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Insurers go back to basics in biodiversity underwriting push

The loss of the biodiversity has been identified as one of the world's most severe risks, but insurers are only just beginning to get to grips with it. Paul Walsh reports

SCOR, an insurer committed to the climate?

SCOR has so far been slow to respond to the climate emergency, argues Lucie Pinson

Comment: The double materiality of gender diversity

The same way climate change won't be curbed with recycling and paper cups in offices, gender equality won't be achieved just through insurers' HR policies, insurers need to use their investments to have impact. Abbie Wood writes

People Moves 14 January: MSCI, Wells Fargo, BIS, Schroders and more...

Scor appoints Lacroix group head of sustainability

Marine insurers back principles to decarbonise shipping

Swiss Re and Scor are among the major players involved in the venture

Carbon allowances - insurers slowly warm to the net-zero opportunity

The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out.

PRI bolsters SDG advisory group

Nine new members have joined the Principles for Responsible Investment's Sustainable Development Goals

Insurance giants form Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

Banks with $29trn in assets pledge to set 2050 'net zero' targets

A group of banks with about $28.5 trillion in assets has joined a UN-convened 'Net Zero Banking Alliance', and in doing so pledged to "align operational and attributable emissions from their portfolios with pathways to net-zero by 2050 or sooner".