ESG Backlash Overshadows Power to Drive Better Returns: UK’s Biggest Fund Manager April 27, 2023 By Alastair Marsh The politicization of the acronym ESG risks overshadowing its power to drive returns for shareholders, according to the head of...
Zurich Exits Insurance Climate Alliance, Days After Munich Re April 6, 2023 By Alastair Marsh Zurich Insurance Group AG is leaving a coalition of major insurers that have committed to reach net-zero emissions, the second...
Munich Re Exits Insurance Climate Group, Citing ‘Material’ Legal Risks April 3, 2023 By Laura Malsch and Alastair Marsh Munich Re is leaving an alliance of leading insurers that have committed to reduce emissions due to what it says...
Biodiversity Emerges as New Risk for Asset Managers After UN Summit December 20, 2022 By Alastair Marsh Fund managers who haven’t cared about biodiversity may soon find they have to. In the early hours of Monday in...
Companies Increasingly Keep Climate Pledges Secret as ‘Green Hushing’ Takes Off October 25, 2022 By Alastair Marsh Companies are increasingly trying to keep their climate pledges away from public scrutiny. The phenomenon, known as green hushing, has...
Coalition of Insurers, Pension Funds Commit $7.1 Trillion to Support 1.5°C Climate Goal September 20, 2022 By Alastair Marsh A coalition of pension funds and insurance companies that includes Allianz SE, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and Zurich...
Insurer Aviva Urges UK Government to Detail How It Will Reach Net Zero Emissions May 6, 2022 By Alastair Marsh The British government should practice what it preaches on net-zero emissions, according to insurer Aviva Plc and conservation group WWF....
Burn the Client or Burn the Carbon? Insurer AXA Grapples With Clean Energy Transition. March 17, 2022 By Alastair Marsh The glass tower in Paris where AXA SA, one of the world’s largest insurers, has its temporary headquarters looks as...
Net-Zero Insurers’ Climate-Friendly Plans to Exit Coal Impeded by Antitrust Laws January 19, 2022 By Alastair Marsh A group of the world’s biggest insurers and reinsurers jointly pledging to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their underwriting activities...
Asset Managers, Including Allianz, to Cut Portfolio Emissions by at Least 25% by 2025 October 21, 2021 By Alastair Marsh By 2025, 29 of the world’s biggest pension funds and investment firms, including Allianz SE and the California Public Employees’...