ESG benchmarks are "ultimate step" for responsible investors
The "ultimate step" for an asset owner looking to integrate sustainability concerns into their investments…
ESG,Insurance
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The "ultimate step" for an asset owner looking to integrate sustainability concerns into their investments…
ESG,Insurance
Insured losses inflicted by Hurricane Maria will be between $40 billion and $85 billion, according to…
Equity,Investors,Insurance
Billions have flowed into funds tracking ESG indexes or low-carbon indexes in recent months. What are the innovations that will drive further growth, asks Peter Cripps
ESG,Investors,Markets
Insurers and their shareholders are breathing a sigh of relief after Hurricane Irma's change of course…
Equity,Investors
The group's chief investment officer, Guido Fürer, explains why he feels that adopting the ESG benchmarks has been the most meaningful and strategic step in its journey to integrate ESG considerations
Corporate,ESG,Insurance
Won't invest in companies with more than 30% of turnover from coal
Carbon,ESG
Investment manager Schroders has developed a tool for investors which measures how government moves to…
Equity,Investors
The Philippines government has agreed a reinsurance programme that will cover national government assets,…
Investors,Policy
Divesting from coal companies while continuing to underwrite them is a 'blind spot' of insurers' climate policies, according to campaigners. Cintia Cheong investigates what four insurers are doing about it
Carbon,Insurance
Munich Re, Swiss Re, Allianz, Generali and Zurich's exposure to coal exposed
Carbon,Insurance
Covers commercially important resource on Caribbean coast
Insurance
Commissioner Dave Jones was threatened with legal action from 12 Republican attorney generals who oppose his fossil fuel investments disclosure initiative. The threats appear to have spurred Jones on, however. Callum Tanner reports
ESG,Stranded Assets
Swiss Re has announced plans to make environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations an integral…
Debt,ESG,Equity,Investors
The World Bank has raised $425 million from the capital markets to provide prompt assistance to low-income…
Debt,ESG,Green Bonds
27 CEOs from major corporations have committed to implement the draft recommendations laid out by the…
Corporate,ESG,Investors,Policy
The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports
Investors,Markets,Insurance
Just six financial institutions have been awarded 'gold stars' in RobecoSAM's 2017 Sustainability Yearbook,…
ESG,Equity,Investors
Natural and man-made catastrophes in 2016 are estimated to have caused economic losses of $158 billion,…
Markets
It is up for the market to decide how best to implement the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force…
Carbon,Investors,Policy
The launch of TCFD's recommendations were today hailed as a landmark moment for investors campaigning…
Carbon,Debt,ESG,Equity,Policy
Green Equities 2017
Green Bonds Europe 2017
Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2017
Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
Is managed decline the only way?