This report shows that plastic pollution risks can affect insurance and investment portfolios in the form of physical, transition, liability and reputational risks. The study identifies how risks related to plastic pollution play out across insurance lines and asset classes in which insurers invest.

Topics

Crisis and Risk Management
Economic Contribution
Investment and Finance
Solid Waste

GSTC-D Criterias

A1 -Destination management responsibility
B1 -Measuring the economic contribution of tourism
D9 -Solid Waste

Sustainable Development Goals - SDG's

12- Responsible Consumption & Production

Citation

“United Nations Environment Programme;

2019;

Unwrapping the Risks of Plastic Pollution to the Insurance Industry;

BTRP-ID: 2732″

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Unwrapping the Risks of Plastic Pollution to the Insurance Industry

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