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The Paris Climate Agreement: Implications for banks, institutional investors, private equity and insurers
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February 2016 – This briefing paper provides analysis of the most pressing points of the Paris Agreement, and other key developments from the climate summit, and concludes that a coherent, strategic response is required of financial institutions.
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A climate of change: ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2015
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November 2015 – The 2015 independent annual review of the six ClimateWise Principles shows improved scores for members of the insurance industry leadership group. Progressive insurance companies are considering their exposure to climate risks while also developing their role as societies' risk managers.
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Unhedgeable risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment
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November 2015 – This report analyses how shifts in market sentiment induced by awareness of future climate risks could impact global financial markets in the short term.
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Banking and Sustainability: Time for Convergence
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September 2015 – A policy briefing on the links between financial stability and environmental sustainability.
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Insurance regulation for sustainable development: Protecting human rights against climate risks and natural hazards
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July 2015 – This report analyses the role of insurance regulation in protecting the basic human rights of life, livelihood and shelter against natural hazards and climate risk. Effective insurance regulation facilitates access to insurance (both traditional and alternative) as a means to increase communities’ resilience, fulfil related human rights duties of state and non-state actors and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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How do Banks Finance Commodity Supply Chains?
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21 January 2015 – How do Banks Finance Commodity Supply Chains? And how could they support the growth of sustainable production?
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Financing the Future of Energy
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2 March 2015 – The ‘Financing the Future of Energy’ report launched yesterday at the Global Financial Markets Forum in Abu Dhabi, setting out the changing nature of the global energy system over the next decade and highlighting the growing demand for sustainable energy in the Gulf region.
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Catalysing Fintech for Sustainability: Lessons from multi-sector innovation
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October 2017 – This report presents recommendations on how to design collaboration between multinationals, financial institutions and start-ups in order to better harness fintech to help solve sustainability challenges in the real economy.
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Insurable Cities: The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2017
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November 2017 – The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2017 of the six ClimateWise Principles finds a third year of improved scores for members of the insurance industry leadership group. On its 10th anniversary the report finds the industry has improved its investment activities but members should look to further integrate climate change related initiatives into their core business strategies and look to increase board-level oversight on climate change and sustainability.
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Resilient cities: A toolkit for insurers to identify the business case
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November 2017 – This toolkit is designed to help insurers identify commercial opportunities, through the development of new products and services that can support cities in their response to natural catastrophes. The toolkit, which is split across two workshops, contains all the material a facilitator needs in order to hold internal conversations on the future role of their organisation in managing the protection gap.
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