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Local Planning and Resilience

Spring Reception Recap

Resilient leaders learn, they are not born

MIPIM 2023 Round Up

Road to COP28

Whole of Society Resilience - Report summary

Resilient Leadership in a VUCA world

Supply chains and critical infrastructure: A nexus of opportunities and vulnerabilities

Engineering Leadership Group launches new Manifesto ahead of World Engineering Day

Meet our latest additions to the team

Resilience First names Rick Cudworth as new Chair

Critical Infrastructure Resilience to Climate Change

Resilience First, with PA Consulting, releases new report - Whole of society reslience: Steps to success

How to make your business resilient to supply chain challenges in 2023
A call to action for business resilience

Resilience First response to Climate Champions on COP15: Biodiversity Summit

Resilient Mindsets — for a Whole of Society Approach to Resilience

Resilience for High Performance: How to navigate burnout and retention challenges in an economic slowdown

Professionalising Purpose

The UK Government publishes a Framework for Resilience
The Cabinet Office has just published the UK Government Resilience Framework.
The document is based on resilience in six key areas: Risk, Responsibilities and Accountability, Partnerships, Community, Investment and Skills.

Implications for businesses from the Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry

Business Resilience on Industrial Sites

Resilient Urban Growth – the Greater Manchester challenge

COP27 in Review

Action Agenda Launched for City & Business Leaders Tackling the Climate Crisis

Launch of New Series of Scientific Reports to Inform & Increase Urban Climate Action

Why we should all be concerned about ‘white gold’

How businesses can embrace EVs in their sustainability efforts

Are we in for unrest?

Climate Adaptation in the UK – what it means for business

A Resilient World? | The Lloyd's Register Foundation 2021 World Risk Poll Findings
Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF) launched its latest world risk poll at Climate Week in New York in September.

Learning from the Pandemic – were we prepared?

Covid-19 - How to ride the storm and thrive – a business perspective
When the pandemic hit in early 2020, many organisations both in the public and private sector were taken by surprise, despite years of warning signs. Some companies were able to ride the storm because of their preparedness, so how did they thrive where others failed?

Changing work practices and how to cope

Resilience First names Martyn Link as new Executive Director

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Greater Manchester – a model for resilient urban growth?

What your lunch can teach you about resilience

Collaboration is the key to building climate resilience – Resilience First heads to CW NYC 2022

Taylor Swift, Aston Villa, and lessons in ESG

4 Lessons from the Russian/Ukraine conflict

Resilience First joins ICSI's Board of Directors

IPCC SUP Global Dialogue Convening Wrap-up
Last week the team at Resilience First, along with a selection of our Champion Members took part in the IPCC SUP Global Dialogue Convening, contributing to future climate action for urban investment worldwide.
Tony Travers, Director of LSE London ended the forum with a thought-provoking speech which highlighted how the increasingly unpredictable climate presents a real test for all cities.

Building Climate Resilient Cities with IPCC AR6 Summary for Urban Policymakers Global Convention
The first-ever Red Extreme Heat warning was issued in the UK last Friday (15th July) by the Met Office as temperatures were expected to reach 40C in London on Monday and Tuesday. Such temperatures make it extremely challenging for cities and society to cope.

How to talk in the sweltering heat

Reducing Carbon for SMEs
There are many reasons for wanting to reduce the carbon emissions from your business. It can enhance your reputation and keep you on the good side of your customers. It can save you money or prepare you for future government policies and regulation. Or, of course, you might just worry about the effects of global warming like the rest of us and want to do your bit.

Resilience First launches NEDs Guide to Operational Resilience

BSI's new infographic on net zero standards

London Prepared: A city-wide endeavour

New Report from Resilience First Explores Whether Businesses are Adequately Prepared for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Can business help cities connect to their food?

Why Modern Slavery is a resilience issue for your business

The next big economic shock?

Building Business Resilience to Fire
Fires in business premises are thankfully not common. However, we always need to be prepared for the unthinkable.

