Publications

Article: Insuring Climate Change and Sustainability --- Unleasing innovation and intelligent partnerships (285 KB | 4 pages)

UNEP FI article in the 2008 Climate Action report launched at the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland in December 2008.

Published: 2009 | By: UNEP FI

Concept paper: Making Forests Competitive - Exploring insurance solutions for permanence (59 KB | 13 pages)

View the related event: Making Forests Competitive – Practical Solutions for Permanence (UNFCCC COP 14) 9 December, Poznan, Poland

Published: 2008 | By: UNEP FI

Insuring for Sustainability: Why and how the leaders are doing it (3.2 MB | 64 pages)

Versions: French(2.5MB) Turkish(7.5MB)

Today, the insurance industry faces the great challenge of coping with a rapidly changing risk landscape, one from which global sustainability issues have emerged, and continue to emerge. The risks that these issues entail are serious, while the opportunities, largely untapped. It is therefore insightful, as a starting point, to look at what leading players are doing in addressing some of the most challenging global sustainability issues, and to recognise the vital role the insurance industry can play.

While the report is instructive and highlights case studies of best practice, it is not meant to provide ready-made solutions. Its primary aim is to provide illumination by imparting knowledge and a deeper understanding of the issues. We believe that this aim is a critical first step towards finding solutions to the serious risks of today, and uncovering the opportunities of a sustainable tomorrow.

Published: 2007 | By: UNEP FI

Risk, the Environment, and the Role of the Insurance Industry (414 KB | 53 pages)

Prepared by the UNEP FI Australasian Advistory Committee on Insurance, this publication discusses risk management in general and the role that insurance plays in risk management for businesses. It focuses on environmental risk as one of the sources of potential liability that a business would manage, and the potential consequences of not properly managing environmental risk.

Drawing in part from the Australian experience in this area, the report also looks at how insurance addresses liability for environmental risk at present, and considers whether there is a broader role for insurance in an environmentally sustainable future.

Published: 2003 | By: UNEP FI / EPA Victoria (Australia)