Category: Environment
SSI updates sustainable roadmap for shipping
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has launched an updated Roadmap to a Sustainable Shipping Industry, a resource for stakeholders across the s [...]
Zep Re to buy 56% in ACRE Africa
African reinsurer Zep-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company) has agreed with the shareholders to acquire a controlling 56% stake in ACRE Africa.
ACRE Africa [...]
Insurance solution designed to reduce water risks
Global Parametrics (GP), a provider of parametric protection against climate risks in emerging markets, has structured two risk transfer solutions usi [...]
Africa’s farmers need insurance and finance support to tackle climate change
Only 1.7% of climate finance, a fraction of what is needed, goes to small-scale farmers in developing countries, despite their disproportionate vulner [...]
Agriculture getting boost, but needs insurance support too
More money will be coming to support agricultural development in some of Africa’s poorest countries, but a leading Kenyan insurance voice has also urg [...]
Smart cities offer new opportunities for insurers
A new report, Cities at risk – Building a resilient future for the world’s urban centres, published by Lloyd’s, Urban Foresight and Newcastle Universi [...]
Companies stepping up risk management of climate threats but more to be done, says TCFD
Companies have markedly stepped up disclosing how they identify, assess and manage climate-related risk. Industries considered most exposed to materia [...]
Major shift in climate risk management
A major shift is underway as the world’s leaders put investment in risk transfer ahead of emergency response to disasters.
In a new report, the Dev [...]
ARC and Lesotho sign MoU on disaster risk management
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the government of Lesotho have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to address persistent climate risk [...]
Insurers have opportunity to encourage ESG agenda in African mining community
African mining companies should use ESG issues to ensure their survival in a post-Covid world, according to Matthew Burnell, local partner at White &a [...]