ESG Risk Review
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April 16, 2024
Keeping workers safe and productive in a warming world
Risk managers and their organisations need to start planning to keep workers safe and productive in a changing environment, according…
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April 16, 2024
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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April 16, 2024
New climate risk reporting service from HDI Global
HDI Global is launching a new climate risk reporting service to help clients meet their regulatory requirements. The service, provided…
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April 16, 2024
Climate campaigners take Portuguese state to appeals court
Climate action groups have launched an appeal to Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice in the country’s first climate litigation case.…
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April 12, 2024
Insurers slammed over failure to protect people and planet
A new report from UK-based ShareAction, a responsible investment charity, has warned that people and the planet face a “triple…
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April 12, 2024
European Parliament adopts framework for carbon removals
As the EU council attempts to placate business concerns about the pace of the energy transition while keeping progress roughly…
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April 11, 2024
EU promises action on regulatory burden in clean transition effort
Europe’s risk and insurance managers’ regulatory burden and the inability of the insurance market to come up with adequate solutions…
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April 11, 2024
US introduces law to protect drinking water from PFAS pollution
The US government has issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful…
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April 11, 2024
NAIC adopts national climate resilience strategy for insurance
The US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted the first-ever NAIC national climate resilience strategy for insurance to…
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April 10, 2024
Zurich to announce exit from fossil fuel underwriting
Zurich Insurance is expected to shortly announce its decision to cease underwriting new oil, gas and metallurgical coal projects, in…
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April 10, 2024
Climate change victory in European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a group of older Swiss women who claimed they…
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April 9, 2024
EU says deforestation regulation on track despite opposition
Virginijus Sinkevicius, European environment commissioner, reportedly told Reuters during a visit to a cocoa-producing cooperative in Ivory Coast on Sunday…
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April 9, 2024
TSR raises forecast for ‘hyper-active’ North Atlantic hurricane season
Tropical Storm Risk (TSR) has raised its forecast for North Atlantic hurricane activity in 2024, predicting that it will be…
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April 9, 2024
French MPs approve bill to restrict use of PFAS
French MPs have approved the first reading of a bill that is designed to restrict the manufacture and sale of…
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April 8, 2024
German insurers upgrading models to include flash floods
German insurers are working to take flash floods into account within their risk models. “The July 2021 flood in particular…
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April 8, 2024
EU and US co-lead effort to tackle critical raw material supply chain risk
The EU has announced an agreement with the US, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan to create a new “club” designed…
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April 8, 2024
SEC pauses climate risk disclosure rules pending judicial review
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put a hold on proposed new climate-related disclosure rules pending judicial review.…
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April 5, 2024
Darim keeping on top of constantly changing legislation
Regulation has become an increasingly onerous part of the corporate world and one that carries its own risks – from…
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April 4, 2024
French government considers further changes to nat cat scheme
The French government said it will look into charging companies a different amount under the country’s nat cat regime based…
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April 4, 2024
Eiopa consults on reassessment of nat cat risks
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has launched a public consultation on reassessing natural catastrophe risks in the…