Category: Sustainability
Data key to unlocking Covid-19 management
As insurers know, data is key to delivering the right services to the right place at the right time. Now, as the world grapples with an unprecedented [...]
Safer, more sustainable transport in a post-Covid-19 world?
Insurers need to prepare for some major shifts in societal behaviour post Covid-19, which may become permanent. Part of that is keeping an eye on the [...]
Likely surge in flooding could worsen Covid-19 impact
As the world grapples with the health and economic impacts of Covid-19, a potential threat multiplier is flooding. In 2019, floods caused US$45.9 bill [...]
Five principles launched to help business protect workforce through Covid-19
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched five principles and four management imperatives to help business protect its workforce through the Covid-1 [...]
Boost for sustainable farming and access to finance in west Africa
Nestlé has signed a memorandum of understanding with IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, as part of the Grown Sustainably in Africa (GSA) programme and [...]
Boost for renewable energy projects across Africa
The African Development Bank-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), has approved a $760,000 grant to Empower New Energy AS (EmNEW), to dev [...]
Companies have tools to cope with Covid-19, but insurers need to learn the lessons
Digital tools that have allowed companies to switch to remote working in response to Covid-19 were already part of everyday lives – something the insu [...]
Covid-19 testing to be ramped up across Africa
Businesses will need a healthy workforce if they are to return to business as normal in the wake of Covid-19 and testing is expected to be a key part [...]
Key investments can build resilience to pandemics and climate change
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, the world’s energies are rightly focused on efforts to contain the virus and manage the economic [...]
Covid-19 to tip sub-Saharan Africa into recession
Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to fall into recession as the Covid-19 pandemic strikes at the heart of economies across the continent.
With fewer t [...]