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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Aon names new CEO of Global Solutions
Global professional services company Aon has appointed Andy Marcell as its new CEO of Global Solutions. In this role, Marcell will oversee Aon's integrated Risk Capital and Human Capital capabilities, encompassing the organization's reinsurance, commercial risk, health, wealth and talent teams. Marcell, who joined Aon in 2015, will continue to serve as CEO of Reinsurance until John Neal assumes the position on 1 September 2025. Aon named Neal as the global chairman of Climate Solutions and global CEO of its Reinsurance arm in January this year. Marcell will report to Aon president and CEO Greg Case and remain a member of the Aon Executive Committee, the company said. Case said: "Building integrated capabilities to help our clients address risk and people issues is one of the core commitments of our 3x3 Plan to go further, faster in serving urgent client need. 'Andy has made a tremendous impact integrating our solutions and enhancing the alignment of our Risk Capital and Human Capital capabilities and will advance our strategy to serve clients as one Aon United firm." Marcell's promotion follows his tenure as CEO of Risk Capital, where he unified the company's commercial risk and Reinsurance solutions. He will present the company's strategy for addressing client needs across both Risk Capital and Human Capital at its Investor Day on 9 June 2025. Last month, Aon named Lambros Lambrou, CEO of Human Capital, as its new global chief strategy officer. Marcell stated: "Lambros and the Human Capital leadership team have made tremendous progress integrating our Health, Wealth and Talent teams to deliver differentiated data, insights and expertise. 'I am looking forward to bringing our Risk Capital and Human Capital teams closer together to address the unprecedented volatility and complexity facing our clients." "Aon names new CEO of Global Solutions " was originally created and published by Life Insurance International, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Platonic' Season 2 Sets August Premiere Date at Apple TV+
'Platonic' Season 2 will debut on Apple TV+ later this summer. The second installment of the Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne-led series will premiere Wednesday, Aug. 6, the streamer announced Tuesday. The first two episodes of the ten-episode season will debut on Aug. 6 with new episodes dropping every Wednesday until Oct. 1. In the date announcement, Rogen's Will and Byrne's Sylvia can be seen riding in the back of a golf cart to a group of golfers. While both Will and Sylvia are beginners, Will takes a big swing — that ends up hitting their friend smack in the eye, leading the entire group to spiral. The August premiere marks just over two years after 'Platonic' premiered its first season in May 2023. 'Platonic' Season 1 sees Will and Sylvia, a platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife, reconnecting a long rift, per the official logline, with the duo's friendship becoming all consuming — and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way. The end of Season 1 featured a flash forward a year later, which sees Will settled into his new life in San Diego. In the Season 1 finale, Will got engaged to his co-worker and Sylvia agreed to plan their wedding. Season 2 will Rogen and Byrne reprise their roles as Will and Sylvia, while Luke Macfarlane returns as Sylvia's husband, Charlie and Carla Gallo reprises her role as Sylvia's friend, Katie. The new installment will also introduce Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett as guest stars. 'Platonic' is cocreated, directed and cowritten by Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television, where Stoller's Global Solutions has an overall deal. Byrne, Stoller, Delbanco and Conor Welch executive produce with Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver for Point Grey Pictures. Stoller recently had a cameo on Rogen's 'The Studio,' which Rogen and Goldberg wrote, directed and executive produced. The post 'Platonic' Season 2 Sets August Premiere Date at Apple TV+ appeared first on TheWrap.
