Sustainability
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COP28: hotting up in UAE
Our Policy and Public Affairs Team explores a few important things to know ahead of COP28 in Dubai, 30 November to 12 December 2023
COP28: “A cause for optimism?”
Our Policy and Public Affairs Team explores the important developments that came out of COP28 in Dubai, 30 November to 12 December 2023
Actuaries, foxes and economic pluralism
In the run up to our webinar on 27 March, Nick Foster considers whether a broader approach to economic thinking, beyond the prevailing orthodoxies, needs to be part of the actuarial toolkit
Purpose and profit
Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School, explains why purpose and profit don’t have to be mutually exclusive
An introduction to alternative economic thinking
Matthew Levine, Policy Manager at the IFoA, reflects on the opening webinar of the IFoA’s ‘Alternative economic thinking’ presidential speaker series
Timothy Cheng – SFC ‘Talk Sustainability’ interview
Dhruv Gavde of the Sustainable Finance Community (SFC) interviewed Timothy Cheng, steering member of SOA Climate and Catastrophe Research Committee, to talk about his career and sustainability
Brush up on sustainable development with the SDG Curated Reading List
Melissa Leitner, IFoA Sustainability Board member, introduces the board’s new SDG Curated Reading List and explores the valuable contribution actuaries can bring to sustainable development.
Green growth: The National Wealth Fund’s investment for a net zero future
The Chancellor’s announcement on Wednesday of an additional £3.5bn of capital for the National Wealth Fund to unlock investment in the UK’s growth and clean energy industries is great news. It will help support private investment to drive the energy transition that we need.
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
Introducing climate inequality and justice to actuaries
In the week that the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures was launched, the IFoA Inequality of Climate Change Working Party introduces the concept of climate inequality and explains why this should be an important consideration for all actuaries, with both material financial and real-world impacts.