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$6bn charity criticises 'appalling' climate voting records of major investors, advisors
27 October 2020The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has sent a letter to a dozen major global investors, pension consultants and proxy voting advisors criticising their "appalling" records for using shareholders' votes to deliver the transition to a net-zero economy.
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News round-up: Japan's net zero goal, Willis Towers Watson, Rockefeller Foundation ... and more
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Insurance Risk & Capital Americas Conference recap
22 October 2020The conference content is available for one more month!
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Covid-19 pandemic must not distract from fight against climate change, says investor group
28 September 2020International businesses and world leaders should 'resist the trap' of setting aside issues relating to climate change to focus only on the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI).
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Mitigating climate risk needs insurance regulators 'to get tough'
28 September 2020Insurance regulators have been urged to take a hard-line approach for insurers on climate risk management.
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Cubico refinances solar project with €250m green loan
11 June 2020Cubico Sustainable Investments has achieved financial close on the refinancing of the 50MW Arenales concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Seville, Spain.
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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
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What will 2020 bring for coal insurance?
15 January 2020The year ahead could see new insurers join the industry's shift away from coal, says Peter Bosshard.
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Climate change "an important factor" in reinsurance renewals
06 January 2020The impact of climate change was "an important factor" during negotiations on the price of retrocession agreements in the 1 January renewals, according to Guy Carpenter.
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Spurring sustainable investments with capital charges
23 September 2019As sustainability makes its way into regulation, the question of capital charges punishing 'brown' investments or incentivising 'green' investments has come to the fore. While regulators are asking for risk-based evidence, stakeholders are not all in agreement on how to proceed. Vincent Huck reports