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The Costs of Terrorism, Crime, and Violence to Canadian Business: Findings From the 2011–12 Global Competitiveness Report

The World Economic Forum ranks countries on various factors affecting competiveness. This briefing looks at how Canada fares against comparator countries on indicators relating to the business costs associated with terrorism, crime, and violence.

Briefing | 12 pages | January 2012
Jessica Edge, Douglas Watt | The Conference Board of Canada

Health and Safety—Views From the Top: An Interview With Stephen Jones

This series of executive action briefings, produced by the Conference Board’s Senior Executive Health and Safety Leadership Charter Initiative, is intended to promote health and safety in Canadian organizations and build senior leadership engagement.

Executive Action | 6 pages | October 2011
Frances Phillips | The Conference Board of Canada

Preparedness in the Private Sector – 2011

This report is based on a survey of executives regarding their companies’ resilience planning and security planning. The survey asked about companies’ levels of physical security, IT security, business continuity, crisis management, and pandemic planning.

Report | 44 pages | October 2011
Daniel Sandy Bayer | The Conference Board, Inc.

Achieving Resilience: A Systems Approach

A new approach to emergency preparedness is oriented toward systems and seeks resilience based on the realization that it is impossible to protect communities and organizations against crisis in a vacuum.

Executive Action | 7 pages | October 2011
Linda Corman | The Conference Board, Inc.

Achieving Resilience: Planning for Flexibility during Crisis

Planning and preparation are as essential as ever, but now they must be flexible, incorporating the capacity to respond to unique developments in a crisis.

Executive Action | 7 pages | October 2011
Linda Corman | The Conference Board, Inc.

Achieving Resilience: Establishing Networks—Before the Crisis Comes

Having a network in place in advance of a crisis can provide a critical boost to achieving resilience.

Executive Action | 6 pages | October 2011
Linda Corman | The Conference Board, Inc.

It’s All About You: Building Capacity in Cyber Security

This report identifies and provides ideas on building the kind of knowledge and understanding that we require to effectively contribute to our own personal digital security as well as that of organizations and nation-states.

Report | 60 pages | September 2011
Bjorn Rutten | The Conference Board of Canada

Beyond Sandbagging: Building Community Resilience to the Impacts of Climate Change

Learn how a greater emphasis on adaptation and building resilience at the local level and within communities can help to mitigate the impacts of a changing climate for Canada.

Report | 46 pages | August 2011
Stefan Fournier | The Conference Board of Canada

Health and Safety: Views From the Top—An Interview with Jacynthe Côté

This series of executive action briefings, produced by the Conference Board’s Senior Executive Health and Safety Leadership Charter Initiative, is intended to promote health and safety in Canadian organizations and build senior leadership engagement.

Executive Action | 6 pages | July 2011
Frances Phillips | The Conference Board of Canada

Learning from H1N1: Transformation, Integration, and Collaboration

Lessons and best practices identified by Canadian organizations and subject matter experts from the 2009 H1N1 pandemic that can be used to enhance corporate and community resiliency in the face of a future pandemic or emergency.

Report | 48 pages | July 2011
Andrew Archibald, John Neily, Nicole Stewart | The Conference Board of Canada

Health and Safety: Views From the Top—An Interview With Jim Kellett

This series of executive action briefings, produced by the Conference Board’s Senior Executive Health and Safety Leadership Charter Initiative, is intended to promote health and safety in Canadian organizations and build senior leadership engagement.

Executive Action | 6 pages | April 2011
Frances Phillips | The Conference Board of Canada

Converging Physical and Information Security Risk Management

Traditionally, physical and information security have operated in their own silos with separate teams and different risks, processes, and budgets.

Executive Action Report | 6 pages | February 2011
Conference Board Inc., New York | The Conference Board, Inc.

Responding to Hurricanes: Lessons for Emergency Preparedness

This Executive Action includes issues and checklists for companies who are preparing their own response plans.

Executive Action Report | 9 pages | February 2011
Conference Board Inc., New York | The Conference Board, Inc.

Preparedness in the Private Sector - 2010

This report analyzes the findings of a 2010 survey on business security, and compares them to findings from prior surveys in 2007 and 2009. In 2010 a component to measure integration of the security function with enterprise risk management was added.

Report | 38 pages | October 2010
Daniel Sandy Bayer | The Conference Board, Inc.

Security as a Critical Component of Corporate Defense

The board’s primary responsibility is to provide vision, strategic oversight, and support to a corporate defense program designed to safeguard stakeholder interests.

Executive Action Report | 10 pages | July 2010
Sean Lyons | The Conference Board, Inc.

Risk and Security in Corporate Supply Chain Networks: Moving From Operational to Strategic Concern

Supply chain risk management is a critical strategic activity that should take center stage in the decision making of any corporation.

Executive Action Report | 7 pages | June 2010
Shanthakumar Palaniswami | The Conference Board, Inc.

The Threat of a Changing Climate: The Emergency and Business Continuity Managers' Perspective

The Threat of a Changing Climate: The Emergency and Business Continuity Managers’ Perspective examines the threat of climate change and natural hazards and suggests actions to help organizations confront this threat.

Briefing | 14 pages | December 2009
Bjorn Rutten | The Conference Board of Canada

Protecting Critical Infrastructure

Much of the critical infrastructure on which the citizens of the United States and Canada depend—transportation, energy, and communications systems, among others—exists on both sides of the border.

Report | 48 pages | November 2009
| The Conference Board of Canada

Pandemic Preparedness 2009: a Call to Action

The H1N1 pandemic has taken so many unexpected twists and turns, surprising organizations with its rate of spread and its global presence. Knowing what to do to respond effectively to a pandemic is not enough. This Conference e-Proceedings will help your organization build a pandemic response plan and communicate it to employees. It also discusses supply chain protection, engaging the employee household, and the Canadian and provincial pandemic outlook.

Conference e-Proceedings | October 2009
| The Conference Board of Canada

Ready or Not: Effective Pandemic Response

The H1N1 virus is the world’s first pandemic in over 40 years and Canadian organizations must act quickly to prepare themselves for the next waves of the virus.

Report | 27 pages | July 2009
Andrew Archibald, Michael Bassett, Trefor Munn-Venn | The Conference Board of Canada

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