Disrupting global supply chains

Building Resilience – Fire Protection Association podcast

UK government pushes ahead with new energy strategy – what can business expect?

How to Deliver on ESG Expectations?

Finding innovation to support resilient infrastructure

Resilience First reviews latest pressures on UK hospitality sector: What does UK hospitality need to become more resilient?

World-leading engineering firms join forces to advance infrastructure sustainability, resilience and climate action

Levelling up through business resilience

Green Bonds - the need to address climate change

The March newsletter is now out!

Summary for Urban Policymakers

Emotional resilience – a continuing journey

Early warnings: learning lessons

Resilience First launches ground-breaking Resilience Self-Assessment Tool

Resilience – from acorns grow

The February newsletter is now out!

RESILIENCE RISING – A NEW GLOBAL NON-PROFIT CONSORTIUM

Converting warnings into actions

Protect Duty - a further step to legislation

The rapid advance of AI

Holding back the water

A valuable contribution to building a resilient society

December's newsletter is now out!

The Defence contribution to resilience

Watch out for these risks in 2022

Our CEO, Michael Rooney, reflects on Resilience First at COP26
As with any other year, COP26 has not been without controversy. From charges of a locked-out Global South to ableism to the high carbon footprint of the conference menu, COP26 has attracted significant criticism in the media and on social channels. It’s difficult, too, not to come to the conclusion that the COP has largely become a PR circus, as actors across governments, NGOs, and activism jostle to advance their respective climate change agendas.

Day Four of Resilience First at COP26
Our final event in our series of fringe events last week at COP26, in partnership with The Resilience Shift and Wood, was Wednesday's Business Leaders Roundtable Dinner Discussion on Climate Resilience Leadership: The New Competitive Advantage.

‘Whole of Society’ – the civic dimension
Partnering with Purpose

Day Three of Resilience First at COP26
Our third day in Glasgow, and it was great to see a fantastic turnout for our second fringe event during COP26, Race to Resilience Breakfast Briefing – A Business-led Climate Resilience Initiative: Turning Aspirations into Action.

November's newsletter is now out!

Day One of Resilience First at COP26
This momentous COP26, we’re delighted to be in Glasgow with our series of fringe events, exploring the challenges and opportunities for business to step up and take the necessary action to protect people and the planet.
Enhancing Defence’s Contribution to Societal Resilience in the UK

Economic crime – a continuing cause for grave concern

October's newsletter is now out!

Resilience – it comes with a price tag

Consequences of Kabul

Re-emergence Guide: Building small business resilience
Something to watch!
A Citizens' Army - the ELSC

September's newsletter is now out!
Terrorism – past, present and future
Response to Call for Evidence for the Integrated Review

A second review of London's preparedness to tackle terrorism

If crisis or war comes

Resilience Realized
Emotional resilience: lessons from the real world

National Resilience: preparing for future challenges

Ransomware takes off

July newsletter is now out!
What NEDs should know
How is Covid-19 impacting UK energy prices?
Technology and decarbonisation

UK Coastal Community Resilience

Improving stakeholder value – a point of view
Reliability, resilience and sustainability in electricity supply

Hybrid Working
Following the Resilience First report, in partnership with Russell-Cook, on ‘Flexible Working - the hybrid office’, the ICAEW – an Associate member of Resilience First – has published three articles on the nature of the office of the future and the way we manage the workforce:

The June newsletter is now out!

The May newsletter is now out!

Black, grey and white swans

Prospects for a civilian reservist cadre

What does a national resilience strategy look like?

What are the decarbonisation opportunities for the aviation sector and which technologies can help?

April's newsletter is now out!
Resilience reimagined: a practical guide for organisations

What are the decarbonisation possibilities for the manufacturing sector and which technologies can help?
The UK's Integrated Review

Embrace ports resilience to advance decarbonisation, says new Resilience Shift report

What are the decarbonisation opportunities for the rail sector and how can technology help?

