New UK-Based Climate Group Emerges as Banks Retreat February 20, 2025 By Natasha White It was a dank, drizzly February evening when about 120 people gathered in the brightly lit art gallery of London’s...
Top Climate Group for Banks, Insurers, and Asset Managers Is Making Changes January 2, 2025 By Alastair Marsh The world’s biggest climate coalition for financial firms is making adjustments after several high-profile banks, insurers and asset managers opted...
A $9.5 Trillion Investor Group Unveils Milestone Emissions Cuts September 26, 2024 By Alastair Marsh Institutional investors holding a combined $9.5 trillion of assets say they’ve slashed portfolio emissions at a rate that aligns them...
Zurich Insurance CEO Criticizes Climate Alliances After Exodus August 10, 2023 By Myriam Balezou The chief executive officer of Zurich Insurance Group AG has spoken out against the network of voluntary climate alliances that...
UN Climate Alliance Scraps Emissions Rules for Insurers After Exodus July 6, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has ditched all requirements for members to set or publish greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets, the...
Insurers Look to Loosen UN Climate Alliance Rules After Member Exodus: Sources July 5, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The remaining insurers in a United Nations-backed coalition aimed at tackling climate change are poised to loosen the alliance’s membership...
ANALYSIS – Breakup of Insurers’ Climate Coalition Driven by U.S. Regulation Fears June 2, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The success of Republicans in triggering the breakup of a coalition of insurance firms aimed at tackling climate change is...
Update: List of Insurers Exiting Climate Group Grows, Including Lloyd’s, Tokio Marine May 30, 2023 By Aaron Clark, Nao Sano and Alastair Marsh The list of firms walking out of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance continued to grow this week, adding to an...
Climate Alliance Sounds Alarm on ‘Political Attacks’ on Insurers May 26, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes “Political attacks” are interfering with insurers’ efforts to price climate risks, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero said on...
UPDATE: ESG-Bashing Triggers More Defections From Insurer Climate Group May 25, 2023 By Alastair Marsh The world’s biggest climate alliance for insurers has started hemorrhaging members, after Republican attorneys general accused the group of antitrust...