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In conversation with Insure our Future's Peter Bosshard
11 January 2021The coordinator of the campaign group Insure our Future (formerly Unfriend Coal), Peter Bosshard, looks at progress made in 2020 and highlights the roadmap for 2021. Interview by Vincent Huck
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Cascading risk: Learning to deal with the world's greatest threat
03 November 2020Scientists have identified cascading crises as the biggest threat to planetary health and future generations, says Hélène Galy
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Human behaviour is the missing link in adapting to climate risk
18 September 2020There are lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic that help us better prepare for climate change, argues Nidia Martinez
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Do insurers care about the Sustainable Development Goals?
14 July 2020The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are meant to be the "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". So why aren't insurers taking an active role in pursuing them? Paul Walsh reports
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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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Where is the G in ESG?
25 May 2020Michael Morosi, global equity manager at Mapfre, unwraps the concept of good governance and how his fund makes investment decisions accordingly. Interview by Vincent Huck
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The rise of social investing amid COVID-19
01 May 2020Elisabeth Stadler, chief executive of Vienna Insurance Group, has been one of the industry's most long-standing advocates of social investing - the "S" in ESG. As combating COVID-19 heightens the general awareness of socially-minded investing, she discusses the topic with David Walker
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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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Cat modelling awakens to climate change risk
08 April 2020Responsibility for understanding the implications of climate change for insurers has largely fallen on the shoulders of the catastrophe modelling community. They are responding with a more dynamic and multi-faceted view, as Paul Walsh reports
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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.