Here we highlight the recent stories that GC Capital Ideas has presented on managing risks associated with climate change. ... Continue Reading »
Environmental
How Businesses Can Overcome Barriers to Achieving Climate Goals
As climate change and the associated increase in natural catastrophe events alters the contemporary risk landscape, there is now an opportunity for companies to partner with the (re)insurance market and put its expertise to work. According to a recent survey of hundreds of business executives and thought leaders, many are taking the right steps to reach their goals. However ... Continue Reading »
Global Risks for Infrastructure: The Climate Challenge
As climate change and the associated increase in natural catastrophe events alters the contemporary risk landscape, there is now an opportunity for governments to partner with the (re)insurance market and put its expertise to work. Infrastructure investors need to adopt a dynamic and evolving approach to building climate risk resilience, according to a recent report from ... Continue Reading »
How Companies Can Deal With Climate Change
As climate change and the associated increase in natural catastrophe events alters the contemporary risk landscape, there is now an opportunity for companies to partner with the (re)insurance market and put its expertise to work. Today, there is rising concern about the current climate threat among the public, some governments and the investment community, according to ... Continue Reading »
How the Public Sector Can Respond to Climate Change and Demographic Challenges
The risk landscape for public sector entities is changing rapidly: extreme weather, climate change, mass migration and unfunded social liabilities are set to become the risks of our age. Guy Carpenter explores these interlinked issues and how they will dominate both governmental and commercial agendas for decades to come in a new report, Protecting our Planet and the Public ... Continue Reading »
Climate Change is a Global Financial Risk
As the risk landscape shifts because of climate change, fluctuating population distributions and rising inequalities, there is now an opportunity for governments to partner with the (re)insurance market and put its expertise to work. Climate change poses a major risk – one that is already impacting the lives and finances of many. The latest Global Risks Report from the World ... Continue Reading »
Review of Climate Change Risks on GC Capital Ideas
Here we highlight the recent stories that GC Capital Ideas has presented on managing risks associated with climate change. ... Continue Reading »
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) as a Workforce Strategy: Engaging Today’s Employees and Attracting Tomorrow’s Talent
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are no longer treated as an afterthought by companies. These issues are increasingly central to a firm’s reputation and financial performance and are scrutinized by an array of stakeholders including investors, ratings agencies and clients. ... Continue Reading »
How COVID-19 Strategies Can Help Fight Climate Change
After months in 2019 of record-breaking wildfires, heatwaves and slow-moving tropical megastorms, 2020 might have been a year when the international community was ready to make serious strides in the fight against the Earth’s rising temperatures. Instead, we are facing a virulent coronavirus pandemic that has shut down most economic activity worldwide and sidelined the issue of ... Continue Reading »
The 2020 Global Risks for Infrastructure Map
The infrastructure sector today faces a complex landscape of global risks. The 2020 Global Risks Report (GRR), an annual report published by the World Economic Forum with support from Marsh & McLennan, warns of a chronically unsettled global landscape – one that businesses cannot expect will ‘snap back’ to its old normal. ... Continue Reading »
