RMS Partners with 100 Resilient Cities

RMS and 100 Resilient Cities have formed a partnership that will allow cities in 100RC Network to access the RMS(one) exposure and risk management platform as well as RMS catastrophe models to help them make well-informed decisions about managing and mitigating natural hazard risk.

RMS has joined a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action through the partnership with 100RC, pledging to address this global challenge.

According to a company release, 100RC aims to help 100 cities around the world build resilience to shocks such as catastrophic events, as well as chronic stresses such as climate change. It is providing cities with funding to hire a chief resilience officer, assistance in establishing and implementing a resilience strategy and access to technology and expertise from a select platform of partners.

"We're excited to welcome RMS as the newest partner to the 100 Resilient Cities program," said Michael Berkowitz, president of 100 Resilient Cities. "Natural catastrophes are a major driver of risk for many of the cities we are working with, and RMS' models and technology will enable them to better understand that risk as the foundation for achieving resilience."

San Francisco will be the first city in the 100 Resilient Cities program to take advantage of RMS models and technology.

"In San Francisco, we have already made a significant investment in modeling expected losses from future earthquake scenarios, which has informed multiple public policy decisions. These include innovative legislation passed in 2013 to mandate the retrofit of soft-story wood frame structures, which modeling identified as one of the greatest sources of potential loss of life as well as potential loss of housing units in a future event," said Patrick Otellini, chief resilience officer for San Francisco. "RMS's science and technology will enable us to use modeling more dynamically to improve our understanding of risk, to analyze the benefits of potential mitigation investments and to respond effectively to actual events."

RMS models and software help financial institutions and public agencies evaluate and manage catastrophe risks throughout the world, promoting resilient societies and a sustainable global economy.

100 Resilient Cities, Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation is financially supported by The Rockefeller Foundation and managed as a sponsored project by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides governance and operational infrastructure to its sponsored projects.

More Information:

http://www.rms.com

http://www.100resilientcities.org

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