07 March 2023Climate Change, Publications, Risk, TCFD
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Farmers Insurance Exchange Becomes First U.S. Insurer to Sign the U.N. Principles for Sustainable Insurance
Los Angeles/Geneva, November 2, 2022—The United Nations-convened Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI) welcomes Farmers Insurance Exchange as the first…
Net-Zero Insurance Alliance Launches Public Consultation on Version 1.0 of the Alliance’s Target-Setting Protocol
The UN-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has launched a public consultation on the Alliance’s first Target-Setting Protocol. This inaugural Protocol…
UNEP FI at COP27: Watch the events you missed
The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – COP27 – brought together heads…
UNEP FI Global Roundtable 2022: Event Summary and Recordings
UNEP FI welcomed more than 3000 participants at its 17th Global Roundtable (GRT), held virtually under the theme “Transforming Finance,…
The Price of Plastic Pollution: Social Costs and Corporate Liabilities
Plastic has become ubiquitous in our lives. The material has many economic and social benefits and certain environmental advantages. It…
UNEP FI Principles For Sustainable Insurance 10th Anniversary Event: Highlights
The PSI after 10 years: Amplifying sustainable insurance in the UN’s Decade of Action convened senior representatives from the insurance…
Public consultation on ESG risks for life and health insurance guide
This public consultation aims to collect input from external stakeholders on the first ESG guide for the global Life and…
Insurers begin long countdown to net zero (Environmental Finance)
The insurance industry took its biggest step towards decarbonisation with launch of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) in July 2021. Some of the world's biggest insurers have now joined. The NZIA arguably has the potential to be more influential than its investor counterparts in encouraging change among high-emitting companies. Without insurance, companies cannot function.
Q&A with Renaud Guidée, NZIA Chair (Environmental Finance)
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.