ESG Comment & Opinion
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Transparency on all sides – the need for collaboration
When it comes to insurance of ESG and sustainability risks, much has been made of the issue of data. For…
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Challenges, opportunities and solutions
As London Climate Action Week highlighted the need for the whole of society’s engagement to support the delivery of decarbonisation…
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Has the green backlash been overhyped?
There has been much talk recently in Europe about a green backlash, or as some have termed it, a ‘greenlash’.…
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Mitigating climate risks – modelling, innovation and parametrics
ESG Risk Review spoke to James Bosley, head of climate strategy and parametric solutions, Gallagher Specialty, about climate risks, getting…
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Burnout – a problem for businesses (and sustainability managers)
Burnout is in the news these days, with dire warnings about stress, overwork, lack of downtime and an “always on”…
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Risk managers taking centre stage in ESG
ESG Risk Review talked to Gabrielle Durisch, global head of sustainability solutions at Allianz Commercial, about challenges for risk managers…
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Collaboration, as always, is the key to achieving sustainability
We hear a lot about how politicians, regulators and consumers apparently feel about sustainability, climate change and moves to net…
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Some progress on decarbonisation trajectories of publicly listed companies
It would appear that more companies are setting science-based climate targets, emissions disclosures are growing, and Scope 3 emissions reporting…
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One step forward, two steps back
As the EU stalled on its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, finally coming up with a watered-down version, the US…
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ESG – an opportunity for risk managers
ESG Risk Review spoke to Dr Bev Adams, head of client engagement for Marsh Advisory’s Strategic Risk Consulting practice and…
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Supply chain accountability – legislation or not
So have we seen the last of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), or will it, as some…
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Short-term negative outlook for the world – and only going to get worse
If anyone is in any doubt about the importance of ESG, and in particular, sustainability, then the World Economic Forum’s…
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COP28 – cop out or progress?
So it is goodbye to another COP meeting and, as usual, it is a mixed bag. It is perhaps inevitable…
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COP28: Backsliding, net-zero transition charter and climate change adaptation
COP28 is fast approaching, hoping to be “a milestone moment when the world will take stock of its progress on…
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More focus needed on physical climate risk
ESG Risk Review talked to Stuart Large, business development director, Jupiter Intelligence, about climate risk – what it includes, getting…
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UK’s new approach to net zero but commitments remain
It was inevitable that a backlash of some sort against green measures, net zero, and the like would be seen,…
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Greater need for dialogue with insurers on ESG data
It is becoming clear from Commercial Risk’s annual Risk Frontiers Europe survey of Europe’s leading risk and insurance managers that…
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ESG: An elevated role for risk managers
ESG is a huge opportunity for risk managers, and brokers are there to help, according to Tracie Thompson, global head…
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Europe moves ahead on ESG as US faces division
There appears, on the surface, to be a growing divide between the US on the one hand, and Europe (and…
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ESG data requirements for underwriting
Earlier this year, Oxbow Partners and Better Insurance Network published a report on ESG data for underwriting, highlighting the need…
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