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Sustainable insurance
Climate and sustainability as balance-sheet and underwriting constraints: physical and transition risk, taxonomy, non-financial disclosure, and climate litigation.
109 termsACPR climate stress test for insurers (2023-2024)ACPR pilot climate exercise (2020)AdditionalityAffaire du siècle (Case of the Century)Arctic drilling exclusionArticle 29 of the French Energy and Climate ActArticle 6 of the Paris AgreementBank of England Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES, 2021)Blue economy insuranceCalifornia SB 253 and SB 261 (2023)California Sustainable Insurance Strategy (2023)Carbon border adjustment mechanismCarbon budgetCarbon credit integrityClimate adaptation gapClimate litigationClimate scenarios in the ORSAClimate shareholder engagementClimate Value at Risk (Climate VaR)Coal exclusion policyCoastal retreat (shoreline erosion)Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation)Cyclone Reinsurance Pool (Australia, 2022)Do no significant harm (DNSH) principleDouble materialityEIOPA dashboard on the insurance protection gapEIOPA-ECB proposal for a European natural catastrophe system (2024)Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive (2024/825)ESG ratingEU Deforestation RegulationEU Floods Directive (2007/60/EC)EU Taxonomy for sustainable activitiesEuropean Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)European Union Emissions Trading SystemEuropean Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF)Financial greenwashing enforcementFORTIFIED standard (IBHS)French duty of vigilance lawFrench SRI label (Label ISR)Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)Global Shield against Climate RisksGrande-Synthe v. FranceGreen bondGreen Climate FundGreenium and brown discountGreenwashing in insuranceHeld v. MontanaIFRS S1IFRS S2 climate disclosure standardIndex-Based Livestock Insurance in Kenya (IBLI)Inflation Reduction Act climate tax creditsInsurance Development Forum (IDF)Insurance divestment campaignInsurance-associated emissions (PCAF standard)InsuResilience Global PartnershipIntegrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)Inter-American Court Advisory Opinion OC-32/25 on climateInternational Court of Justice climate advisory opinion (2025)ITLOS climate advisory opinion (2024)Juliana v. United StatesJust Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)Just transitionKlimaSeniorinnen v. SwitzerlandKunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity FrameworkLangreney report on climate insurability (2024)Lliuya v. RWELoss and damage fundMilieudefensie v. ShellNationally determined contributionNatural hazard prevention plan (France, PPRN)Nature-based solutions (NBS)ND-GAIN Climate Vulnerability IndexNet Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA)Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA)Net Zero Insurance Alliance exodusNet-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)Neubauer v. GermanyNew Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance (COP29)Omnibus simplification package (CSRD, CSDDD)Parametric heat insurance for workersParametric reef insurancePermanent carbon removal credits and advance market commitmentPolitical risk guarantee backing a debt-for-nature swapPrinciples for Sustainable Insurance (PSI)Proposed Green Claims DirectivePrudential surcharge on fossil fuel assets (Solvency II)R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (insurance for work)Reference warming trajectory for adaptation (TRACC)Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)Science Based Targets Network (SBTN)Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissionsSEC climate disclosure rule (2024)SFDR fund classificationSocial cost of carbonSponge cityStranded assetsSustainability-linked bondSustainable underwritingTask Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)TCFD reportingTransition Pathway Initiative (TPI)Transition plan credibilityUrgenda v. the NetherlandsUS state anti-ESG campaignsWater scarcityWater stress (WRI Aqueduct)Wildlife Conservation Bond (Rhino Bond)