Category: Sustainability
Emerging Africa needs social waypoints on its journey to net zero
Emerging market economies such as those in sub-Saharan Africa will have to consider a range of social factors alongside purely environmental measures [...]
The climate conversation remains at an ‘infant stage’ as more tools emerge to help insurance industry adapt
The need to understand the interconnectedness of the climate risk has never been greater, according to a new report.
Climate Tango: Principles for [...]
Afcon: Delivering a successful event amid a region of unrest
Sunday saw the conclusion of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), hosted by Cameroon and won by Senegal. The competition, which had been reschedule [...]
ATI gets $56m backing for renewable energy projects across Africa
African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) is to receive funding to the tune of NOK500m (approximately US$56m), from the Norwegian Agency for Development Co [...]
Global executives worried about reputation and ESG risk readiness
There is considerable lack of confidence on the part of global executives in their own organisations’ approach to reputational and ESG ‘risk readiness [...]
Africa’s public finances set to deteriorate post-Covid
Public debt trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will see greater differentiation during the next two years, after a general deterioration in publ [...]
Chaucer and Moody’s collaborate on the way businesses manage their ESG profile
Reinsurer Chaucer has teamed up with ratings agency Moody’s to produce an innovative, data-driven environmental, social and governance (ESG) ‘scorecar [...]
Help for marine interests in building a sustainability report
Having published its own inaugural sustainability report in 2021, marine insurer Britannia P&I has created a template for its members and other sh [...]
Insurers waiting on news after FPSO explodes off Nigeria
Insurers experts have reported they are waiting to hear more after a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, Trinity Spirit, with a [...]
Data protection rules changing across Africa – something for insurers to watch
During the past 10 years, African countries have steadily passed laws and adopted regulations on cybersecurity, cybercrime, electronic transactions an [...]