Who gains from saving nature
Ledger 1 : 33 — For each dollar financing nature-based solutions in 2023, about $33 financed activities harmful to nature. (UNEP)
Actors / Company · United Kingdom / Ireland

WTW (Willis Towers Watson)

Appears in 5 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

CaseRoleCountryPeriodInstrument
Vale Brumadinho dam collapseCivil-liability insurance broker (press reports)Brazil2019–2027Mining / tailings dam
Samarco Fundão dam collapse (Mariana): the settlement and the court casesInsurance broker (as Willis)Brazil2015–2026Mining / tailings dam
Insurers of the Carmichael coal mineBroker asked to rule out the mine; declines to comment on clientsAustralia2015–2025Insurance declined or withdrawn
TNC Hawaii coral reef parametric insuranceBroker and co-designerUnited States2022–2026Insurance, liability and compensation funds
MAR Fund Mesoamerican Reef parametric insuranceBroker and co-creator of the programmeBelize2021Insurance, liability and compensation funds

Science and environment

Tailings and tailings dam
Tailings are the waste left after ore is processed; a tailings dam is the embankment that stores them as wet sludge.