Europe’s tech scene has struggled to emerge from the shadows of giants in the U.S. and Asia, but local policies and a global overflow of investment capital are giving the region a gusher of cash https://t.co/QgbBjxD1TI via @WSJ
Yesterday, my wife Annie & I announced our "green pledge".
Our goal: invest + donate >$1.5b by 2030
... towards keeping warming <1.5° by 2030 🌏
Ahead of #COP26 in Glasgow - we're raising our personal ambition & urgency.
Explainer thread: 🧵👇🏻
https://t.co/G4P9TBwcmd
The new IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) provides an unprecedented degree of clarity about the future of our planet, and the need to reduce – and ultimately eliminate – our emissions of greenhouse gases.
In this thread I take a look at some key findings from the report: 1/27
Robin talks to @DIGEurope CEO Ingo Weber about helping insurers to innovate and launching new propositions at both scale and speed.
Read here >> https://t.co/kjwYFKTCP5
This is an important time for #impinv to show the way forward, not a return to the inequitable, unsustainable pre-COVID "normal". We have to see our work through the lens of #systemschange if we are to achieve the #SDGs and address the #ClimateCrisis.
Excellent news with @avivaplc committing to reach #netzero across all its activities by 2040, the first insurer to make such a commitment. This is the level of ambition we want to see in the financial sector. Well done @Amandas_Shoes! #climateaction
2/ I’m a big fan of growth investing over value. Growth is about predicting the future, value is usually about fixing the past. Thinking about the future is more creative and uncertain thus higher payouts if you are right.
If you want above average results, you have to say no to average opportunities.
If you spend all of your time chasing average opportunities, you'll have no time for great ones.
This applies to people, books, problems, etc.
Raise the bar.
We have no time to waste when it comes to tackling the threat of climate change. That’s why today, I’ll be taking action to address the climate crisis with the urgency science demands.
It may sound boring to some but Insurance is a key enabler of economic growth and backstops trillions of dollars of economic activity.
As many business owners found out, significant gaps exist in coverage for the business interruptions that are becoming more and more frequent.
Today we announce a new venture, @ottrisk
Over the last year a few things have become clear: the world is more uncertain than ever, and the situation for small businesses is more perilous than ever.
Technology and capital can play a role in solving this problem.