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GISD calls for blended finance fund for increased UN SDGs funding
07 August 2020The UN-convened Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance has developed more than 60 proposals calling for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to receive accelerated funding, including through data standardisation and a blended finance fund.
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Allianz: Impact underwriting offers 'double dividend' for investors
31 July 2020German insurance giant Allianz has identified nine areas in which its underwriting activities can help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
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ESG's negative impact on returns - myth or reality?
30 July 2020A growing number of insurers have announced new or upgraded sustainable investment strategies in recent years. JP Morgan Asset Management and Environmental Finance's sister publication Insurance Asset Risk have joined forces to investigate the drivers behind insurers' sustainable strategies. Vincent Huck reports on the high-level key findings
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Australian pension fund to exit coal amid climate announcements
10 July 2020Australian pension fund First State Super has outlined a number of climate change actions and targets, including exiting thermal coal, as it urged other Australian pension funds to do the same.
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Green and sustainability-linked loan round-up: CIP, Siemens Gamesa and more
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Insurers' oil and gas activities to be next under spotlight
18 June 2020Re/insurers around the world should limit their support for oil and gas projects and have until mid-September to explain the measures they are taking to reduce exposure to the sector, according to environmental NGOs.
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Many insurers still lack sustainable underwriting policies
16 June 2020Re/insurers shared tips on setting up frameworks for incorporating environmental, social and governance risks in underwriting at a recent UNEP PSI webinar. Cintia Cheong reports
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Majority of Europe's largest companies still 'failing' in climate reporting
19 May 2020In 2019, more than three quarters of Europe's largest companies were not adequately reporting climate and environmental risks, according to the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB).
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Allianz tightens coal exposure policy
04 May 2020German insurer Allianz plans to exclude companies from its property and casualty (P&C) insurance portfolios which fail to present "a credible transition strategy away from coal".
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Insurance, pandemics and climate change
10 April 2020Insurers have long been aware of the risks of a global pandemic, but have failed to act. They mustn't make the same mistake on climate change, Peter Bosshard writes