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Senior Living & LTC: The role of ESG in future success

Host Tara Clayton and Amy Barnes, Marsh’s Head of Climate and Sustainability Strategy, delve into the many facets of ESG and the importance of understanding their value for owners and operators.

ESG — environmental, social, and governance — are a set of non-financial metrics used to help an organization measure and manage both risk and opportunity. With global financial services investments valued into the tens of trillions aligned to ESG, it’s safe to say that a business’ future success can be significantly impacted by its commitment to ESG.

In this episode of Risk Insights: Senior Living & LTC, listen as host Tara Clayton and Amy Barnes, Marsh’s Head of Climate and Sustainability Strategy, delve into the many facets of ESG — climate, sustainability, and social responsibility to name a few — and the importance of understanding their value for owners and operators.

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Key takeaways

Prepare today for the climate of the future

Review your portfolio and understand how your exposure to weather-related events may be changing over the next 5–10 years. Create plans that can respond to these changes.

Understand the correlation between ESG and workers’ compensation losses

A recent study shows that a company’s efforts around ESG can impact employee trust, satisfaction, and safety.

Non-financial metrics impact access to capital

As equity partners think about return on their investments, they increasingly are thinking about how non-financial metrics will impact a business' ability to manage risks and drive value in the future.

About our speakers

Tara	Clayton

Tara Clayton

Client Executive, Senior Living and LTC Industry Practice

Tara Clayton is a client executive in Marsh’s Senior Living and LTC Industry Practice. In this role, she advises clients with strategic and tactical advice concerning effective general and professional claim resolution, risk management, and strategies to obtain maximum insurance coverage across lines of coverage. Tara’s expertise with complex litigation and creative risk management initiatives helps reduce costs, enhance value, and increase client control of their risk management programs.

Amy Barnes

Amy Barnes

Head of Climate & Sustainability Strategy, Marsh

Amy Barnes heads Marsh’s climate and sustainability strategy. Prior to this she held a number of leadership roles with Marsh’s global energy, power, and renewables business. She has a respected depth and breadth of experience assisting some of the largest and most complex companies manage risks. This experience enables her to have a deep understanding of a wide range of clients’ risk management approaches. She joined Marsh as an environmental insurance broker and has 20 years of relevant industry experience with Marsh.