlé
Description
Local communities and enterprises often struggle to
maintain jobs and assets when facing recurrent disasters. The side event will showcase how jobs can be recovered following a disaster though preparedness. Such preparedness is also core to business continuity planning.
Several elements play a pivotal role in better preparedness among collaborating stakeholders, above all:
innovation and the cultural change that accompany all transformations. The side event will demonstrate the importance for entrepreneurs and workers to take active part in preparedness plans and to develop suitable business continuity plans along the supply chain to be activated when a disaster strikes.
The development of preparedness plans, helps define the risk that might affect businesses and also helps devise strategies to reduce disaster impacts. Panelists will discuss how to generate jobs that are more resilient; that can withstand shocks and build a better working environment, better skills, improved production, marketing and safety at work.
Lessons from sudden onset disasters will be shared showing how workers and employers can prepare scenarios and action plans that will reduce the impact of disasters and lead to a quicker recovery of business.
Recovery programmes will also be illustrated showing how new jobs can be created with limited resources with a positive impact on local communities.
Background Papers
Presentations
- Programme/List of speakers (939.85 kB)
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Small Businesses’ Resilience after the Great East Japan Earthquake (432.77 kB)
Speaker: Emiko OKUYAMA, Mayor Sendai City
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Good Food - Good Life (1.32 Mb)
Speaker: Marc Schaedeli, Head of Group Risk Management
