Business Continuity Plan
How can you safeguard the continuity of your business?
An unexpected crisis situation can jeopardise the continuity of your organisation and the wellbeing of your staff. This was underlined once more by the Covid-19 pandemic. Investing in a business continuity plan can help you safeguard your most important business processes. Whatever happens, you are sure to be well prepared.
Why is a business continuity plan important?
Whether it is food poisoning in the hospitality sector or a chemical spill in a laboratory, your industry has its own specific risks. You also have to think about general emergencies too, such as a death, serious accident or fire – or a pandemic that turns your organisation upside down.
You can make sure you are well prepared with a business continuity plan. Such a plan includes an overview of all critical functions and processes in your organisation and is fully tailored to your situation. You can make it as wide-ranging or as focused as you like. Do you want your primary focus to be cybersecurity or fire safety? Do you want to be prepared for any high-risk situation? Or would you prefer to take a step-by-step approach, at your own pace and based on your priorities? The choice is yours.
Draw up your business continuity plan in five steps
- Make an inventory of your business processes and identify any critical processes. Which activities are essential for guaranteeing the continuity of your business?
- Map out the critical processes in detail.
- Who is responsible for them?
- Which tasks are part of the process?
- When and where are the tasks carried out?
- Go through the potential scenarios that could affect your business continuity, from a terrorist attack to a shortage of protective equipment and data breaches.
- Carry out an impact and risk assessment for each scenario.
- Are there any factors that increase or reduce the risk?
- What are the circumstances?
- What is the potential impact?
- Which business processes are affected?
- Draw up an action plan setting out how you would handle high-risk situations. Review your plan over time.
Get started with crisis management in your organisation
Protect your organisation against unexpected events with a business continuity plan. If you would like tailored support for crisis management, our safety engineers will be happy to help you get started.