Japan Today
12-05-2025
- Business
- Japan Today
EU mulls nature credits to help biodiversity
Environmental groups worry the idea could be brought low by the many scandals that have hit carbon credit markets By Adrien DE CALAN Could farmers get money for protecting birds or plants? That's the hope of the European Union, which is seeking to monetize biodiversity by creating a market for "nature credits". The European Commission last month launched a series of talks with financial, farming and green groups to ponder the idea, which has some environmentalists worried. "You can make good money by razing a forest to the ground, but not by planting a new one and letting it grow old," the EU's environment commissioner Jessika Roswall told a "Global Solutions" conference in Berlin this week, adding the bloc wanted to change that. The plan is still in its infancy and no concrete details have been put forward yet. But the idea is to replicate the financial success of carbon credits, which launched two decades ago to help finance efforts to tackle global warming and have developed into an almost trillion-dollar global market. Carbon credits allow a polluter to "offset" their emissions by paying for "avoided" emissions elsewhere. Nature credits on the other hand would see businesses brush up their green credentials by paying for initiatives that restore or protect nature -- something Roswall said cannot be financed by public coffers alone. At a U.N. biodiversity summit in 2022, world nations agreed to a target of protecting 30 percent of the planet's lands and oceans by 2030 and to provide $200 billion a year in finance. Under the EU plan, activities that protect or restore nature would be certified and the related certificate traded in a dedicated financial market. But things get more complicated in practice. "Putting a price tag on nature" is a "more complex" affair than pricing carbon emissions, said an EU official. How much CO2 is released into the atmosphere or sequestered by a specific activity is easily measurable, the official said. The same can not be said of biodiversity, which is by definition diverse, with many varieties of animal and plants making it tricky to measure and identify value. "Waking up to the song of birds, drinking water from a mountain spring, staring at the endless blue of the sea and of the ocean. How could you possibly put a price tag on any of this?" Roswall asked in Berlin. "We do put a price tag on nature, every second, every day, but only by taking resources away from their natural environment," she added. In Europe, several pilot projects have been launched to test the concept, including in Finland, France and Estonia, where an initiative is seeking to reward forest owners for sustainably managing their plots. The 27-nation EU is hoping these and other projects will provide farmers and foresters with an additional source of income. It is not alone. Similar schemes were discussed at the U.N. COP16 nature talks in Colombia last year, and more than a dozen countries, including the United States and Germany already have a nascent market or a project underway. Yet, striking a cautious note, pan-European farmers group Copa-Cogeca said it wanted to see a concrete proposal before commenting. Environmental groups on the other hand are worried about a possible repeat of the many scandals that have dogged carbon credit markets, from tax fraud to the certification of projects that did nothing for the environment. Nature credits could offer firms another opportunity for "greenwashing" -- pretending they are greener than they really are -- and authorities an excuse to cut back public funding for biodiversity, some warn. "Not even the commission knows what they want to do," Ioannis Agapakis, a lawyer with ClientEarth, an environmental group, said of the European Commission. Yet, it was "no coincidence" -- and "a concern" -- that the idea was being floated as the EU's executive body prepared to negotiate the future European budget, he added. © 2025 AFP
Malay Mail
11-05-2025
- Business
- Malay Mail
Pricing birdsong: Farmers could earn cash for conservation as EU explores biodiversity ‘nature credits'
BRUSSELS, May 11 — Could farmers get money for protecting birds or plants? That's the hope of the European Union, which is seeking to monetise biodiversity by creating a market for 'nature credits'. The European Commission last month launched a series of talks with financial, farming and green groups to ponder the idea, which has some environmentalists worried. 'You can make good money by razing a forest to the ground, but not by planting a new one and letting it grow old,' the EU's environment commissioner Jessika Roswall told a 'Global Solutions' conference in Berlin on Monday, adding the bloc wanted to change that. The plan is still in its infancy and no concrete details have been put forward yet. But the idea is to replicate the financial success of carbon credits, which launched two decades ago to help finance efforts to tackle global warming and have developed into an almost trillion-dollar global market. Carbon credits allow a polluter to 'offset' their emissions by paying for 'avoided' emissions elsewhere. Nature credits on the other hand would see businesses brush up their green credentials by paying for initiatives that restore or protect nature — something Roswall said cannot be financed by public coffers alone. At a UN biodiversity summit in 2022, world nations agreed to a target of protecting 30 per cent of the planet's lands and oceans by 2030 and to provide US$200 billion (RM859 billion) a year in finance. EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Jessika Roswall. — AFP pic Pricing nature Under the EU plan, activities that protect or restore nature would be certified and the related certificate traded in a dedicated financial market. But things get more complicated in practice. 