All transition risk articles
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Opinion
Aviation, decarbonisation and the hurdles to hit net zero
The airline industry faces three key unique challenges as it seeks to decarbonise
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Analysis
Guidelines for safe transport of Lithium-ion batteries introduced
Guidelines seek to prevent fire and other risks, ensuring a safer supply chain in the future
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Analysis
Global warming likely to overshoot 1.5C by 2030s, warns IPCC
Changes in the food sector, electricity, transport, industry, buildings and land-use can reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Analysis
Ferma urges Swedish Presidency to address cyber protection gap
Risk association calls for focus on cyber and sustainability protection gap to bolster EU competitiveness
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Analysis
Zurich teams up with South Pole to support clients’ net zero goals
‘Demand for climate resilience services has grown exponentially in recent years’, says global head
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Analysis
UK’s Net Zero Review calls for business incentives
Firms must be encouraged to invest in decarbonisation, says review, as IoD asks for leadership from government
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Analysis
Regulators to clamp down on greenwashing
Greenwashing allegations are becoming more common, and this trend is expected to accelerate, warns Clyde & Co
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Analysis
Green transition creates $10.3 trillion ‘commercial prize’
Green industries - and their vast supply chains - offers substantial opportunities for those who move fastest
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Analysis
Chubb launches dedicated climate transition unit
The unit brings together traditional, alternative and renewable energy, climate tech, agribusiness and risk engineering
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Analysis
AGCS launches dedicated ESG division
Gabrielle Durisch will join from Zurich Insurance Group in April 2023 as global head of ESG & Sustainability Solutions
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Analysis
Insurance sector ‘perfectly positioned’ for carbon removal action
Swiss Re’s senior risk manager advises underwriters to not be ‘scared’ of providing cover for carbon removal
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Analysis
Insurer targeted over controversial Adani coal project
Activists received a tip-off that Probitas1492 is insuring the Adani Carmichael’s thermal coal project rail line, haulage operation and port
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Analysis
Where there’s a will, there’s a way
Highlights from the World@Risk Climate Change and ESG Forum
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Analysis
COP27: ‘Climate change is a risk management problem on a global scale’
Businesses must plan for low-likelihood, high-severity risks and adapt quicker to avoid ’ruin scenario’, urges report
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Analysis
COP27: Time to confront a warming Europe
Temperatures in Europe have increased at over twice the global average over the past 30 years - WMO
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Analysis
Climate change: Fatal distraction
This year’s StrategicRISK survey shows climate-related risks are the ‘in’ thing for boards, but for how long?
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Analysis
Energy crisis is hampering progress towards Net Zero - Zurich
Development of a voluntary carbon market is essential to keeping global temperature increases below 2°C
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Analysis
Ferma: Why not taking the risk is the biggest risk of all
The world today calls for risk leaders, not risk managers, said Siemens boss Jim Hagemann Snabe in his closing keynote
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Analysis
Ferma: Is there any avoiding ESG red tape?
Companies have a duty to transition, but is there a risk of drowning under the growing raft of ESG rules
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Analysis
Ferma interview: Supporting transition journeys
AXA XL’s Corinne Southarewsky explains the vital role of risk engineering in supporting clients’ progress to Net Zero