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Business Standard
26-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Great Eastern Shipping Company receives ESG rating from SES ESG Research
Great Eastern Shipping Company announced that SES ESG Research (SES), a SEBI registered ESG Rating provider, has vide its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report assigned an overall ESG score of 67.2 to the Company for FY 2023-24. The Company has not engaged SES for ESG Rating. SES has independently prepared the report based on data of the Company pertaining to FY 2023-24 available in public domain.
Cision Canada
12-05-2025
- Business
- Cision Canada
DEFINITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION RELEASES ITS ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT
WATERLOO, ON, May 12, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, Definity Financial Corporation (TSX: DFY) released its 2024 Sustainability Report and its 2024 Public Accountability Statement. The reports are available on the Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship section of the Company's website. As a purpose-driven sustainability leader, Definity has taken a thoughtful and proactive approach to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics, delivering long-term value for our employees, brokers, customers, shareholders, and communities. These efforts were recently recognized with an MSCI ESG Rating upgrade to "AAA", placing Definity among the top-ranked global P&C insurers for ESG risk management and sustainability leadership. Through its ongoing efforts to integrate sustainability into its business, Definity is working to create positive change for the environment, strengthen the resilience of communities, and contribute to more equitable outcomes in society. The 2024 Sustainability Report and Public Accountability Statement offer insights into how the company has not only embraced, but has deeply integrated sustainability, innovation, collaboration, and an ownership mindset into its business and culture. The reports detail the embedded sustainability initiatives across the company and how Definity is delivering on its climate change, people, and community commitments. Rowan Saunders, President and CEO of Definity says: "We are on a journey to be one of Canada's top five P&C insurers. To achieve this, we know it is crucial to build the long-term resilience of our business and the communities in which we live and work. We are forging a path forward as a leading Canadian insurer with a clear vision for our future and delivering on our commitments. I am pleased to share our 2024 Sustainability Report which demonstrates the progress Definity is making as we invest in building a better world." Key Highlights from the 2024 Sustainability Report Though 2024 was a challenging year for the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry as overall catastrophe losses reached an all-time high, Definity's proactive focus on enhancing climate modelling capabilities to manage exposure, inform risk selection, and support accumulation management, contributed to losses from these events being lower than Definity's natural market share. Definity's greenhouse gas emissions associated with operations (Scope 1 and 2, market-based) were 35% lower than 2019 levels, surpassing our 2025 interim target of a 30% reduction. Aligning to its commitment to donate at least 1% of net profit before taxes, 2024 marked the largest charitable giving year in Definity's over 150-year history, having donated more than $4 million to Canadian charities. These contributions help to address systemic barriers that prevent underrepresented and underserved communities from participating fully in the economy, and help Canadian communities, households, and businesses understand, prepare for, and respond to climate-related risks and impacts. Definity partnered with Dalhousie University's Mass Timber Project to support the development of a prefabricated modular housing prototype using mass timber—an environmentally friendly alternative to steel and concrete. Definity established an Indigenous Advisory Council and a Reconciliation Action Working Group to guide and advance the company's response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action #92. Definity capped off the year by becoming the first P&C insurer in Canada to become a United Nations Women's Empowerment Signatory, signaling its strong commitment to advancing gender equality in the workplace, also having increased the percentage of roles held by women at Vice President and Executive Leadership Team levels by 7 percentage points since 2022. About Definity Financial Corporation Definity Financial Corporation ("Definity", which includes its subsidiaries where the context so requires) is one of the leading property and casualty insurers in Canada, with over $4.5 billion in gross written premiums for the 12 months ended March 31, 2025 and approximately $3.4 billion in equity attributable to common shareholders as at March 31, 2025. SOURCE Definity Financial Corporation
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
DEFINITY FINANCIAL CORPORATION RELEASES ITS ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY STATEMENT
WATERLOO, ON, May 9, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, Definity Financial Corporation (TSX: DFY) released its 2024 Sustainability Report and its 2024 Public Accountability Statement. The reports are available on the Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship section of the Company's website. As a purpose-driven sustainability leader, Definity has taken a thoughtful and proactive approach to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics, delivering long-term value for our employees, brokers, customers, shareholders, and communities. These efforts were recently recognized with an MSCI ESG Rating upgrade to "AAA", placing Definity among the top-ranked global P&C insurers for ESG risk management and sustainability leadership. Through its ongoing efforts to integrate sustainability into its business, Definity is working to create positive change for the environment, strengthen the resilience of communities, and contribute to more equitable outcomes in society. The 2024 Sustainability