Archive

  • Avant garde: biodiversity reporting in France

    17 October 2022

    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

    25 August 2022

    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

    08 June 2022

    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?

    17 May 2022

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

  • Great expectations

    10 March 2022

    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

    08 March 2022

    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

  • Q&A with AXA's Renaud Guidée

    01 February 2022

    The group's chief risk officer and chair of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance explains why AXA has adopted a 'three strikes and you're out' policy with companies

  • 'The transition will not be smooth, or socially just'

    13 January 2022

    The shift to a net-zero economy will bring upheaval and job losses, warns Zurich's Peter Giger. Madeleine Jenkins reports

  • Engagement should not be an excuse for inaction on climate change

    04 January 2022

    Insurance companies need to show progress in their climate dialogue or stop underwriting oil and gas production, writes Peter Bosshard

  • Underestimating exponential growth as it relates to climate change

    03 January 2022

    Adél Drew explores whether climate risk scenarios truly reflect the trends we are seeing - and the consequences of getting it wrong