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  • Insurers not holding managers to account on responsible investing, ShareAction finds

    11 April 2024

    Long-term climate ambitions not credible in the face of weak commitments, NGO laments

  • Insurer affiliates among top managers backing ESG shareholder resolutions in 2023

    23 January 2024

    ShareAction report takes aim at world's largest asset managers

  • Solvency II reforms fail to embed double materiality, ShareAction says

    28 December 2023

    Final political trilogue establishing the shape of Solvency II are a reversion to single materiality, Caroline Metz says, amidst a growing ESG backlash in Europe

  • Proposed EU Solvency II reforms a missed opportunity for transition plans, ShareAction says

    28 November 2023

    Responsible investment campaigner says proposals last week stop short of requiring insurers to divest from fossil fuels

  • Solvency II sustainability amendments "a missed opportunity", campaigners say

    19 July 2023

    According to advocacy groups, despite new requirements around transition planning

  • Group of 14 organisations call for integration of climate-related risk in Solvency II

    11 July 2022

    Transition plans should be "complemented by robust capital requirements"

  • ShareAction calls for punitive brown capital charges in SII

    26 August 2021

    As one of seven recommendations by the NGO for the Solvency II 2020 review

  • Over half of insurers have no investment policy covering climate change

    27 May 2021

    ShareAction's report reveals a set of damning failures in insurer climate investment work

  • Insurers' affiliates outperforming independent managers on ESG

    10 March 2020

    Half of the world's largest asset managers are neglecting the ecological and social harms of their investments, according to a research by ShareAction. However, insurers' affiliates seem to be ahead of the curve. Vincent Huck reports

  • Exclusive: ShareAction releases guide on managing climate risks

    13 September 2019

    Guide based on interviews with 14 insurers globally