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Show your working: new standards from the ISSB

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
Wednesday 31st August 2022
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Project new horizon

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
Wednesday 31st August 2022
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Corporate giants urged to view water pollution as financial risk

Corporate giants urged to view water pollution as financial risk

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.
Wednesday 17th August 2022
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Natural catastrophes drive insured losses of $38bn

Natural catastrophes drive insured losses of $38bn

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.
Wednesday 10th August 2022
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Green blueprint for building

Lending in the property sector is increasingly focusing on environmental factors, write Wojciech Herchel, Sam Taylor, Clarence Er and David Devlin
Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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A fairer measure: does GDP fail to measure up?

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.
Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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Nature and society: examining the scope of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

Monica Filkova discusses the scope and activity of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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Insured losses from natural disasters rise above 21st century average

Insured losses from natural disasters rise above 21st century average

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.
Thursday 28th July 2022
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Spike in pension schemes incorporating ESG factors into default funds

Spike in pension schemes incorporating ESG factors into default funds

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.
Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Guide launched to help pensions tackle deforestation

Guide launched to help pensions tackle deforestation

A new interactive guide has been launched to provide pension funds with the tools needed to ensure their investments are not driving deforestation worldwide.
Wednesday 13th July 2022
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