In January, global packaging company Amcor was hearing reports of a coronavirus spreading in China, where it has six manufacturing sites. In February, Amcor activated its Global Crisis Response team. Amcor’s VP EHS, Jim Keith, shares what the packaging leader has learned so far from managing through a global pandemic.

ISHN interviewed a score of EHS professionals to learn and share with you critical crisis practices that must be executed with careful thought and planning, and at the same time with urgency and speed. It’s an unprecedented challenge. Here are 12 ways pros are rising to the occasion.

“Today we’re going to talk about something bigger than PPE, policies and practices. Something we’ve never discussed before. Can’t really fit it into a toolbox. It’s called life.

There’s an increasing rate of change in the weather right now. From hurricanes to earthquakes to tropical storms, they are all a force of direct urgency with consequences on both commercial and social aspects.

Imagine a house fire. It is the middle of the night and you are awakened by the fire alarm, the smell of smoke and an overwhelming fear.

In the Crisis Management Guidebook, 45 top communications experts from corporations, agencies and nonprofits explore innovative developments in crisis management. This guidebook includes first-hand experiences on issues ranging from internal communications to social media tactics to handling the press.