ESG and sustainability considerations are becoming increasingly important for corporates, covering everything from greenhouse gas emissions, greenwashing, impact on biodiversity, through DEI, modern slavery and human rights, to corporate governance, independent oversight and reporting. Corporates face a growing array of new regulations and rules, together with rising litigation.

In this context, risk and insurance managers will be expected to play an important role as boards are asking what the risks are, how they are being managed and mitigated, and how risk managers can contribute to the organisation’s ESG strategy. 

At the same time, ESG considerations are accelerating the impact from the insurance market in terms of pricing, terms and conditions available for some corporates as well as insurance coverage.

Commercial Risk’s brand new ESG Insight & Intelligence Conference 2024 brought together senior risk leaders and their colleagues from sustainability, compliance, finance and governance departments from Europe, as well as insurers, brokers and other service industry firms. This first of its kind full day of debate and analysis examined the European regulatory demands associated with ESG, and looked at the impact on the corporate risk profile, the litigation risk, how these risks can be managed more effectively, and the increasing demands and disclosures placed upon insurance buyers by insurance carriers.

Above all it looked at how risk professionals can use the focus on ESG to take a key coordinating role and use the opportunity to raise their profile within their organisations.

WE WERE PROUD TO HOLD THIS EVENT AS PART OF LONDON CLIMATE ACTION WEEK 2024