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Is your business disaster proof?
When disasters strike, 25% of businesses never re-open. And 80% of those that do not recover within one month are likely to go out of business. 75% of companies without business continuity plans fail within three years of a disaster. It is a sobering picture for any CEO or corporate board.
Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response 2011 edition
Sphere Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, a 2011 revised handbook of The Sphere Project, sets out minimum standards for four sectors: water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion; food security and nutrition; shelter, settlement and non-food items; and health action.
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and the private sector
Global Hand has drafted a brief guide for business engagement with Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
OCHA Central Register
In December 1991, the General Assembly requested the United Nations to "establish a central register of all specialized personnel and teams of technical specialists, as well as relief supplies, equipment and services available within the United Nations system and from Governments and...
Updates | ReliefWeb
This useful website by ReliefWeb is a freely accessible on-line database providing information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. Depending on a country’s emergency situation, ReliefWeb may post updates on a continuous (24-hour) basis.
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)
Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) are a set of international guidelines and standards for the design, implementation and assessment of livestock interventions to assist people affected by disasters. LEGS is based on three livelihoods objectives: Providing immediate assistance to...
HAP 2010 Standard
The HAP Standard is a practical and measurable tool that represents a broad consensus of what matters most in humanitarian action. The Standard helps organisations design, implement, assess, improve and recognise accountable programmes. Being accountable to crisis-affected communities helps...
Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations
A joint project of the EFC and the US Council on Foundations (COF), the disaster response initiative sought to develop a set of principles and practical tips to guide and inform foundations and corporate grantmakers interested in becoming more effective and strategic in their responses to...
Guide for Effective Aid - Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)
The South American branch of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has prepared a set of guidelines to assist relief organisations in sending effective aid to support disasters. The guidelines advise on what a relief organisation should do immediately after a disaster. Also listed are items that...
Good Practice Reviews from the Overseas Development Institute
Good Practice Reviews from the Overseas Development Institute offers a series of good practice publications directed toward the humanitarian field.