Publications
Featured Publications
Latest Publications
25 June 2021
On 6 April 2020, Vanuatu was hit by a category 5 Tropical Cyclone Harold with sustained winds of more than 200 km/h, while the region was already dealing with COVID-19. The Vanuatu Business Resilience Council (VBRC) responded to this disaster while under pandemic lock-down conditions.…
21 June 2021
The Situational Reports (SitReps) for COVID-19 present a brief overview of key figures such as the status of COVID-19 cases as well as the latest policies in CBi Member Network countries.
The SitReps also include CBi Member Network and private sector response, feature private…
14 April 2021
The Connecting Business initiative (CBi) Progress Report provides an overview of the achievements in 2020 and results of the CBi Annual Survey.
CBi supported private sector networks around the world to strategically engage the private sector in disaster management. All CBi Member…
01 April 2021
This paper outlines recommendations from the Connecting Business initiative (CBi) Secretariat to the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on International Displacement with a focus on leveraging private sector contributions to addressing internal displacement (i.e., the thematic…
12 February 2021
This Connecting Business initiative (CBi) report presents the importance of gender in private sector and disaster management, as well as the interconnections between these themes.
The document is a shared effort based on the knowledge of a large variety of experts and actors. It…
18 August 2020
On 4 August 2020 at approximately 18h00 local time, a warehouse at the Beirut Port containing large quantities of ammonium nitrate exploded. After an initial explosion, a subsequent blast caused widespread destruction, with reports of damage more than 20 kilometers from the port
area. The…
09 June 2020
On 11 March 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 was a pandemic. WHO called all partners to seize the window of opportunity and act immediately to assist all countries to rapidly detect, diagnose and prevent the further spread of the…