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UN kills off NZIA and launches multi-stakeholder forum for net zero
25 April 2024The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has discontinued the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), which suffered an exodus of most of its members in spring 2023 due to antitrust risks.
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NZAOA releases fourth target setting protocol
19 April 2024The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has released the fourth edition of the Target-Setting Protocol (TSP V4) which expands private asset classes coverage, requires a new round of targets and introduces the assessment of govvies' holdings.
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WTW secures funding for climate shock insurance product
18 March 2024 -
Allianz rejected 34 insurance deals in 2023 due to sustainability risks
14 March 2024Allianz's sustainability assessment processes resulted in it not proceeding with insurance transactions for 34 customers last year, according to its 2023 sustainability report.
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Lack of nature-related scenarios a challenge for target setting, insurers say
13 March 2024While insurers increasingly consider nature and biodiversity in their investment programmes, leveraging the work done on climate to set targets on nature is not always an easy fit..
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Nature is a natural fit for insurers but comes with difficulties, says Zurich director
12 March 2024Putting capital into nature makes sense for insurers' business models, Danielle Brassel, director of responsible investment at Zurich, has said, but there remain issues before the industry can fully integrate it into their work.
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Dai-ichi Life makes two impact investments in medical sector
11 March 2024 -
Generali Investments' Sosteneo acquires Italian energy transition portfolio
04 March 2024 -
Paris Agreement 'missed a trick' by not creating standard-setters, says Swiss Re
16 February 2024The insurance sector must look to external bodies to define the standards needed to make progress towards net-zero - but those bodies don't exist, according to Swiss Re's CEO.
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US West Coast insurers face up to $40bn in climate-related losses
07 February 2024An analysis of the investments of insurers licensed in the US West Coast has found climate change could create losses of up to $40 billion for their corporate bond portfolios.
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Innovative Fijian coral reef insurance policy inked
05 February 2024An innovative insurance policy that will help make a range of Fijian coral reefs more resilient to cyclone and storm damage has been signed.
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Skane raises SEK400m from Folksam-backed green bond
23 January 2024 -
French regulator highlights lack of consistency and granularity in insurers' climate disclosures
22 January 2024French life insurers' climate disclosures relating to their investment strategies are heterogeneous, incomplete and lack granularity, according to the French prudential regulator, Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR).
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Vidia Equity acquires German solar installer
22 January 2024 -
Choose insurers based on climate policy engagement, pensions trustees told
10 January 2024
- Enel SLB target miss 'very significant event' for market
- ISSB to work on biodiversity disclosures
- Nature Action 100 publishes company benchmark design
- What is the most important skill you need to succeed in sustainable finance?
- Governments urged to make nature transition plans mandatory
- Comment: Are we finally ready to have a grown-up conversation about the transition?
- Article 6 and CORSIA: preparing for compliance
- Decline of Article 9 funds nearing end and Article 8 continues to soar, Barclays finds
- BlackRock and Temasek's Decarbonization Partners closes debut fund at $1.4bn
- Transition bond label is a 'distraction' for transition finance, says MetLife IM