A survey of key decision-makers carried out for the World Economic Forum identifies environmental issues as the top five global risks over the coming decade.
The biggest long-term risk cited in the report was the possibility of extreme weather events, such as floods or storms. The others were the failure to properly plan for climate change, man-made environmental disasters such as oil spills, major biodiversity loss and natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis.
“There is mounting pressure on companies from investors, regulators, customers and employees to demonstrate their resilience to rising climate volatility,” said John Drzik, chairman of Marsh & McLennan Insights, which, along with Zurich Insurance Group, helped the World Economic Forum compile the report.
The trend was highlighted this week when BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink said his firm, which manages about $7 trillion for investors, will put climate change and sustainability at the heart of its investing approach. The annual gathering of the business and political elites in Davos can help in that process, he said, as it assembles “the influencers from the sectors that have to work together.”
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