Corporate Chief Resilient Officers (CCROs) Network
The UNDRR-convened network of Corporate Chief Resilience Officers (CCROs) intends to advance the resilience of businesses to disaster, and hence the one of society as a whole. The network will gather key senior experts from 10 to 20 large multinationals to share, establish, and disseminate good practices internationally.
Why enterprise resilience is important?
Resilience is vital for any enterprise to survive and thrive in a complex and volatile environment.
This ability to adapt and grow amid challenges is not only beneficial for the enterprises themselves but also extends to impact all their stakeholders and surrounding communities.
So, where to start?
Resilience Maturity Assessment (REMA) Tool
Assess your organization's resilience using this tool. This maturity model can be applied to micro, small, medium, and large enterprises.
Take a step back and assess six operational elements that are recurrent in resilience practices and can be used as foundational “pillars” for assessing enterprise maturity.
Then, build upon this assessment to implement suggested improvements adjusting to your specific context.
Members
The CCRO network will have members covering diverse sectors such as technology, financial services, health care, etc. These members are expected to have a combined workforce of 1.26 million people across several countries in the world.
“Private sector leadership is vital to advance sustainable development and fight the existential threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.”
- António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, 2023
“Investing in resilience helps prevent and curtail economic, environmental and human losses in the event of a crisis, thereby reducing human suffering and protecting development gains.”
- UN Common Guidance on Helping Build Resilient Societies, 2021
The private sector at the cornerstone of sustainable development
“Business, professional associations and private sector financial institutions, including financial regulators and accounting bodies, as well as philanthropic foundations, to integrate disaster risk management, including business continuity, into business models and practices through disaster-risk-informed investments, especially in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (p. 23).”
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
