AXA Tightens Policy for Insuring, Investing in Oil & Gas Ahead of COP26 Summit November 1, 2021 By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Simon Jessop AXA, France’s biggest insurer, said on Friday it would tighten its policy regarding investing in and insuring the oil and...
Lloyd’s Ups Climate Pledge, Vows to Push Members on Net Zero: Reuters October 28, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Carolyn Cohn Lloyd’s of London said on Thursday it would join peers in scaling up efforts to cut carbon emissions and push...
Corporate Climate Risk Disclosures Still Falling Short, Regulators Say October 15, 2021 By Huw Jones and Simon Jessop Around half of companies assessed have begun to apply globally agreed climate-related disclosure standards for helping investors to pick firms...
Financial Services Groups Urge G20 Leaders to Set ‘Clear, Credible, Ambitious’ Climate Goals October 12, 2021 By Simon Jessop Financial services groups responsible for more than $90 trillion in assets on Monday called for the leaders of the world’s...
Funds Demand Science-Based Emissions Targets From 1,600 Most Polluting Firms September 30, 2021 By Simon Jessop Funds managing nearly $30 trillion in assets called on Wednesday for 1,600 of the world’s most polluting companies to “urgently”...
Number of Women on Boards of UK’s Top Financial Firms Rises to 32%: Report July 19, 2021 By Simon Jessop The proportion of women on the board at 200 of Britain’s top financial firms has risen to nearly a third...
Major Reinsurers Look to Exclude Coal from Treaty Policies, as Climate Pressure Grows June 17, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop Major reinsurers have already pulled back from providing bespoke cover for coal projects as part of efforts to meet global...
50 Investors Urge Ethical Development of Facial Recognition Technology June 8, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber A group of 50 investors managing more than $4.5 trillion in assets is calling on companies involved in the development...
Insurers, Other Financial Firms Lag in Climate Disclosure for Investors April 28, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber The world’s banks, asset managers and insurers should provide more information to investors about the greenhouse gas emissions from the...
Many Climate Scientists Moving from Fieldwork to Jobs in Financial Services April 16, 2021 By Iain Withers, Carolyn Cohn and Simon Jessop LONDON – Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought...