Category: Environment
Unlocking Africa’s energy potential key for shared prosperity
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Collaboration between governments, businesses and communities – all united in purpose towards a shared [...]
International financing not reaching the countries in most need warns The Centre for Disaster Protection
International investments in pre-arranged financing (PAF) are not reaching the most vulnerable people and places, as a new report reveals only 3.7% of [...]
Client Earth loses climate change liability case against Shell
Client Earth has lost its case against Shell in the UK courts after arguing that Shell’s directors were personally liable for failing to move away fro [...]
Kenya’s low flood insurance penetration exposes economy to significant financial risks
Kenya’s economy took a knock of as much as 5.5% of the value of its economy due to floods, pointing to the steep price of the low flood insurance pene [...]
Climate activists “name and shame” insurers for not doing enough to reduce fossil fuel cover
Climate activists have launched their latest insurance scorecard, claiming that 50 years after the insurance industry first warned about the impact of [...]
Insurers, reinsurers must maintain underwriting discipline as insured losses mount
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Underwriting discipline is among the key defences that global insurers and reinsurers can deploy to pr [...]
Earth carbon calculator to help SA bank customers ‘live’ sustainably
One of South Africa’s largest retail banks is making net-zero waves through the introduction of an ‘earth carbon calculator’ within its banking applic [...]
New academy opens its doors to help insurers assess and disclose emissions
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) has launched an Academy to help financial institutions, including the whole insurance value ch [...]
SA life insurer commits to African biodiversity protection
South Africa’s Sanlam Group is to adopt the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations as part of a long-term commitmen [...]
ARC Ltd supporting Malawi government building resilient livelihoods with innovative insurance
African Risk Capacity Ltd is assisting the Malawi government to scale up the World Bank’s Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project (SSRLP) thr [...]