Large businesses are increasingly exposed to natural hazards and "super disasters". Their growing footprint means that value chains are becoming not just more exposed but also create new vulnerabilities. Today, many companies are engaging in enterprise risk management initiatives to address a number of critical business risks. But natural hazards and disasters are not an integral part of these yet. At the same time, governments are interested in providing resilient environments for businesses while ensuring that business investment does not increase national and community disaster risk.
