ESG
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June 27, 2022
Beazley offers more capacity to risk managers that meet Marsh’s ESG Risk Rating
Beazley is going to grant more capacity through its Lloyd’s of London Syndicate 4321 to companies that perform well on…
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June 24, 2022
EthiXbase launches supply chain compliance checks to help firms meet Germany’s new human rights law
With six months left to comply with Germany’s new human rights legislation, UK businesses with operations in the country can…
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June 21, 2022
Human rights group says EU due diligence directive needs sharper teeth
FIDH, a Paris-based worldwide NGO federation representing 192 organisations from 117 countries, has called on the EC to seriously bolster…
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June 17, 2022
Reputation risk and ESG: An evolving picture
Managing the potential threats to reputation is near the top of most c-suites’ agendas and most companies’ risk registers. At…
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June 9, 2022
Marsh working to see good ESG performance reflected in premium costs
Insurers are hungry for ESG data to aid underwriting but without proven correlations between ESG scores and losses, only a…
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June 8, 2022
Cyber remains number one risk for Airmic members
Supply chain and geopolitical risk have unsurprisingly shot up the risk management agenda in 2022, but cyber remains the number…
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June 7, 2022
Dutch supervisor calls for ESG ratings regulation
The Dutch financial regulator has said Europe should regulate providers of ESG ratings, adding that ratings agencies should be more…
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June 7, 2022
Asia manufacturing hubs vulnerable to supply chain and climate risks
FM Global’s latest resilience index reveals that key manufacturing centres in Asia are exposed to high levels of climate and…
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June 1, 2022
Podcast: Resilience and crisis preparedness
In advance of Airmic 2022, Liz Booth, special projects editor, Commercial Risk, talks to James Crask, head of strategic risk…
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June 1, 2022
Von der Leyen maps out Europe’s risk management strategy for energy, defence and food
The European Union has stepped up its efforts to secure resilience in the face of Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine…
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May 26, 2022
Regulators urged to come up with global approach to ESG reporting
Speakers at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual meeting have urged regulators around the world to come up with single…
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May 26, 2022
VW agrees £193m settlement over 90,000 UK dieselgate claims
German car manufacturer VW has reached an out-of-court settlement with 91,000 claimants over the dieselgate scandal and will pay £193m…
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May 25, 2022
Airline KLM facing legal action over greenwashing
Dutch airline KLM is facing legal action over alleged false advertising of its environmental credentials. The case is believed to…
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May 25, 2022
Swedish thinktank warns of ‘critical’ risks from confluence of climate change and war
The world is in danger of stumbling into a risk management crisis because of the worrying increase in both armed…
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May 23, 2022
Ferma raises concerns with EC over Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma) is concerned about key aspects of the recently announced Corporate Sustainability Due…
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May 20, 2022
PwC partners with due diligence startup to manage third-party risk
PwC has formed a new partnership with due diligence startup Neotas to address clients’ third-party risk and tackle the rise…
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May 19, 2022
SCOR announces exit from new oil field underwriting but NGOs say not enough
French reinsurance group SCOR has announced that it will cease underwriting new oil field production projects from 2023. But environmental…
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May 18, 2022
Lloyd’s accused of being climate ‘villain’ as it publishes second ESG report
Campaign group Insure Our Future has accused Lloyd’s of London of being a “climate villain” and greenwashing, after being less…
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May 17, 2022
Conduit Re CRO given additional sustainability officer role to drive climate response
Conduit Re has given its chief risk officer (CRO) Andrew Smith the additional role of sustainability officer to lead its…
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May 13, 2022
Zurich sees growing demand for climate change risk services
Zurich Insurance is experiencing strong demand for its climate change risk services following a “paradigm” shift in risk management that…