Climate Change Data

SiriusPoint

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Governance
  • Ethics

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
  • Implemented a ‘speak up culture’ with 24/7 ethics hotline.
  • Developed a global compliance and ethics program with periodic risk assessments and regular compliance training.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Higher than average natural catastrophes (40% higher than the 21st-century average).
Mitigation Strategies
  • Globally diversified insurance portfolio to dampen the effect of losses from specific risks or geographic regions.
  • Retrocession programs to mitigate result volatility.
  • Stringent pricing and underwriting, continued efficiency improvements and sound balancing of risks between insurance and investment operations.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Natural catastrophes (wind, flooding, earthquakes)

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Solvency II

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:423.9 tCO2e (2021, scopes 1 & 2 market-based)
Scope 1 Emissions:149.9 tCO2e (2021)
Scope 2 Emissions:274 tCO2e (2021, location-based)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Governance
  • Social Responsibility

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced carbon footprint by 52% from 2020 baseline through cloud migration and office relocation.
  • Relocated New York office to LEED Gold certified building.
  • Relocated Stockholm office to a building targeting BREEAM Excellent certification.
  • Added electric vehicles to Belgian office fleet and installed charging stations.

Social Achievements

  • Maintained a gender-diverse workforce (50% women, 50% men).
  • Implemented various employee wellbeing programs (healthcare, life insurance, paid parental leave, etc.).
  • Engaged in community initiatives (donations to Red Cross, fundraising for WindReach, volunteering).

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainability Council to define sustainability approach and goals.
  • Integrated climate risk into Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework.
  • Reduced exposure to property catastrophe reinsurance.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Exposure to various natural perils (hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, etc.).
  • Transition risks associated with shifting to a low-carbon economy.
  • Litigation risk related to climate change.
  • Data limitations in measuring and disclosing climate-related metrics.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Materially reduced exposure to property risk globally (from 28% to 17% of gross written premium).
  • Developed underwriting guidelines to mitigate climate change impacts.
  • Implemented outwards reinsurance and capital management strategies.
  • Leveraging annual policies for flexibility in pricing and risk adjustment.
  • Investing in tools for automated emissions tracking.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Vendor Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Hurricanes
  • Tornadoes
  • Earthquakes
  • Floods
  • Wildfires
  • Droughts
Transition Risks
  • Regulatory changes
  • Market shifts
  • Litigation risk
Opportunities
  • Providing reinsurance capacity to renewable energy sector.
  • Supporting dislocated markets.
  • Providing innovative climate risk transfer solutions.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: TCFD

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Good Health and Wellbeing
  • Gender Equality
  • Climate Action
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth

SiriusPoint aligns its business with these SDGs through various initiatives.