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Business Continuity Management in China enters a standard-based era

07 Sep 2009
British Standards Institution China and Global Data Solutions Ltd have signed China’s first BS 25999 certification contract.

Pandemic planning and your Supply Chain

01 Sep 2009
If nothing else, the H1N1 virus has to make us realise how much we depend on the supply chain and how vulnerable that supply chain is in reality. We may very well develop and implement the best of pandemic plans for our organisation; we will never be totally sure how well our critical supplier will be prepared, even if they think they are.

Everyone is a winner: Business Continuity

31 Aug 2009
BSI produced this short film for the launch of the new online BSI BS 25999-2 Business Continuity Self-assessment toolkit

Global Climate Change agreement replacing the Kyoto Protocol

10 Aug 2009
This December the world has an other opportunity to reach consensus about climate change. Agreement will be made about the new protocol that will replace the Kyoto protocol. Leaders from all over the world will meet in Copenhagen and discuss the greatest challenge of our time - climate change.

Do something different with the British Red Cross – practice disaster management

22 Jul 2009
The British Red Cross has been running the Disaster Response Challenge since 2004. The next Disaster Response Challenge will take place 11-13 September 2009 in Hampshire, UK.

Still time to reduce risks associated with potential swine flu pandemic

10 Jul 2009
Organizations still have time to put in place a Business Continuity Management (BCM) system ahead of a possible winter flu pandemic, according to the British Standards Institution.

Business Advisory Network for Flu meeting

09 Jul 2009
The UK government’s Civil Contingencies Secretariat provided an update on 'Swine Flu' in the UK and their current approach to the disease.

Business continuity discussed in House of Commons

03 Jul 2009
The issue of business continuity with particular regards to the small enterprise community in UK has been the subject of questions in the House of Commons.