All ESG articles – Page 12
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Expert Views
Sustainability: Time to invest in biodiversity
Nature-based solutions can help organisations achieve greater resilience in the face of a changing climate
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Analysis
Insurers lack ‘meaningful change’ around D&I
The Dive In 2021 festival will reveal a ‘big pool of talent that people don’t realise they are not tapping’, explains sister title Insurance Times
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Analysis
Recall rates remained high in Q2 - Sedgwick
Corporates with global supply chains and a heavy reliance on efficient manufacturing are feeling the brunt
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Analysis
Boards sharpen focus on external risks - McKinsey
Directors seeking to identify risks that can “test a company’s resilience”, including political risk and the climate crisis
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Analysis
Sustainable procurement intrinsic to robust supply chains
Sustainability initiatives ensured 63% of buyers and 71% of suppliers were stronger through the pandemic - survey
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Analysis
RepTrak: High correlation between ESG and trust
Corporate transparency and accountability are now an expectation, finds corporate activism study
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Analysis
FERMA: Floods are a “wake-up call” ahead of COP26
Insured losses of €4 billion to €5 billion are expected for North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate
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Analysis
Aon: Nat cat losses reach $93 billion in 1H
Fatalities due to temperature extremes were the deadliest type of disaster during the first six months of 2021
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Analysis
Resilience agenda gains ‘new urgency’
Geopolitical uncertainty and ESG are impacting strategic and operating decisions for ICT firms like never before - WTW
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Opinion
Time to tackle silos
A strong emphasis on data and collaboration are essential to achieving operational resilience
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Analysis
Pool Re forms advisory group for systemic risks
12 members have joined the group, planning to act to protect the UK economy as ‘when the next risk comes, we must be ready for it’
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Opinion
Taking a lead on ESG
What role does the risk professional have in a changing, more responsible world?
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Analysis
Geneva Association awards sustainability approach
Nina Arquint, CRO at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, has won the Geneva Association Women in Insurance Award
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Analysis
Prince Charles and global insurers join forces on climate change
Lloyd’s chairman says that ’partnership and accelerated action’ can help address ‘unprecedented’ climate change risk
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Analysis
Climate warning for cotton/apparel industry
One third of India’s cotton growing regions face severe climate risks by 2040 if carbon emissions continue to soar
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Analysis
Rome to feel as hot as Agadir, Morocco, by 2050
European cities will increasingly experience pressure on power and water supplies due to regular heatwaves, warns Verisk Maplecroft
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Analysis
UK ill-prepared for climate change - CCC
Report emphasises need for risk mitigation as nearly 60% of risks and opportunities are given the highest urgency score
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Analysis
BoE launches climate stress test for banks, insurers
It will provide central banks and supervisors globally with a common starting point for analysing climate risks under different scenarios
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Analysis
Emerging risks and the “COVID effect”
Government support programmes have kept alive unviable zombie companies, while wealth inequality has broadened, finds Swiss Re SONAR
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Analysis
Climate: Tide turns on energy firms
After Shell and ExxonMobil, why climate change in major emerging markets could be next legal battleground for energy firms