The Business of Net-Zero

There’s no doubt that 2023 has been a tough year – and the challenges continue. In this final episode of The Risk Opportunity, financial analyst and broadcaster Danni Hewson talks to Amar Rahman, Zurich Insurance’s Global Head of Climate Resilience for Zurich Resilience Solutions, and KPMG's Owen Matthews about running a business in the age of the polycrisis, and the tools required to build a more resilient future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the pressure mounts to hit net-zero targets, initiatives such as the US’s Inflation Reduction Act and the EU's Green Deal Industrial Plan indicate the importance nations and political institutions are fixing on businesses to support the climate transition. Inspired by new research from Zurich Insurance Group and Horizon Group, financial analyst and broadcaster Danni Hewson discusses operational challenges, regional disparities and the new role of the risk manager with Anita Horgosi, Zurich’s Sustainability Business Development Director for Zurich Resilience Solutions, and Fabienne Serfaty, a strategic consultant and private investor with a long-term commitment to reaching net zero. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The race is on to reach the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 2°C or below – but our survival doesn't just depend on cutting emissions. Financial analyst and broadcaster Danni Hewson talks to Amar Rahman, Zurich Insurance’s Global Head of Climate Resilience for Zurich Resilience Solutions, and Dr David Lallemant, Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore who has developed models to better understand and reduce disaster risk. They explore what adaptation and resilience looks like in the context of climate change, and the technologies that could save us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are living in an age of unprecedented change, with multiple crises converging and old risks coming to the fore again. As we confront familiar challenges such as inflation and rising interest rates, how can we minimize their impact on the modern world? Financial analyst and broadcaster Danni Hewson sits down with global risk experts, John Scott, Head of Sustainability Risk at Zurich Insurance Company and Dr Sarah Gordon, CEO at Satarla, to explore how these challenges can offer an opportunity to build resilience – and even change for the better. Produced by Bloomberg Media Studios and Zurich Insurance Company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do companies use risk to create resilience? How can they turn adversity into opportunity? Bloomberg Media Studios and Zurich Insurance Company host this series of conversations that explore the global risks affecting us all. From climate change, to conflict, from technology to security, each episode will ask the experts how we can face the future better prepared.Produced by Bloomberg Media Studios and Zurich Insurance Company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.