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Martin Hunter18 September 2018
ESG in Strategy & Purpose
Martin HunterChief Risk OfficerIAG NZ
Long standing commitment to ESG principles
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2004IAG joins Australian Climate Group, releases ‘Climate Change Solutions for Australia Report’
2006Signatory to UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI)
2007Commitment to become carbon neutral by 2012 (achieved)
2012Founding member of Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience & Safer CommunitiesFounding member of the UN Principles of Sustainable Insurance (PSI)
2014IAG signs Geneva Association Climate Risk Statement
Refreshed climate change policy position following Paris AgreementAustralian Red Cross partnership to help communities build resilienceResilient Cities initiative
2018Climate Change Action PlanUNEPFI conference: ‘Financing a Resilient and Sustainable Economy’
2016 –2017
Social issues are business issues.Economies and societies are experiencing rapid technology, social, environmental and economic change. Societal expectations of institutions and peoples’ trust in them is changing. A re-balancing is needed, so that people and institutions work together.
Context
Trust in institutions and the ‘system’ iseroding.A model of institutional distrust
A fundamental shift is occurring, leading to a new model of influence and authority.
Three out of four institutions are not trusted to do what isright.(% who trust institution to do what is right)
Current tensionInfluence has shifted to the people; peopleusing influence torejectestablished authority.
Old model“For the people”Elites manage institutions to dothings ‘for’ the people.
Influence and authority: Institutions
Influence and authority: People
New model“With the people”Institutions working withpeople; institutionalsilos dissolved.
Influence and authority: People andInstitutions51%
38% 41%
54%
51%
2017
2016
47%
29%
46%
31%
Most people think that the system is failing.(% who agree)
47%
22%
Agree
NGOs
Business Media Government
Data Source: Edelman Trust Barometer 2017 – New Zealand report
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51% of people feel businesscan do more than governments.
Rise in belief driven buyers across allmarkets.
Trust is the single most important currency inthe business world.
Business is the lastline of defence forthoseuncertain about thefutureand institutions.
Managing and deliveringagainst expectations will berewarded.
On the issuesthat matter, silence is not an option.
-3% -4% -9% +5%
• Decent Work and Economic Growth – recognising insurance is a service that helps communities to thrive and recover from adversity.
• Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure – a role in supporting investment to find lasting solutions to both economic and environmental challenges.
• Sustainable Cities and Communities – using our expertise and partnerships to deliver resilient and sustainable communities and infrastructure.
• Climate Action – regional leadership on climate change.
Sustainable Development Goals
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Eleven capabilitiesOptimise our core insurance business while creating future growth options
Three strategic priorities
Alignment to purposeWe make your world a safer place
A purpose-led organisation that shapes its internal and external environment• Improving community engagement• Strategic partnerships with the NSW and Queensland State Emergency Services,
Red Cross, Lifeline and NIWA (flood mapping)• Australian Business Roundtable – five reports issued on disaster mitigation• Global role in the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative –
understanding of climate change and natural disasters to develop industry-wide solutions
• Using technology to mitigate the risk of loss – Fireblanket, DipStik and Safer Journeys app
• Consumer Advisory Board – 2016• Customer Conduct Council – 2018• Member of NZ Climate Change Adaptation Working Group – 2017• Resilient New Zealand
Shared value framework – safer, stronger, more confident communities
Responsible business
Resilience to natural perils
Business resilience
Access and affordability
solutionsSocial
resilience
Safer at work
Safer at home
Safer on our roads
Annual materiality assessment
Customer and partner
experienceFuture-focused
innovationCommunity resilience
Financial performance
Climate changeand natural perils
Organisationalculture aligned
to purpose
Access and affordability
Customer Simplification Agility
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