After climate, insurers seek to measure their social footprint
The Geneva Association has outlined a framework to assess insurers' impact on society. But why is it needed and how would it operate alongside existing ESG frameworks? Paul Walsh reports
Eiopa: how we plan to stop insurers greenwashing
Europe's insurance authority explains its plans to address greenwashing, including how the term is defined and what measures it intends to take to prevent it, in this Q&A with Joshua Geer
Regulators consider capital for climate risk
Insurance regulators are keen to ensure their prudential frameworks properly incorporate climate risk. But whether this should be reflected in capital requirements is proving a difficult question to answer, as Christopher Cundy reports
New insured emissions protocols are a fig leaf for continued fossil fuel expansion
The emissions protocols will allow insurance companies to do business as usual in underwriting the fossil fuel expansion, argues Peter Bosshard
Avant garde: biodiversity reporting in France
As French financial institutions report biodiversity-related information under the pioneering Article 29, Thomas Cox assesses the lessons learned
Facing up to climate uncertainty with technology
Developments in technology will be crucial to help financial institutions assess and manage the worst effects of climate change, writes Matt Foote
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
Great expectations
The financial industry isn't going to save the planet - but it has a role to play, says Hans Stoter
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