ESG
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
