June Newsletter 2022

JUNE NEWSLETTER 2022

“The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow” - Nelson Mandela

On the 16th of June 1976, hundreds of students protested the implementation of Afrikaans as a second language in school, now known as Youth Day.?This formed part of a greater national movement of protests that would eventually see the demise of apartheid in years to come.?On the 14th of June 2022, Risk Insights, together with its partners, hosted the launch of the World Economic Forum New Champions Community Local Chapter South Africa.?The launch aims to intensify the upliftment of the youth, to eradicate gender-based violence, to improve health and wellbeing and provide accessible education and more!

In this month’s Risk Insights?/ ESG GPS? monthly newsletter we share our contribution to sustainability.?Risk Insights? is an active contributor in educating, training and developing Africa on the importance of ESG as a tool to compete and to make the world a better place for all.

Watch the space in 2022 as Risk Insights? introduces new products as well as launching ESG GPS? Ratings in multiple?African countries and beyond. For now, here are a few highlights about our June activities and upcoming events.

LAUNCH OF THE WEF NEW CHAMPIONS COMMUNITY LOCAL CHAPTER SOUTH AFRICA?

World Economic Forum New Champions are dynamic high-growth companies that are championing new business models, emerging technologies, and sustainable growth strategies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. New Champions are mindful of their impact on society and aspire to participate in building a better future. Risk Insights & Imperial are pleased to announce that the first World Economic Forum New Champions Community Local Chapter was launched in South Africa on the 14th of June 2022 in Johannesburg. This initiative forms part of the World Economic Forum New Champions Community which mobilizes and capacitates invested corporate leaders to improve the state of the world.

“It is really a way for us to bring into our ecosystem, small to medium sized enterprises which have impact locally in the countries where they operate….” said Olivier Schwab, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum, in an interview with SABC News.

This Local Chapter aims to amplify the World Economic Forum global initiatives via supporting relevant country projects and ensure engagements of the South African business community to drive and accelerate impact on the ground.?Imperial?and?Risk Insights (Pty) Ltd have chosen three initial initiatives for the?World Economic Forum?New Champions Community Local Chapter South Africa, which are focused on critical issues in the country: Health and Wellbeing, Education, Gender Equality, Innovation, Sustainable Infrastructure and Climate Action. The three initiatives chosen are “Step up to a Green Start Up”, “Unjani Clinics NPC” and “SA Trails Network”.?

STEP UP TO A GREEN START UP

Step Up 2 A Start Up national youth entrepreneurship development programme was launched in 2014 with the aim of creating a culture and mindset of entrepreneurship in South African youth. Research has shown, that by exposing youth to entrepreneurship, we can equip them to become job creators, contributors to the economy and give them the skills they need to uplift themselves from poverty.?

The programme focuses on making youth aware of climate change, encouraging them to accept environmental responsibility and teaching them how to identify entrepreneurial opportunities in the green circular economy. It is both a theoretical and practical based project, including a national youth entrepreneurship challenge (competition), business model adjudication, pitching and allows the winners to gain recognition through the awards. Since inception, it has benefitted over 90,000 youth and 3,000 teachers from over 1,200 schools in low-income communities. The aim is to exponentially increase this impact to promote confidence, leadership and transformation.

UNJANI CLINICS NPC

Unjani Clinics NPC is a non-profit company and public benefit organization established to raise funding to implement clinics; train, manage and mentor the nurses who join the Network.

Recording an average of 75,000 consultations through clinics monthly, Unjani Clinics serve over 870,000 annually and since inception, 2.9 million consultations have been recorded through the Unjani Clinics network.?

SA TRAILS NETWORK

SA Trails Network is non-profit organisation created to develop and connect communities safely in the Western Cape and give safe passage to communities and those that are enjoying the outdoors and children that commute to school without having to walk on the busy roads.

SA Trails Network has successfully built 64 kilometres of safe passageways, built by just over 100 employees. 48 bridges have been built and in effect connecting over 600 kilometres of private trails in the Western Cape Winelands alone.?

Risk Insights would like to extend appreciation to all the Keynote Speakers?IMPERIAL Logistics International B.V. & Co. KG,?Mohammed Akoojee,?Esha Mansingh (Dr, h.c),?World Economic Forum,?Olivier Schwab,?South African Reserve Bank,?Kuben Naidoo,?Sasol, Sipho Nkosi, SA Trails Network NPC,?Reghard Goussard,?Primestars?,?Martin Sweet,?Henley Business School,?Jon Foster-Pedley, Unjani Clinics NPC,?Lynda Toussaint,?JSE,?Vuyo Lee,?Nairobi Securities Exchange, Wendy Boit,?Risk Insights (Pty) Ltd, Abuobayda Shabat,?Andrey Bogdanov, Anushka Bogdanov,?Nkosinathi Moshoana, who shared their valuable insights on the critical issues in South Africa, the continent, and the Globe.?