What are the decarbonisation issues faced by cities and how can technology help?
Flexible Working Guide Part 2: What happens now?

March's newsletter is now out!

World's largest resilience business network joins forces with leading think tank for the resilience of critical infrastructure
Today marks a milestone in confronting emerging global economic, environmental and technological transformations.
What is the military leadership model?

NPC Report: Lessons from the Millennium Bug
A Guide to Agile Working

February newsletter out now!

London's Green Recovery
A new vision of risk and resilience

National Risk Register 2020 - a critique
The National Preparedness Commission

Transitioning from risk to resilience

December/January newsletter out now!
Empowerment – it does work

A new serving suggestion for 2021

Volunteering makes for resilient communities

Resilience First's Guide to Flexible Working (Part 1)

Flood Action Week, 9-15 November

UK terrorism level increases to 'Severe'

November newsletter out now!

The Skills Challenge
Building a resilient state
Whither the office?

Secure supply chains are critical to ensure resilience

October newsletter now out!

Can we expect social unrest on top of the pandemic?

Preparing to mitigate extremism and terrorism
Avoiding the hard rain

Adapting to change

September newsletter now out!
Accelerating Digitisation

Changing behaviours following Covid-19

The prospect of social unrest

Agile resilience: lessons from Covid-19

Explosions - learning the lessons

August newsletter is out now!

Covid-19 is not the only thing that should be worrying the C-suite

National resilience – what does it mean?

Update 20 - Coronavirus: Progress in sovereign resilience

A green resilient recovery

July newsletter is now out!

New world of work

A second wave?

Safer public places

Who’s best positioned for a post-pandemic business recovery?

The stormy season begins

Facing a hot summer

Leadership in crises

June newsletter is now out!

Resilience Guide for Our New World

NIC Report - Anticipate, React, Recover: Resilient infrastructure systems
Educating the next generation

Mental Health Awareness Week 2020

Updating national preparedness – a point of view

Update 18 - Coronavirus: A new resilient normal

May newsletter is now out!
Protect Duty

Update 17 - Coronavirus: Looking back and forward

Update 16 - Coronavirus: an alternative future (a viewpoint)

Update 15 - Coronavirus: the after-effects of pandemics

April newsletter is now out!

Update 14 - Coronavirus: useful guides for business

The US warns that terrorist attacks have not gone away

Update 13 – Coronavirus: leadership of a crisis

Update 12 - Coronavirus: advice from police and fire services

Are you ready for home working?

Update 11 – The Coronavirus: the macro and the micro

Update 10 – The Coronavirus: willing and able

Update 9 – The Coronavirus outbreak: insurance considerations

Latest news from the police

Flybe is no more

Update 8 – The Coronavirus outbreak: the value of communities

March newsletter is now out!

Update 7 - The Coronavirus outbreak: fear, risk and response

Flooding brings a mental health cost

Guide to Emotional Resilience

Update 6 - The Coronavirus outbreak: guidance to business from PHE

Update 5 – The Coronavirus outbreak: is a pandemic getting closer?

Another type of corona

Update 4 - The Coronavirus outbreak: UK planning assumptions

Climate change and adaptive measures

Launch of the Property Flood Resilience Code

Update 3 - The Coronavirus outbreak

Lessons learnt: improving resilience in the utilities sector

Dealing with terrorist incidents

February newsletter is out now!

Update 2 - The Coronavirus outbreak

The Coronavirus outbreak - Lessons from SARS/MERS for business
Introduction
The outbreak of the Coronavirus (designated WN-CoV or 2019-nCoV) originating in China is viewed in the UK as a high-consequence infectious disease and a 'moderate' health risk. It is being carefully monitored by the World Health Organization (WHO) which has now declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. (See Useful References below.)

Resilience and deterrence

Major incidents: the unique challenges to emotional resilience

A time to review threat levels - a think-piece by Resilience First

Travelex - Learning the lessons


Flood Action Week, 20 - 26 January 2020

Are we facing another SARS-like epidemic?

