Sustainable-Finance-blog

Climate change and the insurance industry: the legacy of 2015 Tom Herbstein, Senior Programme Manager, ClimateWise 27 November 2015 As things stand, 2015 is squaring up to become a landmark year for action on climate change. Already we have seen the signing in March of the UN Sendai Framework for...

Unhedgeable risk: How climate change sentiment impacts investment Dr Jake Reynolds, Director, Sustainable Economy 12 November 2015 In an article for ESG Magazine, Dr Jake Reynolds explains why financial markets are not immune to the impacts of climate change in the short term. Climate change poses...

A call for a systemic, positive and collective response to climate risk by the insurance industry Maurice Tulloch, Chair of ClimateWise and Chairman, Aviva Global General Insurance and Chief Executive Officer, Aviva UK & Ireland General Insurance 28 July 2015 Last week, Aviva announced its five...

Rethinking insurance for sustainable development Tom Herbstein, Programme Manager, ClimateWise 20 July 2015 In a recent Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) report on insurance , Fellow Dr Ana Gonzalez Pelaez called for access to insurance within emerging markets to be accounted...

Can changing how world trade is financed actually change the world? Andrew Voysey Director, Finance Sector 8 June 2015 We were excited to learn that the Financial Times has shortlisted the Banking Environment Initiative’s (BEI) trade finance product development work for this year’s ‘...

Ten ways to unlock private finance for the new European Energy Union Sandrine Dixson-Declève 19 June 2015 Europe’s energy system faces a challenging risk landscape that threatens security of supply, economic prospects, and our ability to address climate change. The Energy Union concept is, at its...

Feeding the planet: a mission for responsible investors Guest blog from Mathilde Dufour, Deputy Head of Responsible Investment Research at Mirova 12 May 2015 'Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life' is the theme of the Universal Exhibition, Expo Milano 2015. From now until October, governments...

Enter the Bank of England, stage left Andrew Voysey Director, Finance Sector 13 March 2015 A rather extraordinary thing has happened at the Bank of England. Under the auspices of its ' One Bank Research Agenda ', the Bank launched a series of "big questions" on 25 February. These questions, the...