Connecting Insurance Podcast Episode 14 with Astrid Bayer

Astrid Bayer is Sustainability Officer at Provinzial and
responsible for all sustainability-related topics since 2018. Not
just in her business life but also in her private life
sustainability is an important topic for her.


In the Connecting Insurance Podcast Astrid shares with Nikolaus
Sühr insights about:


More about Astrid, her background and reasons why sustainability
is an important topic to her


Why the insurance industry needs to move towards sustainability
now and have a duty to tackle sustainability issues


Where the insurance industry and insurers in particular have the
power to positively contribute to a more sustainable world


How sustainable investing works at Provinzial (ESG principles,
exclusion criteria, ESG committee, investment policy/guidelines)


“Quick wins” for sustainable operations (CO2, offices, employee
benefits (last mile solution, perks, cafeteria))


Sustainable concepts in terms of “product development”, and other
sustainability approaches (e.g. ESG screening of corporate
clients or approaches of Gothaer, HUK, Provinzial etc.)


The roadmap to climate-neutral 2050 for capital investments and
how to measure CO2 of investments


Where sustainability is attached within the Provinzial company
structure (Marketing & Communication (2018) vs. Risk
Management (today))


Consolidated losses and if they affect decision-making towards
sustainability or away from sustainability (climate change as a
factor)





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