All net zero articles
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Features
How risk managers can lead the way on the transition to net zero
Sustainability requirements are constantly growing. A green transition demands the enterprise-wide purview of the risk manager to understand not only the risks but the opportunities along the path to net zero. Sara Benwell reports.
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Opinion
Aviation, decarbonisation and the hurdles to hit net zero
The airline industry faces three key unique challenges as it seeks to decarbonise
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Analysis
Guidelines for safe transport of Lithium-ion batteries introduced
Guidelines seek to prevent fire and other risks, ensuring a safer supply chain in the future
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Opinion
How humanity averted an environmental catastrophe
The success of the 1987 Montreal Protocol is proof all is not lost in the fight against climate change
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Analysis
Global warming likely to overshoot 1.5C by 2030s, warns IPCC
Changes in the food sector, electricity, transport, industry, buildings and land-use can reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Analysis
How short-term challenges are impacting the net-zero transition
Charles Sincock explains how global risks are altering our journey to net zero and what this means for businesses
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Analysis
Zurich teams up with South Pole to support clients’ net zero goals
‘Demand for climate resilience services has grown exponentially in recent years’, says global head
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Analysis
Renewable energy sector faces ‘new trilemma’
Unsettled macroeconomics, energy demand and net zero pressures are escalating risk management and ESG as key issues
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Analysis
UK’s Net Zero Review calls for business incentives
Firms must be encouraged to invest in decarbonisation, says review, as IoD asks for leadership from government
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Analysis
Recession to prompt rise in claims and disputes
Law firm cites climate change, ESG and cyber exclusions as key sources of concern for insurers
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Analysis
“Hopes of a Net Zero future are fading” - WEF Global Risks
We are heading towards ”a slower and more disorderly climate transition” as short-term crises take precedence
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Analysis
Chubb launches dedicated climate transition unit
The unit brings together traditional, alternative and renewable energy, climate tech, agribusiness and risk engineering
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Analysis
Expect more scrutiny on carbon-intensive industries in 2023 - Clyde & Co
Corporates and governments will increasingly be held to account for climate-related human rights failings
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Analysis
COP27: Time to confront a warming Europe
Temperatures in Europe have increased at over twice the global average over the past 30 years - WMO
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Analysis
Green transition to drive construction growth of $5.6 trillion
Energy transition and green investment will be major contributors to infrastructure growth over the next 15 years
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Analysis
Ferma: Why not taking the risk is the biggest risk of all
The world today calls for risk leaders, not risk managers, said Siemens boss Jim Hagemann Snabe in his closing keynote
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Analysis
IoD urges UK government to speed up net zero transition
Calls for tax incentives to support the business transition and reduce dependency on fossil fuels
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Analysis
Why we should have seen the energy crisis coming
Energy investments are long-term and highly capital-intensive. One simply cannot click a switch and expect to solve the problems of today, argue Grant Griffiths, Dylan Campbell, and Alexander Larsen
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Analysis
Insurers adapt underwriting to better price climate risks
Conduct risks such as ‘greenwashing’ stand to be major source of environmental liability claims
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Analysis
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners partners with Risilience
CCEP will use analytics from the Risilience and Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies to support its transition to net zero