Includes bibliographical references and index.

The resilience action initiative: an introduction / Maike Böggemann and Norbert Both -- A pragmatic frame to explore resilience / Marco Albani and Roland Kupers -- A resilience lens for enterprise risk management / David N. Bresch, Jaap Berghuijs, Rainer Egloff and Roland Kupers -- Multi-sector collaboration for resilience / Mark Smith -- Building resilience through teamwork Seven tips to make it work / Marco Albani and Kimberly Henderson -- The case for green infrastructure / Neil C. Hawkins and Glenn Prickett -- Nexus! Resilience in a pressure cooker / Herman van der Meyden -- Getting to resilience from the bottom-up / Thekla Teunis -- Corporations and Resilience / Simone Arizzi, Maximilian Egger, Dawn Rittenhouse and Peter Williams.

The ever tighter coupling of our food, water and energy systems, in the context of a changing climate is leading to increasing turbulence in the world. As a consequence, it becomes ever more crucial to develop cities, regions, and economies with resilience in mind. Because of their global reach, substantial resources, and information-driven leadership structures, multinational corporations can play a major, constructive role in improving our understanding and design of resilient systems. This volume is the product of the Resilience Action Initiative, a collaboration among Dow, DuPont, IBM, McKinsey en Company, Shell, Siemens, Swiss Re, Unilever, and Yara designed to explore possible corporate contributions to global resilience, especially at the nexus of water, food and energy. Aggressively forward-thinking, and consistent with an enlightened self-interest, the ideas considered here represent a corporate perspective on the broad collaborations required for a more resilient world.

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