Who Can Benefit? Sustainability and Financial Performance

A strong global focus on climate change by governments, regulators and consumers has launched Environmental, Social Environmental (ESG) considerations on to centre stage for investment decisions.

The insurance sector has an important role in the advancement of ESG considerations in finance. Not only do they represent Europe’s largest institutional investor group, but as risk managers insurers also identify and quantify material climate risks.

With many questions still in the air as the insurance industry navigates this new ESG age, we offer you answers to some of the biggest basics.  To ease your reading, we will offer a new chapter every week in October. 

Chapter 4: Who Can Benefit? Sustainability and Financial Performance

How does Sustainable Investing affect performance? The variety of sustainable strategies is large and diverse, and its growth has accelerated. Clearly not all strategies will be top performers, so insurers must be selective. A sustainable approach does not necessarily mean sacrificing returns; it can often improve portfolio’s risk/return profile. Explore research and our case studies.

Please read our White Paper: Chapter 4 Who Can Benefit? Sustainability and Financial Performance