Welcome

Richard L. Keyser
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer

The business community learned many lessons from the devastating Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Most important, we learned the tremendous difference we can make when we come together for a common cause. The U.S. private sector contributed an extraordinary $1.2 billion to Gulf Coast recovery efforts. The scale of that response shows that with increased collaboration, more can be done to help residents and communities prepare for, and recover from, the short- and long-term effects of large-scale disasters. more >>

Recent News

Despite an urgent and deepening need for relief aid in Myanmar following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, supplies and relief workers have encountered serious obstacles reaching the affected regions.

On Friday, authorities in Myanmar seized two aircraft-loads of supplies that the United Nations World Food Program, prompting the World Food Program to temporarily suspend airlifts. Attempts to airlift supplies into Myanmar will resume on Saturday, 5/9. Myanmar has now agreed to allow entry to one U.S. cargo aircraft with relief supplies on Monday, 5/12.

At this time, the American Red Cross has informed us that due to the difficulty of transporting supplies into the region, the best way to contribute to the ARC’s relief effort is to provide financial contributions to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

We will continue to monitor developments in Myanmar and provide the latest information about on-the-ground activity and urgent needs in bringing much-needed relief to the region. If you are a member of Business Roundtable and your company has responded to the cyclone, please email jennifer.yoo@edelman.com, as we are maintaining a catalog of our companies’ contributions.

Click here to see how our companies are contributing. [.xls]

 

  Best Practices

Companies engage in a wide variety of disaster response efforts, from handling a crisis that strikes the organization to helping disaster victims thousands of miles away. Learn from their unique approaches and experience. more >>

Useful Tools

From communications to tracking employees to business continuity, the right resources can make it easier to prepare for and respond to a disaster. more >>

 
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