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ARISE Philippines, together with SM Prime Holdings, launched the first Hands-Only CPR Training Campaign in Cebu SM Supermalls on September 5–6, 2025, in partnership with the Department of Health–Health Emergency Management Service (DOH-HEMS), DOH Region 7 Center for Health Development, and the Cebu City Fire Station.
Update

ARISE Philippines, together with SM Prime Holdings, launched the first Hands-Only CPR Training Campaign in Cebu SM Supermalls on September 5–6, 2025, in partnership with the Department of Health–Health Emergency Management Service.

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
ARISE Philippines
ARISE Philippines, in partnership with SM Prime Holdings, convened the Incident Command System Executive Course (ICSEC) in Cebu to equip SM mall managers, ARISE Members and nearby area representatives with advanced crisis response skills last September 4, 2025.
Update

ARISE Philippines, in partnership with SM Prime Holdings, convened the Incident Command System Executive Course (ICSEC) in Cebu to equip SM mall managers, ARISE Members and nearby area representatives with advanced crisis response skills.

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
ARISE Philippines
small business
Update

The natural tendency for many small business owners [is] to be reluctant to really engage with the risks that they’re exposed to.

Grist Magazine
Small business building exterior
Update

This column examines both the direct and indirect effects of extreme temperatures on firm performance in Italy, and finds that the economic impact of climate-induced productivity shocks is substantially larger.

VOXEU/ CEPR
Credit for storm on city scape in Barcelona
Feature

The impacts of the deadly DANA storms and floods in Valencia have influenced over 40 SMEs in the Barcelona metropolitan area to take action on safeguarding their resilience by creating Business Continuity Plans (BCPs).

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
Barcelona City Council
Tech4DRR: democratizing innovation to reduce disaster risk
Press release

Tech4DRR will be launched on July 23 during a public virtual event and includes the presentation of all five chapters of the report and a high-level panel featuring representatives from international agencies, the private sector, and development partners.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Scientific and Technical Advisory Group
People walking in front of small colorful shops in Mombasa, Kenya
Update

Businesses often struggle to recover from extreme weather events and natural hazards because they are not ready. A business continuity plan outlines what is needed for a business to continue operating or resume operations after a disruption.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
Market scene
Op Ed

On Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day, SRSG Kamal Kishore suggests a five-point agenda reflecting the lived reality of small businesses to boost the resilience of MSMEs in the face of disaster risk.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Barcelona skyline
Update

Este projecto ofrece orientación y herramientas para apoyar a las PYMEs de Barcelona en el desarrollo de planes de continuidad de negocio, con el fin de reforzar su resiliencia frente a los riesgos de calor, apagones, tormentas, sequías y otros peligros.

UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Barcelona City Council
SME resilience workshop in Barcelona
Update

UNDRR is implementing a project on "strengthening the disaster resilience of SMEs" in Barcelona (Spain), Bridgetown (Barbados) and Sendai (Japan).

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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