Dr Bronwyn Claire

PhD, BSc(Ag)(Hons), BComm

Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

About me

Dr Bronwyn Claire has extensive experience across environmental, risk and finance fields. She is a Sustainable Finance Specialist in the Climate and ESG Solution at Ortec Finance. Bronwyn is a lead for the research and innovation of Ortec Finance’s climate scenario analysis products and communication of macroeconomic and financial impacts of climate change.

Before joining Ortec Finance, Bronwyn led ClimateWise at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) for four years and continues as a Fellow with CISL. ClimateWise is a platform bringing over 40 insurance industry firms together to research, respond and report on practical actions to manage climate change and climate risk.

Previously Bronwyn was with KPMG’s risk consulting practice in Hong Kong and Australia, leading projects for financial services firms in internal audit and enterprise risk management. Bronwyn has a BSc(Ag), BCom and a PhD in agricultural and resource economics and has worked across academic research and government roles in environmental economics and risk management. Growing up and now returning to a farm in Western Australia, she is dedicated to implementing practical solutions for the sustainability of the whole economy and society.

Course

Business Essentials

ESG Risk Management

Gain practical insights to help develop and implement an ESG risk management strategy in any organisation.

Next course: 3 Feb 2025 (6 weeks)

Awards

InsuranceERM Most Influential on Climate Change(Opens in a new window)

Publications

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2022). Why nature matters: Nature-related risks and opportunities for insurance underwriting(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Physically Fit: How financial institutions can better disclose climate-related physical risks in line with the recommendations of the TCFD (2022).(Opens in a new window)
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2022). Climate Tango: Principles for integrating physical and transition climate-risk assessment with sectoral examples(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2022). Modelling it all: Secondary Perils in a warming world(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Deloitte (CISL). (2022). The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2021(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL, 2021). Risk Sharing in the Climate Emergency: Financial regulation for a resilient, net zero, just transition(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2021). Climate product innovation within the insurance sector(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2021, December). Insurers in Paris-aligned climate transition: Practical actions towards net zero underwriting(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL 2021). The role of insurance underwriting in a changing climate: How policy can support sustainable underwriting(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
The Climate Risk Landscape: Mapping Climate-related Financial Risk Assessment Methodologies (2021).(Opens in a new window)
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and Deloitte (CISL). (2021). The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2020(Opens in a new window) Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2019). The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2019(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2018). Gearing up for regulation: The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2018(Opens in a new window). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.