Wendy Walford outlines the need for consistent and comparable sustainability disclosures, and discusses why two new standards from the International Sustainability Standards Board are a step in the right direction
Tan Suee Chieh and Nick Spencer share the lessons of the Project New Horizon programme, which aims to prepare the profession for an increasingly complex future
An investor-led initiative has been launched to urge 72 of the world’s biggest corporate water users and polluters to value and act on water as a financial risk.
Unprecedented flooding in Australia and South Africa saw total insured losses from natural catastrophes reach $35bn (£29bn) in the first half of 2022, Swiss Re has found.
GDP is increasingly being seen as too crude a tool, failing to reflect factors such as wellbeing and sustainability. Nick Spencer and Aled Jones consider some alternatives, and the implications for actuaries.
Natural disasters resulted in around $39bn (£32bn) of insured losses during the first six months of this year, which is 18% higher than the 21st century average of $33bn.
The number of FTSE 350 defined contribution (DC) schemes that have incorporated environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their default investment funds has increased by almost half since last year.
A new interactive guide has been launched to provide pension funds with the tools needed to ensure their investments are not driving deforestation worldwide.
