Climate Resilience Perspectives
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Read morePodcast Climate Resilience in Focus In this inaugural episode of The Marsh & McLennan Advantage podcast, experts from throughout the firm discuss risk factors and responses to the changing climate, through the lens of the public and private sectors as well as the world of investing. -
Read morePerspective How Will Climate Catastrophes Be Handled in the Face of Coronavirus? Climate change has fallen down the agenda as COVID-19 has risen up it. Although decision-makers were apparently blindsided by a virus, it does not mean their assessment of the risk posed by climate change was wrong. If anything, the pandemic has increased the threat. -
Read morePerspective Transformational Investment: Converting Global Systemic Risks into Sustainable Returns Published by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Mercer, addresses some of the long-term, global systemic risks facing our economy, society and the planet – and the need to do so has arguably never been stronger. The institutional investment community has the collective power to champion long-term thinking, to constructively tackle complicated problems, and to bring positive change – all while pursuing attractive risk-adjusted investment returns. -
Read moreReport Steering Through the Next Cycle As a global shock plays out in real time, we expect the CIB sector to weather the storm. What will it look like on the other side and how should banks transform over the next 3-5 years? Attack fixed costs, ramp up ESG, put consolidation on the table. -
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Read morePerspective Hurricane Season Has Started, but FEMA Is Tied Up With Coronavirus Given the likelihood that we will soon see both hurricanes and coronavirus, HHS should manage the ongoing pandemic response so FEMA can prepare for coming “coronacanes.” -
Read moreReport Becoming a Future Maker: From Shareholder to Stakeholder This report explores the implications of a shift toward stakeholder capitalism for asset owners and how they might position their investment programs in response. -
Read moreReport COVID-19 Risks Outlook: A Preliminary Mapping and Its Implications Economic distress dominates companies’ top concerns, yet leaders must act now to address the knock-on effect of far-reaching environmental, societal, and technological risks -
Read morePerspective ESG as a Workforce Strategy Engaging today’s employees and attracting tomorrow’s talent -
Read morePerspective Climate Change is a Global Financial Risk Climate change will put at risk around 2 percent of global financial assets by the year 2100. A worstcase scenario could see up to 10 percent of global financial assets being at risk by 2100. -
Read morePerspective How COVID-19 Strategies Can Help Fight Climate Change The strategies being implemented today to offset the economic impact of months of lockdowns might also inform efforts to reduce CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions moving forward. As companies make calls about how, where and when to cut costs and where to invest post-COVID-19, they need to start using a green lens to make sure that decisions on such items as capital investment or asset retirement also reflect their future needs to reduce their carbon footprint. -
Read morePerspective Planning for the Unexpected: COVID-19 Is a Dry Run for Climate Catastrophes COVID-19 allows for reflection on how governments, central banks and markets might react to green swan events in the future -
Read moreReport Protecting our Planet and the Public Purse This report touches on several risks confronting public sector entities and outlines six case studies that demonstrate how governments are turning to the reinsurance market for innovative risk mitigation solutions -
Read morePerspective The Purpose Of Corporations: A Tale Of Two Theories Corporate management and investor actions have focused almost exclusively on increasing shareholder returns as the primary goal and determinant of corporate success. The doctrine is referred to commonly as the shareholder wealth maximization theory (SWM or simply “shareholder theory”). Increasingly, however, this theory is being challenged. Larry Fink, head of the largest asset manager in the world, proclaimed in his 2018 letter to CEOs that companies must “serve a social purpose.” Embedded in Fink’s statement is the idea that companies exist to fulfill many obligations. Beyond maximizing shareholder returns, firms need to create value for their employees, their customers and society at large. These statements can be described as aligning with stakeholder theory, the primary challenger to SWM. -
Read moreReport Doubling Down - Europe's Low-Carbon Investment Opportunity European private sector low-carbon investment toward a net-zero emissions future -
Read moreReport Climate Change: Three imperatives for financial services The financial services industry has a crucial role to play in the transition to a green economy and there are three ways that financial institutions can step up to take the lead. -
Read moreReport The Global Risks Report 2020 The 15th edition of the Global Risks Report, published by the World Economic Forum with support from Marsh & McLennan, provides a rich perspective on the major threats that may impact global prosperity in 2020 and over the next decade. The report draws on feedback from nearly 800 global experts and decision-makers who were asked to rank their concerns in terms of likelihood and impact.
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