Day: 30 July 2024

Major U.S. Insurers Make Progress on Climate Disclosures, but Significant Gaps Remain

Stuart Mitchell

A new report released by Ceres reveals that while major U.S. insurance companies are making progress in disclosing their climate-related risks and strategies, significant gaps and disparities persist across the sector.   The report, Navigating Climate Risks: Progress and Challenges in U.S. Insurance Sector Disclosures, analyzes the disclosure reports from 516 insurance groups, which total more than 1,695 individual companies, submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Climate Risk Disclosure Survey for reporting year 2022. The survey is aligned with the framework developed by the Task Force on Climate-related…

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Help Musicians commits to support the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA)

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians are pleased to commit to supporting CIISA by making a financial commitment through paying the Annual Contribution. CIISA’s vision is to create consistently safe and inclusive workplaces for creative industry professionals through pro-active interventions and advice, providing a single place of accountability where behaviours of concern can be reported and investigated, and building capability to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment.  Help Musicians will work collaboratively with CIISA to provide more people in music with advice and support should they need it. “The creative industries bring us all so much and…

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Integrity Council appoints Amy Merrill as CEO

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announced recently that Amy Merrill will become its first Chief Executive Officer. Amy has served as the Integrity Council’s interim Chief Operating Officer since December 2023 and since February 2023 has worked with the Integrity Council’s Executive Secretariat on secondment from her role as Senior Director and Head of Global Markets at Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). She has steered the Integrity Council through a key period of growing support and recognition for its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs). She…

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Record Number of Companies Participate in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Brazilian LGBTQIA+ Workplace Equality Index; Impacts More Than 850,000 Employees

Stuart Mitchell

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s ‘HRC Equidade BR: Global Workplace Equality Program’ is the leading benchmarking survey and report recognizing employers in Brazil that have demonstrated a commitment to LGBTQIA+ equality by adopting crucial LGBTQIA+-inclusive policies and practices for their employees. Created in partnership with Instituto Mais Diversidade and the Forum de Empresas e Direitos LGBTI+, the third annual report names 79 organizations that earned the maximum score and were recognized with the 2024 HRC Foundation designation of “Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ People,” or in Brazil, “Melhores Empresas…

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IFC to Finance Brookfield’s Bikaner Solar Power Project, Boost India’s Renewable Energy Capacity & Support Climate Goals

Stuart Mitchell

To support India in scaling up its renewable energy capacity, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed to part finance a ~550 MWp solar power project in Bikaner, Rajasthan being developed by Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM) (“Brookfield”) with $105 million through long-term non-convertible debentures allocated to the project’s special purpose vehicles, which are implementing the project. Following its commitment, Brookfield will provide solar power to commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers across India at more competitive tariffs through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) and contribute to the nation’s decarbonization…

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