After the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011, we acted quickly to ensure the safety and well-being of our staff in the country. 

Employees across Reed Elsevier also responded quickly, raising more than $200,000 in employee fundraising and matching gifts across the company to support relief efforts. 

We have also leveraged our unique contributions as a business, using our expertise to provide assistance.  For example, Elsevier has provided medical professionals responding to the crisis with free access to MD Consult and First Consult, allowing them to search Elsevier content at the point of care, with offline access via the First Consult iPhone/iPad app. 

In addition, Elsevier has given free access to online medical information for healthcare professionals, librarians, and the public through the Emergency Access Initiative (EAI), a partnership of the National Library of Medicine and the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers, and other publishers.

Reed Exhibitions recently held its first major event in Japan – Finetech – since the disaster, with nearly 60,000 people taking part.  Exhibitors and visitors, among others, commended our team in Japan on its strong commitment to the country during a time of uncertainty.

In addition, Reed Business Information’s Bankers Almanac has helped banking clients publish alternative contact details for staff that relocated in the aftermath of the earthquake.