The Howden Resilience Laboratory is a digital innovation hub that enables clients to manage risk and increase climate resilience, bringing clarity to strategic decisions and accelerating the energy transition. The first Howden Resilience Laboratory solution enables investors to model the impact of physical climate risks on specific real assets. Howden, the international insurance intermediary group, has launched the Howden Resilience Laboratory, a platform designed to transform how clients evaluate and manage climate risks. The Laboratory uses Microsoft technology to provide innovative, data-driven solutions for client challenges associated with the impacts of climate change. Developed by Howden and powered by Microsoft’s cloud services – Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 – the Resilience Laboratory enables clients to model climate scenarios and assess financial impacts. By transforming large volumes of complex data – environmental, societal and financial – into actionable insights, the Laboratory enables asset owners, investors, and decision-makers to understand and manage climate risks more effectively, thereby increasing their resilience and optimising decision-making. The Howden Resilience Laboratory offers: • Advanced Climate Risk Modelling : Identifying residual risks to clients’ operational and financial performance and designing optimal insurance solutions. For example, to maintain expected income or returns for new technology investments or innovative products. • Bespoke Strategic Scenario Planning : The platform helps clients develop tailored ‘what-if’ models simulating potential outcomes of strategic decisions, including mergers, decarbonisation efforts, or new market expansions. • Optimised Risk Transfer Solutions : Optimised investment and insurance strategies, accounting for changes in hazard, exposure and vulnerability. • Quantified Financial Impact of Resilience Investments : The platform evaluates the financial benefits of investments in resilience, encompassing everything from supply chains to biodiversity and social impacts. AI-powered partnerships The Howden Resilience Laboratory uses industry research, The Microsoft Planetary Computer, and partners with data and modelling experts. At Climate […]