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CA100+ creates benchmark for net-zero emissions
14 September 2020Engagement initiative Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has developed a tool for companies to use when developing strategies for transitioning to net-zero carbon emissions.
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Insurers' oil and gas activities to be next under spotlight
18 June 2020Re/insurers around the world should limit their support for oil and gas projects and have until mid-September to explain the measures they are taking to reduce exposure to the sector, according to environmental NGOs.
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NYC pension fund calls on insurers to divest from coal
27 April 2020The New York City Comptroller, who oversees the city's $218 billion pension fund, has called on three major US insurers to stop insuring and divest from coal.
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Insurance, pandemics and climate change
10 April 2020Insurers have long been aware of the risks of a global pandemic, but have failed to act. They mustn't make the same mistake on climate change, Peter Bosshard writes
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What will 2020 bring for coal insurance?
15 January 2020The year ahead could see new insurers join the industry's shift away from coal, says Peter Bosshard.
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LeapFrog – targeting the emerging consumer
21 October 2019How does the world's biggest private equity impact specialist invest? Joe Walsh reports
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Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers
07 October 2019US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.
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CA100+ targets lobbying, implementing TCFD and net zero emissions
03 October 2019Climate Action (CA) 100+ has set out its engagement priorities, over the coming months, in its first initiative progress report for 161 'focus companies'.
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Activists target AIG over Australian coal mine
29 August 2019Protesters stage demonstrations in AIG’s Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices
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People moves: AIG hires first chief sustainability officer
26 July 2019AIG has appointed Jennifer Waldner to the newly created role of chief sustainability officer to lead the development and implementation of the company’s sustainability strategy.