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Talking Sustainability with Nick Spencer
We interviewed Nick Spencer, Chair of the IFoA sustainability Board, covering his ambitions as Chair and his thoughts on actuarial involvement in sustainability. Here is what he had to say.
Nick Ong-Seng appointed new chair of QAS Committee
The IFoA is delighted to announce the appointment of Nick Ong-Seng as the new chair of the committee that oversees the IFoA’s Quality Assurance Scheme (QAS). Nick takes over from Victor Olowe, after six years of helping to progress the scheme in collaboration with accredited firms.
Moving beyond GDP - IFoA gives evidence to Parliamentary Committee
IFoA Council member Nick Spencer gave evidence yesterday on behalf of the IFoA today to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Select Committee on their inquiry into how to align the UK’s economic goals with environmental sustainability. The committee considered alternatives to GDP, looking at how including natural and social capital might impact government, private firms, and financial institutions.
Findings of the IFoA Climate and Sustainability Scenarios Committee
Nick Spencer, Chair of the IFoA’s Climate and Sustainability Scenarios Committee, introduces the committee’s findings and recommendations
Environmental risks and biodiversity tipping points
Esin Yilmaz Caglar, Mary Goldman, and Nick Spencer of the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Party explore the findings of a report on global tipping points and the implications for actuaries
Nature-related risks are as detrimental as climate risks: a call to action for actuaries
Mary Goldman, Nick Spencer and Esin Yilmaz Caglar of the The IFoA's Biodiversity Working Party explores nature-related risks, some current challenges in scenario analysis, and what it means for actuaries.
Biodiversity Sessional: Planting the seeds
Nick Spencer, Chair of the IFoA Sustainability Board, provides insight to the latest sessional meeting on Biodiversity, and shares where you can find out more on this important topic.
The role that sustainability played in my career
Nick Spencer, a Sustainable Investment Advisor, Immediate Past Chair IFoA Sustainability Board and IFoA Council Member, talks about the role that sustainability has played in his career.
The Harrier jet of lifelong learning
As one of the IFoA’s 4700+ volunteers, Nick Spencer is Chair of the IFoA Sustainability Board. He featured as our ‘Inside Story’ in the December 2020 issue of The Actuary magazine. In this blog he provides some more details on the role of the Sustainability Board and answers some more questions on his volunteering experience.
Guest blog: Could the consequences of climate change frustrate our ability to tackle its causes?
The IFoA’s report ‘Climate Scorpion: the sting is in the tail’ highlighted not only the tail risks but the potential for positive tipping points – acceleration of positive trends. But it’s important not to be overly optimistic about our prospects.
Past Sustainability Board chairs Nick Spencer and Sandy Trust asked leading academics Laurie Laybourne and Ben Shread-Hewitt at the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative to outline ‘derailment risk’. What if the physical impacts of climate change do not accelerate our progress to a low-carbon, stable climate future, but act as a barrier against it?
This is an important ‘third rail’ that actuaries should be aware of in their policy and future pathway projections.