Climate Week Zurich: How one of the world's largest insurers is building climate resilience
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The episode features an interview with Linda Freiner, Chief Sustainability Officer of Zurich Insurance, discussing the insurance industry's role in addressing climate change and building resilience.
All Things Sustainable is the official podcast of th e inaugural Climate Week Zurich taking place May 4-9, and all week we're bringing you special daily episodes from Zurich. In our third episode of the week, we're talking to Zurich Insurance Chief Sustainability Officer Linda Freiner. Zurich Insurance is one of the world's largest insurers, serving over 82 million customers in more than 200 countries and territories across multiple types of insurance, including property & casualty and life insurance. Linda explains how the insurance industry is evolving to address climate change . She says climate mitigation and adaptation are both needed to build systemic resilience amid compounding global crises. "You can no longer look at climate risk on its own, or geopolitical risk on its own, or social risk on its own. They're all interconnected and they're all compounding," Linda says. "As an insurance company, it's our job to help our customers navigate those risks and build the right resilience measures in place to be able to withstand the shocks." This interview is the latest installment in our CSO Insights podcast series, where we talk to C hief Sustainability Officers around the…
People in this episode
Host: S&P Global
Guest: Linda Freiner
Topics covered
- climate resilience
- insurance industry
- sustainability
- climate change
- risk management
Keywords
- climate resilience
- insurance
- sustainability
- climate change
- risk management
- Zurich Insurance
- Climate Week Zurich
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Zurich Insurance
Places: Zurich
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