Report and Public Accountability Statement offer insights into how the company has not only embraced, but has deeply integrated sustainability, innovation, collaboration, and an ownership mindset into its business and culture. The reports detail the embedded sustainability initiatives across the company and how Definity is delivering on its climate change, people, and community commitments. Rowan Saunders, President and CEO of Definity says: "We are on a journey to be one of Canada's top five P&C insurers. To achieve this, we know it is crucial to build the long-term resilience of our business and the communities in which we live and work. We are forging a path forward as a leading Canadian insurer with a clear vision for our future and delivering on our commitments. I am pleased to share our 2024 Sustainability Report which demonstrates the progress Definity is making as we invest in building a better world." Key Highlights from the 2024 Sustainability Report Though 2024 was a challenging year for the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry as overall catastrophe losses reached an all-time high, Definity's proactive focus on enhancing climate modelling capabilities to manage exposure, inform risk selection, and support accumulation management, contributed to losses from these events being lower than Definity's natural market share. Definity's greenhouse gas emissions associated with operations (Scope 1 and 2, market-based) were 35% lower than 2019 levels, surpassing our 2025 interim target of a 30% reduction. Aligning to its commitment to donate at least 1% of net profit before taxes, 2024 marked the largest charitable giving year in Definity's over 150-year history, having donated more than $4 million to Canadian charities. These contributions help to address systemic barriers that prevent underrepresented and underserved communities from participating fully in the economy, and help Canadian communities, households, and businesses understand, prepare for, and respond to climate-related risks and impacts. Definity partnered with Dalhousie University's Mass Timber Project to support the development of a prefabricated modular housing prototype using mass timber—an environmentally friendly alternative to steel and concrete. Definity established an Indigenous Advisory Council and a Reconciliation Action Working Group to guide and advance the company's response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action #92. Definity capped off the year by becoming the first P&C insurer in Canada to become a United Nations Women's Empowerment Signatory, signaling its strong commitment to advancing gender equality in the workplace, also having increased the percentage of roles held by women at Vice President and Executive Leadership Team levels by 7 percentage points since 2022. About Definity Financial Corporation Definity Financial Corporation ("Definity", which includes its subsidiaries where the context so requires) is one of the leading property and casualty insurers in Canada, with over $4.5 billion in gross written premiums for the 12 months ended March 31, 2025 and approximately $3.4 billion in equity attributable to common shareholders as at March 31, 2025. SOURCE Definity Financial Corporation View original content to download multimedia:
Mint
24-04-2025
- Business
- Mint
Sebi tweaks framework for ESG Rating Providers using subscriber-pays model
New Delhi, Apr 24 (PTI) Markets regulator Sebi has tweaked the framework for ESG Rating Providers (ERPs), especially for those using a subscriber-pays model, requiring them to share ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) rating reports with both subscribers and the rated issuer simultaneously. This policy needs to be publicly disclosed. To give this effect, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has amended rules governing credit rating agencies in a bid to enhance clarity and transparency. "An ESG rating provider following a subscriber-pays business model shall share the ESG rating report with its subscribers and the rated entity or the issuer whose securities have been rated at the same time and provide two working days to such rated entity or the issuer to provide its comments," Sebi said in its notification issued on Tuesday. Further, all comments or clarifications received from the rated entity within the specified timeline will be included in the addendum to the ESG rating report by the ERP. If the rated entity or the issuer has a different viewpoint on the data stated in the report, ERPs, after taking into account such viewpoint, can either revise the report or issue an addendum to the report with its remarks, for circulation to all its subscribers. Moreover, ERPs are required to disclose the policy regarding the sharing of ESG rating reports with the rated entity or the issuer whose securities have been rated and the subscribers on its website. Also ERP will provide a facility to the rated entity or the issuer whose securities have been rated to seek any clarification, including the ESG rating methodology or assumptions. Sebi has defined subscriber-pays business model as a business model where the ESG rating provider derives its revenues from ESG ratings from subscribers including banks, insurance companies, pension funds, or the rated entity itself. An ESG rating provider following a subscriber-pays business model will have to ensure that assigned rating is based only on publicly available information and that the fee paid by the subscriber is the lowest fee paid amongst all the subscribers if the rated entity or issuer is a subscriber itself. "Only group companies or associates of an entity, whose core business requires ESG ratings of such an entity or the securities issued by such entity, and are regulated by the financial sector regulator(s) can subscribe to the ESG rating," Sebi said. However, there should not be any conflict of interest or any potential or actual abuse or misuse, it added. ERPs will have to state on its website the financial sector regulator or authority under whose purview it undertakes ESG ratings for each product and will have to comply with the applicable laws administered by such financial sector regulator or authority. First Published: 24 Apr 2025, 03:01 PM IST
