From Strategy to Structure: Leveraging ReMA and BRI for Organizational and Asset-Level Resilience

Background

In the face of escalating climate and disaster risks, both the public and private sectors are under growing pressure to assess and strengthen their resilience. The UNDRR-supported Corporate Chief Resilience Officers (CCRO) Network and the International Finance Corporation (IFC)—through its Green and Resilient Buildings team—are joining forces to showcase two complementary tools that help organizations and developers assess and advance their resilience journey:

• Building Resilience Index (BRI): A free, science-based, self-assessment tool developed by IFC to evaluate and benchmark the resilience of individual buildings based on hazard exposure and design features.
• Resilience Maturity Assessment (ReMA): A qualitative and strategic tool designed to help organizations (including private sector companies, utilities, and others) understand their current resilience maturity and identify pathways for improvement.

Together, these tools form a comprehensive roadmap: ReMA identifies strategic and organizational gaps, while BRI helps implement tangible improvements at the asset level.

Objectives

• Introduce the ReMA and BRI tools to resilience officers, sustainability managers, developers and investors, city and infrastructure planners, private sector SMEs, and other organizations
• Highlight how ReMA and BRI complement each other in the resilience planning and implementation cycle
• Share use cases and potential pilot opportunities for joint application
• Encourage participants to engage with the CCRO network, IFC platforms, and the ARISE Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies for further support and visibility