DB schemes targeting buyout urged to zero in on insurers' interim emissions targets

Hymans’s report says interim targets ‘good indicator’ of progress against net-zero goals

Martin Richmond
clock • 2 min read
DB schemes targeting buyout urged to zero in on insurers' interim emissions targets

Defined benefit (DB) scheme trustees looking to conduct a buyout transaction should focus on an insurer’s performance against their interim emissions targets when selecting a transaction partner, Hymans Robertson says.

The consultancy's latest risk transfer ESG report noted, with last year seeing nearly £50bn in assets being transferred to insurers and with no signs of the market slowing down, insurers' sustainab...

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