Climate finance is a hot topic, particularly since the COP21 climate summit in Paris, and many are looking toward frameworks that will shift investment away from recovery to building resilience.
Zurich Insurance is blazing a trail with a new framework that measures community resilience to floods, Natasha Issa, head of corporate responsibility at the Swiss firm, told Devex associate editor Richard Jones on the sidelines of the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Geneva, Switzerland.
Watch the above video to learn more about Zurich’s responsible investment approach, why its $2 billion commitment to green bonds has been a market changer in the insurance industry, and what the company is looking for in its future flood resilience partners.
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Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan is a journalist and editor, primarily focusing on climate change, migration, humanitarian crises, and human rights. She was previously an Associate Editor at Devex, where she managed the op-eds section and led a project covering climate resilience in small island developing states. Helen was also features editor at World Politics Review, and editor and writer at the environmental think tank WRI, as well as editing for The New Humanitarian. She lives and works in Barcelona, Spain.