Category: Environment
Organisations globally signing up to UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance
From just a small group in 2012, 200 organisations have now joined the UN Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI).
As 20 [...]
New drive to bring banks and insurers together on sustainability agenda
Hot on the heels of COP26 and at a critical juncture between crisis and recovery across society, business and the environment, the UNEP FI Leadership [...]
Insurers watch Nigerian oil leak nervously
Insurers are said to be watching an oil leak in Bayelsa State Nigeria with caution as experts warn it could amount to a significant claim. So far, the [...]
Sustainability at core of next business revolution
The next industrial revolution is just beginning. A new economy is emerging, driven by profound changes in technology and the increasing pressures ass [...]
Businesses must put ESG at the heart of their strategy and culture
In November this year, leaders from around the world gathered in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference to explore ways that governments, the pr [...]
Vulnerable 20 launch sustainable insurance facility
The Vulnerable Twenty group of finance ministers (V20) has launched the V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility (SIF).
The V20 is comprised of 55 climat [...]
Just transition – not as simple as climate activists claim
As the curtains draw on the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, there are growing concerns over the capacity of individual country markets to a [...]
Partnerships central to Africa’s adaptation and resilience response
Partnerships between governments, institutions and the private sector will prove crucial in formulating Africa’s adaptation and resilience response to [...]
Comparing nat cat solutions and schemes worldwide: the African picture
Insurers around the world play a key role providing coverage for losses caused by natural hazards and advising policymakers in the design of disaster [...]
Banking regulator rallies Kenya’s financial sector into sustainability strategies
Kenya’s banking regulator has directed lenders to include climate risk management in their business models, in a move that is likely to spread to othe [...]