"The world's changing climate presents a new set of risks," said Rowan Saunders, President & CEO of RSA in
Key elements of the partnership include: - Climate change is opening up new areas of the Arctic to resource extraction, commercial shipping and fishing, and placing increasing pressure on conservation of marine ecosystems along Canadian coastlines. As Canada's largest marine insurer, RSA is sponsoring WWF-Canada to research and map sensitive areas to help understand and mitigate risks and promote the use of resources in a more sustainable way. This project joins other RSA and WWF marine conservation projects around the world including the Arctic, the Baltic, and Scandinavian coastlines. - In December, during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the need for a new global deal to reduce greenhouse gases will be discussed. RSA will be supporting the WWF's major exhibition on risks to the Arctic region and will be present at the World Climate Change talks. - With WWF's support, RSA will be setting new CO(2) targets, researching its supply chain impact, developing new green products and investigating how RSA's investment strategies can support sustainability.
RSA believes that behaving responsibly and ethically in the way the business is managed will have a positive impact on the environment, people and the communities in which the company operates. Saunders continued, "During the course of this partnership we'll be helping and learning from each other to understand more about environmental risks, to protect our business and customers while minimizing the impact on the environment."
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About WWF
WWF is one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation organisations, with almost 5 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.
About RSA
With an almost 300 year heritage, RSA is one of the world's leading multinational quoted insurance groups. It has the capability to write business in over 130 countries and with major operations in the UK, Scandinavia,
For further information: Media enquires: WWF: Benjamin Ward, head of press and media relations, WWF - UK, Tel +44 (0) 7837 134 193, [email protected]; Tara Wood, head of press, WWF-Canada, Tel (416) 484-7710, [email protected]; RSA: Sarah Kennedy, External Communications Consultant, Tel (416) 366-7600 ext.2987, [email protected]
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