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  • Insurance regulation lags banking in sustainability efforts

    16 October 2024

    WWF publishes its 2024 sustainable finance regulation report

  • Regulatory action lags behind nature crisis threatening economy, says WWF

    17 July 2024

    The NGO publishes its deforestation guide for regulators, central banks and supervisors

  • California's big climate show

    18 April 2024

    California last week hosted a major summit on the insurance sector's response to climate change. The impressive list of attendees suggests a willingness to talk on this crucial of matters. Sarfraz Thind, Joshua Geer and Ronan McCaughey report

  • Japanese insurers lead on TNFD early adoption, while Europe lags behind - UPDATED

    19 January 2024

    The full list of the nature disclosure framework's first adopters has been announced

  • Insurance supervision on environmental and social risks labelled very weak

    18 December 2023

    The WWF publishes its findings on insurance supervision

  • WWF talks insurance: it's not just for pandas anymore

    06 October 2023

    WWF's head of sustainable finance, Amandine Favier, sits down with Joshua Geer to explain why the NGO is working with insurers and her expectations for the industry

  • Finding the scope for insured emissions reporting

    05 December 2022

    New methodologies for measuring the carbon emissions associated with underwriting and driving the insurance sector towards net-zero were published in November. But the reception from green campaign groups has been lukewarm, as Joshua Geer reports

  • Aviva sets out how UK can accelerate net-zero transition

    06 May 2022

    An Aviva and WWF report issued explains the way forward for government and the private sector