Category: Governance
Dirty business: Fossil fuel economies face an impact-investing strangle
There are growing concerns that the trend toward impact and sustainable investing could throttle entire emerging-market industries as allocators of ca [...]
Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance launched
A declaration by African insurance industry leaders of commitment to support the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) is to be l [...]
Investors upping their demands to reduce climate risks
Global investors apply increasingly sophisticated portfolio-construction techniques to stress-test the impact of a low-carbon economy on their investm [...]
Energy transition likely to fuel unrest, warns Verisk Maplecroft
Algeria, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first casualties of a slow-motion wave of political instability that will engulf an array of oil-producing [...]
More to ESG than meets the eye
A successful implementation of South Africa’s Administration and Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO) offers a peek at how lawmakers migh [...]
Allocators of capital must challenge old ways of thinking
Allocators of capital have been called on to challenge traditional investment methodologies, to improve impact and infrastructure investment outcomes. [...]
Against the ropes – managing risk for a sustainable African future
A country’s ability to manage risks across the private and public sectors is central to creating a sustainable future.
The Institute of Risk Manage [...]
ATI signs deal to link Africa and UAE
The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) and Etihad Export Credit Insurance Company PJSC (ECI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mutu [...]
AM Best signs up to UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
AM Best has become a signatory of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI).
The ratings agency [...]
Kenyan regulator starts payments for failed insurers
The Kenyan Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has started making a KSH250,000 payout to policyholders and beneficiaries of collapsed insurers, accor [...]