Private sector

Sendai-based Meishin Transport Co., Ltd. offers a clear example of how a local food logistics and general cargo provider is building resilience to safeguard critical supply chains.

Tohoku Boring Co., Ltd., based in Sendai, Japan, demonstrates how even a small business of 46 employees can move from reactive response and recovery to proactive resilience, benefiting both the business and the wider community.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in disaster supply chains has expanded sharply in recent years, with new research identifying it as a key driver of resilience in the face of rising global disruptions.

Shinwa Kogyo Co., Ltd., a construction company based in Sendai, Japan, offers a compelling example of how direct disaster experience can catalyze meaningful change.

With public resources stretched thin and declining in relation to climate change adaptation, bridging this massive financial shortfall will increasingly depend on unlocking the vast, untapped potential of private capital.

ARISE Philippines has commenced its 2026 Hands-Only CPR Campaign, reinforcing private sector engagement in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and contributing to national resilience-building efforts.

Joel Johannes-Gold, Nicola Ranger and Anne Marie Eikeset present a new framework designed to estimate the financial impact of nature-related shocks on individual companies, and the results from a pilot study.