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  • Zurich reports under new impact measurement framework

    12 March 2019

    Zurich Insurance Group, with the help of BlackRock, has developed a "first of its kind" impact measurement framework that allows it to aggregate two key environmental and social metrics across different asset classes.

  • Investor feedback needed to ensure integrity of green bond market, says Zurich

    20 June 2017

    Institutional investors should let underwriters know whether bonds being marketed as 'green' are being bought for environmental or other reasons, according to insurance company Zurich.

  • Zurich's CIO explains the importance of ESG

    08 May 2017

    Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190 billion asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about how responsible investment fits in with its asset management selection process.

  • Zurich commits 10% of private equity spending to impact investment

    30 September 2015

    Insurance giant Zurich has pledged to channel up to 10% of its private equity investments into green and socially-focused projects.