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...
EU Prepares to Get Tougher on Asset Managers that ‘Greenwash’ Sustainable Credentials March 10, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS – For money managers and advisers keen to market their sustainable investing credentials to European clients, going green is...
Aviva Investors Weighs Ditching Holdings in Biggest Carbon Emitters for Climate Inaction February 1, 2021 By Simon Jessop LONDON – Aviva Investors said on Monday it could ditch its stock and bond holdings in 30 of the world’s...
World Economic Forum: Allianz CEO Says Europe Must Alter Capital Rules for Climate January 27, 2021 By Simon Jessop European regulators need to overhaul their capital rules to free up insurers to invest more in climate-friendly infrastructure projects, the...
Top Investor Group Including Allianz Warns Firms to Cut Ties to Coal November 9, 2020 By Simon Jessop Some of the world’s largest insurers and pension schemes are warning companies they invest in not to finance, insure, build,...
Employers Asked to Reveal Data to Test Their Diversity Pledges October 16, 2020 By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop More data disclosure will help investors, employees and customers judge the pledges many American companies have made to diversify their...