In the face of the recent enormously destructive impact of Hurricane Beryl, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its Country Manager, came a-calling in Kingston recently. Anton Edmunds, General Manager of the Country Department at the Inter-American Development Bank’s Caribbean Group, came a-calling to register the IDB’s support for a ‘Build Back Better’ rallying cry for businesses across the region even as some territories remain engaged in seeking to repair the damage visited upon by Beryl’s unwelcome visit.
Speaking at a Re-align Business & Investment Conference at the AC Hotel Kingston last week, the IDB official asserted that the region’s ‘Build Back Better’ approach in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl’s destructive impact should embrace a perspective for Caribbean businesses to adopt sustainability strategies crucial to prepare themselves for the effects of climate change.