Worry over next global chemical crisis
ALMOST A third of businesses are poorly prepared for the next global chemical crisis, neither are they prioritising crisis management as part of their future risk strategies, according to a study from Chemtrec.
Almost a third of businesses (28%) under-prioritise their chemical emergency response and crisis management, with 63% being coordinated by management or department teams rather than at a c-suite level (19%) and less than 3% of organisations employing a full-time crisis management professional.
In ranking their organisations preparedness for a crisis out of 10, where 10 is the most prepared, 17% gave their companies a score of five or lower.
Amidst a series of environmental crisis’ such as the recent oil spill in California and the hacking of Colonial Pipeline Co’s systems, which resulted in a pipeline shutdown and subsequent gas shortages across several states, emergency preparedness and crisis management is coming under greater scrutiny, more so as the world delegations met at the UN’s COP26 conference.
Chemtrec surveyed crisis leaders across their broad customer base, including chemical producers, logistics partners and end users, to determine the level of crisis readiness globally.
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