British Insurers Propose Green Infrastructure Funding Model July 23, 2024 By Huw Jones Britain’s insurers set out plans on Monday on how to channel billions of pounds freed up from their safety buffers...
OS Climate Launches Tools to Help Firms, Investors Make Climate-Friendly Decisions July 21, 2022 By Simon Jessop Non-profit OS Climate on Wednesday launched the first in a series of free tools to drive climate-friendly decision making by...
Insurers to Hike Private Market Investments; Environmental Focus Grows: BlackRock November 15, 2021 By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber GLASGOW / NEW YORK – Insurers plan to increase their allocations to private markets to 14% from 11% over the...
Major UK Asset Manager Divests from Insurer AIG over Climate Policies June 15, 2021 By Alastair Marsh Legal & General Investment Management will sell holdings in four companies including U.S insurer American International Group Inc. after deeming...
Bank of England Plans to Nudge Companies to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions May 24, 2021 By David Milliken LONDON – The Bank of England set out plans on Friday to use its 20 billion pounds ($28.4 billion) of...
Liberty Mutual Weighing Options, Delays Australian Coal Mine Project April 30, 2021 By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE — U.S. insurer Liberty Mutual will not be filing an environmental impact assessment for a coal project in Australia,...
‘Green’ Investment Funds Less Vulnerable to Climate-Related Shocks: EU Watchdog March 17, 2021 By Huw Jones Funds investing in “brown” or polluting companies would be hit far harder than environmentally friendly “green” funds in a climate-related...
EU Rules for Responsible Investing to Be Set for Insurers, Asset Managers in 2021 November 5, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio European Union finance ministers are set to adopt new rules this week that will require asset managers, insurers and pension...
Central Banks Eye Effects of Climate Risks on Oversight of Insurers, Companies: Opinion April 13, 2018 By Ferdinando Giugliano, Bloomberg View Central bankers have been dubbed “masters of the universe” for the tools and powers they have acquired since the financial...
Institutional Investors’ Fossil-Fuel Divestment Exceeds $2.6 Trillion September 23, 2015 By Christopher Martin Portfolio managers have pledged to steer $2.6 trillion in investments away from fossil fuels in an effort to prevent catastrophic...