The COVID-19 pandemic is a fluid situation organisations must deal with. The time for readiness has passed and response mechanisms are now in overdrive. For some this will mean returning to the classic principles of understanding the nature of uncertainty and risk, and a need to rebuild those mechanisms from the ground upwards.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on workers in global supply chains. Businesses must not lose sight of their business and human rights commitments as they manage their response to the pandemic.

The one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games is another in an increasing list of cancellations of a large-scale sporting event and will have ramifications for businesses and organisations.

Control Risks’ analysts assess that the proliferation of COVID-19 cases around the world could proceed according to the following scenarios, with a range of business, economic, security and geopolitical impacts.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues businesses and organisations are in various stages of crisis response or recovery across the globe. Regardless of which stage you are at right now, there is a growing body of knowledge and lessons learned that can help your crisis response.