SEC Looking Into New Climate, Workforce Diversity Disclosure Rules June 25, 2021 By Katanga Johnson The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may require public companies to publish data on a whole range of new...
Japanese Insurers Struggle with Climate Change Cost Estimates June 25, 2021 By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO – As the world tries to price the cost of climate change, Japan’s second largest non-life insurer MS&AD foresees...
Explaining Climate Change and Financial Disclosure for Insurers June 25, 2021 TOKYO – Japanese financial institutions are struggling to put a price tag on the cost of climate change, an effort...
Bank of England Launches Climate Change Stress Test for Insurers, Banks June 8, 2021 By Huw Jones The Bank of England on Tuesday set out its first comprehensive stress test of the ability of the British financial...
New Global Board for Corporate Sustainability Standards Gets Heavyweight Advisers June 7, 2021 By Huw Jones Former European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet will head an advisory group on setting up a global board for sustainability-related...
After Dutch Ruling Against Energy Company, Focus Turns to U.S. Climate Lawsuits May 27, 2021 By Sebastien Malo A landmark ruling on Wednesday by a Dutch court ordering Royal Dutch Shell to drastically cut its planned greenhouse gas...
Biden Executive Order Initiates Broad Strategy to Assess, Mitigate Climate Change Risks May 21, 2021 By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason President Joe Biden on Thursday directed federal agencies to assess and mitigate the increasing and serious risks that climate change...
UK Pushes G-7 Countries to Adopt Mandatory Climate Reporting for Big Companies May 20, 2021 By Alex Morales, Alessandra Migliaccio and Alberto Nardelli UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is pushing the Group of Seven (G-7) economies to impose mandatory reporting of...
SEC Plans New Workforce Data Disclosure Rule May 14, 2021 By Katanga Johnson The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to propose a rule requiring that public companies disclose a range of...
French Regulator Urges Insurers, Banks to Speed Climate Change Response May 5, 2021 By Huw Jones French banks and insurers should speed up their response to climate change, France’s banking regulator said on Tuesday, after publishing...