'Putting a price tag on nature' is a 'more complex' affair than pricing carbon emissions, said an EU official. How much CO2 is released into the atmosphere or sequestered by a specific activity is easily measurable, the official said. The same can not be said of biodiversity, which is by definition diverse, with many varieties of animal and plants making it tricky to measure and identify value. 'Waking up to the song of birds, drinking water from a mountain spring, staring at the endless blue of the sea and of the ocean. How could you possibly put a price tag on any of this?' Roswall asked in Berlin. 'We do put a price tag on nature, every second, every day, but only by taking resources away from their natural environment,' she added. In Europe, several pilot projects have been launched to test the concept, including in Finland, France and Estonia, where an initiative is seeking to reward forest owners for sustainably managing their plots. The 27-nation EU is hoping these and other projects will provide farmers and foresters with an additional source of income. 'No coincidence' It is not alone. Similar schemes were discussed at the UN COP16 nature talks in Colombia last year, and more than a dozen countries, including the United States and Germany already have a nascent market or a project underway. Yet, striking a cautious note, pan-European farmers group Copa-Cogeca said it wanted to see a concrete proposal before commenting. Environmental groups on the other hand are worried about a possible repeat of the many scandals that have dogged carbon credit markets, from tax fraud to the certification of projects that did nothing for the environment. Nature credits could offer firms another opportunity for 'greenwashing' — pretending they are greener than they really are — and authorities an excuse to cut back public funding for biodiversity, some warn. 'Not even the commission knows what they want to do,' Ioannis Agapakis, a lawyer with ClientEarth, an environmental group, said of the European Commission. Yet, it was 'no coincidence' — and 'a concern' — that the idea was being floated as the EU's executive body prepared to negotiate the future European budget, he added. — ETX Studio
Time of India
06-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Pricing birdsong: EU mulls nature credits to help biodiversity
BRUSSELS: Could farmers get money for protecting birds or plants? That's the hope of the , which is seeking to monetise biodiversity by creating a market for " nature credits ". The European Commission last month launched a series of talks with financial, farming and green groups to ponder the idea, which has some environmentalists worried. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now "You can make good money by razing a forest to the ground, but not by planting a new one and letting it grow old," the EU's environment commissioner Jessika Roswall told a "Global Solutions" conference in Berlin on Monday, adding the bloc wanted to change that. The plan is still in its infancy and no concrete details have been put forward yet. But the idea is to replicate the financial success of carbon credits , which launched two decades ago to help finance efforts to tackle and have developed into an almost trillion-dollar global market. Carbon credits allow a polluter to "offset" their emissions by paying for "avoided" emissions elsewhere. Nature credits on the other hand would see businesses brush up their green credentials by paying for initiatives that restore or protect nature -- something Roswall said cannot be financed by public coffers alone. At a UN biodiversity summit in 2022, world nations agreed to a target of protecting 30 per cent of the planet's lands and oceans by 2030 and to provide $200 billion a year in finance. Pricing nature: Under the EU plan, activities that protect or restore nature would be certified and the related certificate traded in a dedicated financial market. But things get more complicated in practice. "Putting a price tag on nature" is a "more complex" affair than pricing carbon emissions, said an EU official. How much CO2 is released into the atmosphere or sequestered by a specific activity is easily measurable, the official said. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The same can not be said of biodiversity, which is by definition diverse, with many varieties of animal and plants making it tricky to measure and identify value. "Waking up to the song of birds, drinking water from a mountain spring, staring at the endless blue of the sea and of the ocean. How could you possibly put a price tag on any of this?" Roswall asked in Berlin. "We do put a price tag on nature, every second, every day, but only by taking resources away from their natural environment," she added. In Europe, several pilot projects have been launched to test the concept, including in Finland, France and Estonia, where an initiative is seeking to reward forest owners for sustainably managing their plots. The 27-nation EU is hoping these and other projects will provide farmers and foresters with an additional source of income. No coincidence: It is not alone. Similar schemes were discussed at the UN COP16 nature talks in Colombia last year, and more than a dozen countries, including the United States and Germany already have a nascent market or a project underway. Yet, striking a cautious note, pan-European farmers group Copa-Cogeca said it wanted to see a concrete proposal before commenting. Environmental groups on the other hand are worried about a possible repeat of the many scandals that have dogged carbon credit markets, from tax fraud to the certification of projects that did nothing for the environment. Nature credits could offer firms another opportunity for "greenwashing" -- pretending they are greener than they really are -- and authorities an excuse to cut back public funding for biodiversity, some warn. "Not even the commission knows what they want to do," Ioannis Agapakis, a lawyer with ClientEarth, an environmental group, said of the European Commission. Yet, it was "no coincidence" -- and "a concern" -- that the idea was being floated as the EU's executive body prepared to negotiate the future European budget, he added.
