# <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Annual Report 2021

**The Connecting Business initiative (<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span>) Annual Report** provides an overview of our activities in private sector disaster preparedness, response and recovery in 2021, plus a look back at the past five years of <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> projects and programmes.

Since its launch on 24 May 2016 during the World Humanitarian Summit, <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> has helped the private sector respond to more than 100 disasters ranging from tropical cyclones, major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to situations involving conflict, violence and displacement. <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Member Networks have helped over 18 million people and mobilized more than US$72 million of cash and in-kind support.

In 2021, <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> supported 13 networks around the world in strategically engaging the private sector in disaster management. Together, the 13 <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Member Networks reached more than 275,000 micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Member Networks continued to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to other emergencies, including an earthquake in Haiti, floods in Sri Lanka and a super typhoon in the Philippines. In addition, <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Member Networks worked on disaster preparedness and resilience. They reached at least 1 million people through crisis response activities and raised US$ 7.2 million in cash and in-kind donations.

<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> is also expanding, working with existing local business networks and federations to establish relationships with new prospective Member Networks. Our areas of focus include East Africa and Latin America.

The Annual Report is currently available in [English](https://connectingbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CBi-AnnualReport2021-Web.pdf), [French](https://connectingbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Rapport-annuel.pdf), [Spanish](https://connectingbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CBi-AnnualReport2021_ES_LowRes.pdf), and [Arabic](https://connectingbusiness.org/sites/default/files/downloads/publication/CBi-AnnualReport2021%20-%20Arabic_web.pdf).