To make it easier for businesses in the engineering and construction industry to donate expertise, services, product or financial support to disaster relief and recovery operations and to ensure that this assistance is delivered in a coordinated and effective manner.
To increase the private sector's impact on all phases of disaster management by integrating business know-how into existing international relief and recovery operations.
To translate the core competencies of engineering and construction companies into specific preparedness, relief and recovery initiatives that add strategic value to the broader international response effort and offer participating businesses a new framework for meeting their corporate social responsibility commitments.