ESG
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EU targets energy and agriculture to cut methane emissions in new pledge with US
European risk managers at companies within sectors that emit significant levels of methane, from oil and gas to agriculture, face…
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GRI sets up working group for mining sector sustainability standard in 2023
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is putting together a working group to develop a new sustainability standard for the mining…
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Global carbon emitting firms failing to disclose climate risks
More than 70% of over 100 of the world’s biggest carbon intensive firms failed to fully disclose climate risk in…
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Caisse des Dépôts joins push to develop EU-wide sustainability reporting standards
French public investment group Caisse des Dépôts has joined an effort run by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)…
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GVNW: Customer voice needed in ESG insurance debate
The role of insurers as underwriters and investors in the battle to halt climate change has come into sharp focus…
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Zurich opens sustainable global headquarters
Zurich Insurance has opened a new sustainable global headquarters in Zurich, built to high eco standards and designed to accommodate…
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GVNW members told now or never on climate change
Professor Dr Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, director emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), painted a sobering picture of…
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Sustainability goals rising to top of executive agendas
Corporate commitment to meeting sustainability goals is at a record high, with 63% of executives measuring sustainability as very important,…
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Pandemic set to trigger big rise in political risk by 2022, warns Aon risk map
There is likely to be a “tide” of political risk by next year as the world begins to emerge from…
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Too hot to handle
The recent extraordinary heatwaves in western North America and Canada are the latest in a series of increasingly extreme climate…
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Italy drives Europe’s shift to green energy but supply chain risk remains
The future of green energy can count on the support of the Italian manufacturing sector, because its development of renewable…
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QBE finds 7.9% ethnicity pay gap in UK operations
QBE has revealed a 7.9% mean average pay gap between ethnic minority and white employees at its UK operations. Publishing…