"We want to get into a discussion of what businesses can do in terms of scenario planning; prevention; embedding yourselves locally in the countries in which you operate; creating responsible citizenship so that you feel that you're part of the community and not the target of it; having a plan for business continuity; dealing with data availability issues and requests from governments for that data; deciding how you're going to position yourself regarding financial transactions..."

"I think an aspect that we have to think and worry about in the future is chemical, biological, and radiological, possibly nuclear-related terrorism. There is no question that al-Quaeda since its inception has had a strong interest in these technologies. And I think I would argue that a terrorist movement with a clear political agenda would not, in the majority of cases, consider moving in this direction..."

"Of equal complexity is the question of measuring security effectiveness and efficiency. At present, this is a critical question for any security department. Budgets are increasing. Boards are having to take a keener interest in the security subject, because there's much more accountability and measurements being demanded by regulating authorities, by stakeholders, by shareholder, and obviously by governments..."

"The core of the problem is that pandemics face us all with a series of dilemmas. In business, the first problem you have is that you want to be able to reassure your consumers, you want to be able to reassure your employees, but you don't want to begin to take on a series of excessive legal or moral obligations by doing so. You also want to be able to maintain the efficiency of your operations while building in the redundancy necessary to deal with the effects of pandemics..."

"Engagement by business cannot be a luxury. It is perhaps the most important factor in the global preparation and response to the threat of pandemic influenza. Three very strong reasons why corporations should prepare are, number one, to protect society. If businesses fail, the impact of a pandemic will only be compounded. Number two, for their employee safety and well-being, and number three, to reduce the corporate exposure to this risk."

"Last week an institutional investor group got together and issued a new global framework for disclosure on climate risk. And it asks for a far more rigorous and transparent approach about assessing strategic climate risk, about looking at physical impacts of climate risk across company operations. And I think that sense that climate risk represents a fundamental business issue and a fundamental strategic issue will continue to build..."

"To help us understand our total risk exposure and then to help us prioritize effectively, we need a comprehensive view of the lifecycle of risk, from risk identification and assessment to risk quantification and prioritization, and finally to risk treatment. Step back and evaluate all your processes, your supply chain, your distribution networks, your fixed assets, your labor force..."