Willis Towers Watson Joins Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

 

LONDON 08/01/2018 10:30AM GMT: Willis Towers Watson is the latest addition to the Climate Bonds Partners Program. As a leading global professional services firm specialized in insurance brokerage and risk management, Willis Towers Watson supports clients across all industries to help transform business risk into opportunity.

As demand for green financial products and for transparency around climate related risk disclosure keeps growing, Willis Towers Watson and Climate Bonds will work together to open up new opportunities for companies to take advantage of these trends by incorporating green debt sources in their investment processes and mitigating climate risks connected to their assets.

John Collier, Willis Towers Watson

“We are delighted to be supporting the Climate Bonds Initiative. We look forward to working in partnership with the CBI and its network in expanding efforts aimed at promoting long term environmentally beneficial initiatives. Willis Towers Watson has developed a bespoke Financial Bond Indemnity product unique to this class, and we are proud to be working with the CBI to continue developing the green finance market.”

Sean Kidney, CEO Climate Bonds Initiative

Asset managers and asset owners will play an increasingly important role in ensuring that green debt instruments become integrated in corporate strategies and portfolios across a range of industrial sectors globally. As Climate Bonds works to promote engagement of the investment industry in green finance, Willis Towers Watson will bring valuable inter-industryexpertise.”

 

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Climate Bonds Contact:
Andrew Whiley
Head of Communications & Media

+44 (0)7506 270 943

andrew.whiley@climatebonds.net

 

Willis Towers Watson Contact:

John Collier Divisional Director, FINEX Global

Willis Towers Watson

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Willis Limited, 51 Lime Street,

London, EC3M 7DQ

Direct: +44 203 193 9419,

Mobile: +44 7957 931220,

John.collier@willistowerswatson.com

www.willistowerswatson.com

 

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