Category: Sustainability
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 [...]
VIDEO: The effect of Covid-19 on ESG
Kelvin Massingham, director, risk and resilience, at FSD Africa, discusses how the ESG agenda has changed through the Covid-19 pandemic, becoming [...]
VIDEO: Delivering sustainable microinsurance across Africa
Richard Leftley, executive vice-president, international, Micro Insurance Company, outlines the importance of distribution if insurers are to deli [...]
Insurance businesses big and small should embrace the ESG agenda
Size does not matter when it comes to developing greater sustainability and resilience for your business. That is the key message from Zep Re CEO Hope [...]
Survey on the Status of Sustainable Finance within the African insurance sector
As part of the upcoming fourth Principles of Sustainable Insurance (PSI) Africa Market Event, hosted by ICEA Lion and the UN Environment on 22 April, [...]
Kenya’s President warns of Covid-19 impact on climate change risks
As leader of what would have been the host country of the UN PSI’s fourth Africa Market Event, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the Covid-19 p [...]
Climate risk conversation growing but companies must become proactive in addressing risk
Law firm Clyde & Co has launched its 2021 climate change risk and liability report, Stepping up good governance to seize opportunities and reduce [...]
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 [...]
Covid-19 continues to take its toll on African insurance events
Two major events in the African insurance market calendar have been moved as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions [...]