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The Profit Opportunity: Insurance’s Climate Advantage

How does the insurance industry view sustainability and risk? The answer is probably "all the time". So it was great for the Worshipful Company of Insurers sustainability group to create an event to consider “ The Profit Opportunity - Insurance’s Climate Advantage". Over 40 senior attendees from a broad cross section of the industry attended. The panel and the audience discussed…

Leathersellers significantly reduce carbon emissions across investment portfolio as part of commitment to SBTi targets

As part of carbon emissions targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) the Leathersellers have decarbonised their investment portfolio, comprising corporate and Foundation funds. The Leathersellers’ Company joined the Leathersellers’ Foundation in moving investments to fund managers with a specific ESG mandate, which avoids companies and activities that create significant environmental harm, such as those in the fossil…

Water Conservators’ Cunliffe Response

Following the publication of the report of the Independent Water Commission chaired by Sir Jon Cunliffe on 21 July, Professor Carolyn Roberts, Master of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators, issued the following statement in a personal capacity: The Cunliffe Report is perhaps the most important review of the water sector in England and Wales since privatisation in 1989. With 88…