Resilience will pervade the 2020s

Emotional resilience (2)

'Our house is burning'

The Queen's Speech 2019

Police offer free counter terrorism training

Report on Earth Ex III 2019

December/January newsletter is now out!

Another terrorist incident at London Bridge

Emotional resilience

Resilience First's election manifesto

Healthy and resilient communities - a flu campaign

Counter-Terrorism Preparedness Network

Pool Re launches latest terrorism update and Solutions product

Martyn's Law: A protect duty for public venues

NCSC launches its 2019 annual report

Floods: 2007 and 2019

Learning Lessons

Terrorism threat level is reduced to 'Substantial'

November newsletter now out!
The November edition of the Resilience First newsletter, with the theme of 'Learning Lessons', includes features on:

What makes terrorist organisations resilient?

Cold comfort in power loss

Keeping Safe - Grab the bag

Agility within Airport Business Communities

Power Outage on 9 Aug 2019 - Impact on Essential Services

Resiliency, Redundancy and Brexit

October newsletter now out!

Lessons from a crisis

Airports – the new centre of attention
With the collapse of Monarch in 2017 and now the demise of Thomas Cook, the travel industry – and particularly airports – is facing unprecedented pressures. The return of around 150,000 passengers to the UK, known as Operation Matterhorn, is the largest repatriation since WW2. This will place strains on airlines and airports alike: both need to demonstrate resilience.

National Infrastructure Commission's Resilience Scoping Study Report

Making communities resilient

September newsletter out now!

The Japanese experience

Power down, power up

Beyond risk management: developing alertness, resilience and adaptability


Top CSOs reount their experiences

Adapting to survival is taking off


London Climate Action Week, 1-8 July

Showing leadership in the resilience of airports and airfields


City resilience – a new British Standard/Guide

Trust is a vital component of resilience

Making our airports and airfields resilient

Watch the video - Resilience, risk and reward: what businesses think

Flooding - Learning the Lessons

Resilience First gains Cyber Essentials status



Enhancing resilience in Fitzrovia through local plans

Building the future: three ways Intel looks at resilience

Supply chain resilience: event report


Pandemic - it hasn't gone away

February newsletter out now!

Setting the resilience standard

Is the Prime Minister the definition of resilience?

Resilience Shift confirmed as founding champion

What kids can teach us about resilience

Taking responsibility

Positive decision making

Do you hear what I hear?

December's newsletter out now!

The importance of planning

"We are much more effective together"

The ‘prepared mind’ at a time of crisis

Appointment of Chief Resilience Officer for London

Four key steps to be flooding ready

Keeping our feet dry: resilient to Hurricane Michael

Fitzrovia pilot project update


Causes, consequences and people

Resilience First welcomes Budget measures to help the high street

Learning from nature: lessons for resilience

Critical Conversations with IFSEC


Community resilience: a new social contract?

Are we ready if the lights go out?

Keeping the lights on: resilience in the electrical supply

Newsletter out now!

Cyber Resilience starts with objective insights

Resilience in action: Fitzrovia



Buddy, can you spare a dime? Where are the investors in the resilience of South East infrastructure?
The Indepen Forum on 10 July 2018 will cover issues of resilience in the infrastructure of the south east of England and the role investors can play.

CT Summer Security
Staff at the UK’s biggest summer events are to be trained in how to react in the event of a terrorist incident as part of Counter Terrorism Policing’s second annual ‘Summer Security’ campaign.

The Global Village – London’s community resilience and lessons from elsewhere
Marshall McLuhan coined the term “the Global Village” over half a century ago. The inference was that everywhere had become our neighbourhood. Through media coverage of other countries we know something of what it is like to be threatened by ISIS, to suffer extreme weather or to be exposed to fallout from a nuclear accident. In effect, what happens “over there” doesn’t stay over there. We cannot insulate ourselves from the dynamics that affect resilience elsewhere in the world.