Climate Change
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Creating sustainability solutions
In our core business, we develop solutions that help tackle key environmental and social issues. Through sophisticated products and a partnership approach we help improve insurance cover in emerging markets and facilitate adaptation to climate change.
We apply our core competencies to develop innovative solutions that help address particular sustainability issues. Currently, our efforts are focused on two areas: extending insurance cover in emerging markets and adapting to climate change.
Insufficient insurance cover is a major challenge for emerging markets and a persistent development obstacle. Over the last few years, we have developed a range of products that improve insurance protection against key risks such as earthquakes, windstorms and droughts. Striking up partnerships with governments and public-sector organisations has been a vital component of these efforts.
In the fight against climate change, efficient adaptation measures are gaining in importance. We are a leader in insurance-linked securities (ILS), which can provide additional cover against windstorms and other peak risks by tapping capital markets funds. Our Economics of Climate Adaptation study, recently developed with several partner organisations, provides an easy-to-use toolbox for governments to assess the cost-effectiveness of various adaptation measures.
Corporate responsibility
We have a long-standing commitment to corporate responsibility and strive to implement this across our business. Our performance has received high ratings from independent third-party organisations. Read the whole story
Switzerland Charity of the Year...
We are proud to announce that the “Stiftung Brunegg” was chosen as Swiss Re’s Switzerland Charity of the Year 2012. Read the whole storyFurther stories
- Providing Safe Water and Sanitation to Communities in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India
- Swiss Re and the ICRC: A knowledge-sharing partnership
- Providing clean water in Central Mindanao of the Philippines
- Making schools more resistant to earthquakes in rural Peru
- 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
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Sustainable Solutions
2010 Corporate Responsibility Report
The report highlights how we use our risk expertise to create sustainable value for our stakeholders and society as a whole.Download the report (22MB)
