In the months that followed its invasion of Ukraine and punitive Western restrictions imposed in response, Russia amassed a shadow fleet to ferry its oil around the world. Now there is growing evidence Moscow has begun to do the same …
Companies accused of misrepresenting their progress on tackling climate change are increasingly finding themselves the target of litigants, as activist groups look to hold some of the world’s worst polluters to account. As many as 47 new climate washing cases …
The opening salvos have been fired in a 2.5 billion euro ($2.7 billion), Irish court battle between some of the world’s largest aircraft lessors and their insurers over around 80 jets stranded in Russia. Dublin’s High Court earlier this month …
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing ozone emissions that may worsen air pollution in neighboring states, handing a victory on Thursday to three Republican-led states and the steel and fossil-fuel industries that had …
On June 18 and 19, 2024, CDK Global (CDK), a leading provider of cloud-based software to auto dealerships in North America, fell victim to a two-tiered cyberattack. 15,000 dealerships are potentially impacted, with multiple departments affected, including sales, financing and …
BMS Australia, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the launch of its Agriculture business with Ceri Martin appointed to lead the division. The establishment of this new business is part of BMS’ global strategy to deepen its expertise …
Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for “trying to derail” a potential 36 billion-pound ($46 billion) London lawsuit. More than 720,000 Brazilians, including 46 local …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Gallagher Re and Markel. A summary of these new hires follows here. Gallagher Re Appoints Rudden as Head of Green Solutions Gallagher Re announced the appointment of Richard Rudden as head …
Australia on Friday gave the go-ahead for ANZ Group’s A$4.9 billion ($3.26 billion) buyout of Suncorp’s banking business, clearing the deal to proceed after almost two years of scrutiny by financial regulators and treasury. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the deal …
Electric-vehicle firm Fisker is recalling more than 12,000 Ocean vehicles to fix an issue where exterior door handles can stick and fail to open, the company said on Friday, marking its third recall this month. The U.S. National Highway Traffic …