UNISDR UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction [to 7 November 2015]
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Selected Press Releases

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New private sector alliance gets down to business
LONDON, 6 November 2015 – The new UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, or ARISE, got to work today as members set out their ambition to help the business world rein in the impact of natural and man-made hazards.

ARISE’s freshly-elected board co-chair Mr. Oz Ozturk said its members – 100 to date, and growing — aimed to play a key role in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a wide-ranging, 15-year agreement adopted by the international community in March this year.

“There’s a real focus on programmatic outcomes. People really want to see projects being delivered, that are creating value both for the private and public sector,” said Mr. Ozturk, a partner at global consultancy PwC…

ARISE’s two-day founding meeting, which began on Thursday, drew dozens of delegates from companies, industry and business bodies, and research organizations from across the world. The alliance plans to set up regional and national chapters in order to drive action on the ground…

ARISE combines and consolidates two previous UNISDR programmes: the Private Sector Partnership, which was the main advocacy group highlighting solutions for resilience and disaster risk-sensitive investment, and the R!SE initiative, mainly oriented towards projects on making investment more resilient…