Category: Sustainability
New climate change insurance scheme launched for west Africa
Humanitarian agencies have launched innovative climate risk insurance policies to protect up to 1.3 million people in west Africa from catastrophic dr [...]
VIDEO: Cassim Hansa of Continental Re asks – why is the PSI initiative so important?
Why is the PSI initiative so important? Click above for an interview with Cassim Hansa of Continental Re. [...]
Insurance industry set to meet at Vic Falls for next PSI summit
The third UN Environment Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) market event is to be held at a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria Falls in Zimb [...]
Welcome to Africa Ahead: The Sustainability Challenge
Welcome to the launch of Africa Ahead: The Sustainability Challenge, a fortnightly newsfeed of unique information to help you manage your environmenta [...]
Reducing the risk of floods in Yaoundé
The Yaoundé Sanitation Project (PADY) has reduced the number of floods in the Cameroonian capital fivefold, down to just three.
The project was launc [...]
The rising tide of natural catastrophe losses
The rising occurrence and severity of natural catastrophe events can be linked back to global climate change.
Tobias Grimm, senior manager: climate [...]
African insurance industry leaders and UN Environment agree on sustainable development initiatives
African insurance industry leaders and UN Environment have agreed on key collaborative initiatives in the region to drive economic, social and environ [...]
Egypt launches a national sustainable insurance strategy
Egyptian insurance industry leaders and financial regulators, UN officials and key stakeholders have agreed a pioneering initiative to develop a natio [...]