A strategy playbook for disaster and climate resilient supply systems

This report outlines a practical strategy playbook designed to help businesses strengthen the resilience of their supply systems to climate‑ and disaster‑related risks. Drawing on more than a decade of research and engagement with companies across the Americas, it explains why multi‑actor, system‑wide approaches are essential for safeguarding production, logistics, and trade in an era of escalating climate impacts. The publication details the barriers that prevent companies, particularly small and medium‑sized enterprises, from adopting effective disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation measures, and it presents a structured set of components for mapping risks, improving information flows, understanding system thresholds, and coordinating action across diverse organisational contexts.

The report recommends that companies prioritise collaboration, shared learning, and long‑term investment in resilience rather than relying on fragmented, reactive approaches. It encourages businesses to build multidisciplinary teams, establish clear communication channels, and create shared inventories of practical solutions that reflect real operational needs. Lessons learned emphasise the value of combining technical tools with social learning, supporting smaller suppliers, and aligning adaptation actions with financial and operational realities. The playbook ultimately calls for coordinated, multi‑actor strategies that enable supply systems to anticipate risks, reduce vulnerabilities, and innovate continuously—laying the groundwork for more resilient industries, communities, and trade corridors in a changing climate.