German insurers are risking their climate credibility
14-05-2021
By continuing to do coal business on the side and insuring new oil and gas projects, German insurers are putting their climate credibility at risk, warn Peter Bosshard and Regine...
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Insure Our Future 2021 Demands to the Insurance Industry
06-05-2021
The Foundation "Development YES – Open-Pit Mines NO" (Fundacja “Rozwój TAK – Odkrywki NIE”) together with 21 NGOs, as part of the Insure Our Future network, sent the following letter...
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Poland’s biggest insurer fails to act on fossil fuels
29-03-2021
PZU, the biggest financial group in Central and Eastern Europe with presence in Poland, Ukraine, and the Baltic states, released a weak new strategy for 2021 to 2024. With consolidated...
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World’s biggest insurance companies abandon dirty coal business. What about…
24-02-2021
Insurance of new coal projects is getting more difficult and expensive. The biggest insurance and reinsurance companies’ retreat from investing in coal is in progress. At the end of 2020...
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The Green Eagle Award of Rzeczpospolita for the Foundation „Development…
22-12-2020
On November 27, the "Fight for the climate" gala was held, during which The Green Eagles Award of the Rzeczpospolita were distributed for the first time. They were awarded to...
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Insure Our Future Scorecard 2020. Insurers’ retreat from coal…
02-12-2020
Laggards in U.S., Asia and Lloyd’s market slow global progress LONDON (December 2, 2020)—Insurers’ continued retreat from coal is making it harder and more expensive to secure insurance for coal projects...
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The 2020 Global Coal Exit List: 935 Companies that Banks…
12-11-2020
Today, Urgewald and 30 partner NGOs released a new update of the “Global Coal Exit List” (GCEL), the world’s most comprehensive database of companies operating along the thermal coal value...
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Turów is contrary to Polish obligations regarding climate protection
30-10-2020
The operation of the Turów power plant and mine until 2044 is contrary to Polish obligations regarding climate protection, according to a report conducted by scientists. Expanding the open pit...
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How to restore water in Eastern Wielkopolska? Summary of the…
27-10-2020
Climate change, mining dehydration and drainage carried out over the years, combined with the natural, on the border of Eastern Wielkopolska and Kuyavia, scant rainfall, have brought the region to...
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Polish utility ZE PAK to close all its lignite plants…
02-10-2020
Polish lignite utility ZE PAK says it will shut all of its Polish lignite plants by 2030, making it the first fossil fuel company in the country to commit to...
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Who is insured by the PZU Group? Insurance companies faced…
16-09-2020
At the beginning of 2020 Moody’s rating agency gave a positive assessment of the decisions by insurance companies to limit underwriting and investment in the coal sector. The present pandemic...
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New analysis tool sheds light on financial institutions’ coal policies
08-09-2020
Climate finance experts have revealed the major loopholes in hundreds of financial institutions' coal policies which they say could lead to the expansion of the coal industry and prevent the world...
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