WINDOW ON THE WEEK SEASON 4

This month on window on the week, we brought to you the highlights from the Launch of the World Economic Forum New Champions Community Local Chapter South Africa. In case you missed it, to watch this month’s Window on the Week Episodes, click on the pictures below or head over to our YouTube Channel.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE?AND RISK INSIGHTS?

Risk Insights (Pty) Ltd??and?Nairobi Securities Exchange?(NSE) have agreed to co-operate and provide access to Risk Insights’ AI-powered?ESG GPS? platform of ESG rating products seamlessly integrated with financial data to produce tailored and actionable reports for their listed companies.

“We expect that the NSE listed companies, asset managers, regulators and other stakeholders will benefit from a flexible platform that collects, measures and analyses corporate sustainability disclosure data, as well as generates high quality strategic business intelligence impact reports.”- Geoffrey Odundo, CEO of NSE.

This collaboration is timely as companies in Africa move to measure and report impact and sustainability performance for multiple stakeholders.?The NSE through its strategy aims to drive ESG transition for the national economy and is well-placed to support businesses and other organizations with their ESG efforts and initiatives to unlock value for clients, shareholders, stakeholders, and the wider society.?

Risk Insight has been providing AI-powered ESG ratings suite of products, using its proprietary award-winning rating tool ESG GPS?.?“We are very delighted to collaborate with NSE as a key player transitioning to an ESG driven economy in Kenya and Africa” said Principal and CEO of Risk Insights Andrey Bogdanov.

Read more about this partnership today!

ACCOUNTING WEEKLY

“Much more needs to be done, and fast, if South Africa wants to lead the African continent into the 4th industrial revolution and stakeholder capitalism” said Principal and Interim CEO of Risk Insights Andrey Bogdanov, speaking about Risk Insights’ perspective on ESG Reporting: Data, Integration and automation.

To Read More find the interview published on?Accounting professional news weekly

by Author: @Leigh Schaller?

ESG GPS X-RAY PRODUCT SHOWCASE

ESG GPS X-Ray is a strategic business intelligence tool that assists stakeholders, investors and asset managers to visualizes actual ESG related materiality factors for every listed corporation at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and Nigeria Stock Exchange (NGX). This data allows African companies to compare themselves with international peers. This a major impact step from Risk Insights to assist Africa towards sustainability in an effective and transparent manner.

Watch Now Here

A Monthly subscription for our ESG GPS X-Ray reporting suite is as affordable as USD 99 per month depending on the size of the company.?For your trial access please contact?[email protected].?For more information, please visit us at?www.riskinsights.co.za

DID YOU KNOW?

Risk Insights? strategic business intelligence tool ESG GPS? X-Ray reports the ESG related materiality factors disclosed by companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Nairobi Securities Exchange and Nigerian Stock Exchange. Rapidly shedding intelligent factors disclosed by these listed companies and interpreting these factors into bite sized facts in our “Did You Know” posts...

Last month we launched our Nigerian “Did You Know” with data from companies listed with the Nigerian Exchange Group.

Find our “Did You Knows” on Health Care, Consumer Goods, Oil & Gas and Financial Services.

Watch the space for more information about materiality factors of the industries and companies from South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and much more.?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:?

70 Public Companies Adopt Socialsuite's ESG Disclosure Platform 23/06/2022

ESG Practitioners Detail Top Reporting Challenges and Opportunities 22/06/2022?

Why trading and ESG will soon be synonymous 22/05/2022

Top ESG Fund Manager Trounces Peers by Hoarding ‘Unloved’ Asset 22/06/2022

Risk Insights??is a professional data science boutique that delivers to its client’s sustainable solutions and products using the latest achievements of data science.?Risk Insights??provided sustainable solutions with numerous products and services, including but not?limited to:

• Data analytics
• ESG GPS??ESG ratings
• Education

We believe in the impact that sustainability practices can have on the longevity and continuity of a business. Being on the front line of the development of cutting-edge technology has?Risk Insights??grown to become the first developer of an ESG rating tool for Africa. As such?Risk Insights??was awarded the Agile Governance Award by the?World Economic Forum?(WEF) in 2020; Received an?Honourable Mention?by the?World Economic Forum?(WEF) for excellence in sustainability in 2021; and the?Certificate of Professional Services?from the?Institute of Risk Management South Africa.

Risk Insights? ESG GPS? is a sustainability AI-powered rating model developed by Risk Insights? team that has been used to rate all listed institutions at Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Nairobi Securities Exchange, and Nigerian Exchange. Being the first Africa-focused AI driven ESG sustainability rating tool. Stay tuned for more information! To find out more about Risk Insights? ESG GPS?,?click here.

Contact us directly?here.

Risk Insights? and ESG GPS? would like to thank you for your continued support. We shall be in contact again next month. We look forward to talk to you!

Sincerely,

The Risk Insights? ESG GPS? Team

Hertford Office Park, Building J, 90 Bekker Road, Waterfall, South Africa, 1686,?[email protected]

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