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Kokusai Kogyo’s Chairperson and CEO becomes new UNISDR-PSAG Chair

Sandra Wu, Wen-Hsiu, Kokusai Kogyo’s Chairperson and CEO, has been an active member of the United Nations International Strategy for

Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)’s Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) since April 2011, raising awareness in the role businesses can
play in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).  She has been elected as new Chair of the PSAG and has begun her two-year term in July
2013. Through UN Global Compact and UNISDR-PSAG, Kokusai Kogyo will work towards the inclusion of disaster risk reduction 
into sustainability policies and practices among global businesses.

Overview of UNISDR UNISDR was created in December 1999 as part of the UN Secretariat with the purpose of ensuring the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

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