Businesses today are especially vulnerable to extreme weather and other natural disasters, as recent flooding in North Carolina, Louisiana, the northern UK, and Chennai demonstrates. And there’s no end in sight: The frequency and severity of disasters will continue to increase due to more volatile weather, rising sea levels, and increasing urbanization. These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world.
Small and Young Businesses Are Especially Vulnerable to Extreme Weather
Research on 950 businesses in the New York area one year after Hurricane Sandy.
November 23, 2016