Videos and Webinars
Mapping the unseen : unveiling nature and biodiversity data for sovereign bonds
Nature and biodiversity issues are gaining increased attention from corporate boards and investment committees. Markets recognise the need for nature and biodiversity data to support sovereign bonds in making informed decisions, managing environmental risks, and...
Impact funds and SFDR : a review of practices
The Impact Commission of France Invest, a federation of 56 asset management companies with nearly €12.5 billion under management, in partnership with AXA Climate, has published a report* on the SFDR classification practices of impact funds and the links between...
Protecting forests: innovations to accelerate sustainable strategies
With 4 billion hectares of forest area worldwide, representing 31% of the total Earth land area (1), the role this ecosystem plays in our planet's balance is crucial. If major differences exist between tropical, boreal, temperate and subtropical woodlands, the world...
Building Climate Resilience in Infrastructure Projects: A Brief for Investors
Infrastructure investment serves as a critical foundation for sustainable economic development in developing nations. By improving transportation, energy, water, and communication networks, these investments catalyse productivity, connectivity, and growth. However,...
Three videos to help you understand the challenges and opportunities of CSRD double materiality analysis
You already read tons of articles and white papers on CSRD and still have trouble fully getting to grips with the whole concept?Here, you won’t find another top-down vision of CSRD.At AXA Climate we decided to talk to the people who are directly concerned with this...
Altitude Agriculture, the first tool measuring the impact of climate change on crop production launched by AXA Climate.
With this innovative digital platform, AXA Climate is supporting stakeholders in the food-processing industry - such as the Bonduelle Group - in making their operations more sustainable in response to climate change. Assessing the riskThrough building on data from...
How can the telecoms sector in West Africa adapt its infrastructures to climate change
West Africa's telecoms sector is looking to expand connectivity, but is facing major challenges: infrastructure investment is lagging and requires predictability, but climate threats are jeopardising its progress.A recent World Bank study, conducted by AXA Climate and...
Everything you always wanted to know about TCFD as a Private Equity Asset Manager
In 2017, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published 11 recommendations and supporting disclosure recommendations related to Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, and Metrics and Targets to enable organisations to report on climate change...
How about we start 2024 by exploring science in a way that goes beyond numbers?
We tend to quantify the environment. Temperatures, percentages, statistics, rates. Yet, the experience of nature is primarily sensory. What if science was told differently than through numbers?Climate change does not concern our measuring tools!It raises, above all,...
AXA Climate, AXA Seguros Mexico and ClimateSeed are jointly creating the 1st insurance policy for the protection of mangrove forests in Mexico
In partnership with ClimateSeed and AXA Seguros Mexico, AXA Climate has developed an innovative parametric insurance product to protect the community of fishermen responsible for the restoration of San Crisanto mangrove forests against the impacts of hurricanes. In...
The Growing Sustainability Pressures in the Asia Pacific Real Estate Sector
As we pass the halfway mark between 2015’s Paris Climate Agreement and its first key-milestone of 2030, the pressure for sustainable transition can increasingly be felt across industries globally, and the real estate and construction sector is no exception.With heavy...
Climate adaptation: Supporting pre-arranged disaster financing and flood adaptation solutions for cities in Togo
An innovative flood resilience project to support pre-arranged disaster financing and flood adaptation solutions for cities in Togo has been approved and will launch in three municipalities.A parametric insurance mechanism that will cover three cities, and over...
How to avoid the pitfalls of climate insurance?
Ideas from a new flood insurance and adaptation project in TogoWhen heavy rain falls on an African city, the same scenario repeats itself. First, under-sized sewage systems, often clogged with plastic waste, overflow and flood the surrounding areas. Then, water...
Will we still be making wine in France in 2050?
Year after year, we hear of crops being compromised and farmers suffering from extreme weather events. Droughts, late frosts, hail, fires, floods – and all the diseases that come with them. Climatic events have become the norm for a lot of winegrowers. As a result of...
N-Dimensions of nature
Why is it so complicated to identify a single nature metric? When it comes to assessing our relationship with the climate, a company or a financial institution can rely on one simple and trustworthy metric: carbon emissions. In order to define strategies, our society...
Impact measurement: AXA Climate is guiding the initial investment of the regenerative agriculture fund launched by AXA, Tikehau Capital and Unilever
The private equity fund dedicated to regenerative agriculture co-created by AXA, Tikehau Capital and Unilever has just made its initial investment of 120 million euros in Biobest, a Belgian group and world leader in biological pest and disease control solutions for...
Understanding Morocco’s recent earthquake: 5 questions answered
On the evening of September 8th, Morocco experienced a significant seismic event with a magnitude of 6.8. The earthquake's epicenter was located approximately 70 km from Marrakech and resulted in substantial damage to both buildings and infrastructure, with reports of...
SFDR requirements: guidance to assess your compliance and maturity
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and its Delegated Regulation were introduced incrementally in the European Union between March 2021 and January 2023. Its main objective is to enhance transparency, homogeneity, and comparability in sustainable...