Sustainability & Governance
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) at Arch.
Key ESG Topics at a Glance
ESG considerations are integral to our business operations and daily decisions. We take a measured approach to ESG as we strive to drive our purpose — Enable Possibility — across our business.
We work with our clients to provide services and insurance coverage that help them safeguard their future in a world where uncertainty touches every aspect of their lives. Our business is built on long-term thinking and an established history of delivering reliable risk management expertise to our markets.
Our ESG framework maps across five key impact areas that support and drive our ESG initiative. By organizing our strategy under these pillars, we seek to encompass Arch’s collaborative ESG successes and sustainability progress across our operations.
Our ESG Framework
BUSINESS
We offer services and
insurance coverages
that support our clients
through major loss and
improve their resiliency;
we integrate ESG factors
into our underwriting
to reduce risk and
capture opportunities for
stakeholder benefit.
OPERATIONS
We actively manage
ESG risks and embed
compliance, transparency,
cybersecurity and
resilience across our operations,
protecting our people and
customers who entrust
us with their personal
information and business
interests.
INVESTMENTS
We believe incorporating
certain nonfinancial ESG
factors into investment
selection and risk
management can
potentially enhance longterm
investment returns.
PEOPLE
We are committed to
investing in the personal
and professional success
of our employees and
creating long-term
sustainable growth for our
organization.
COMMUNITIES
Striving to make a
meaningful impact
by investing in our
communities is ingrained
in Arch’s core Values,
woven into the fabric of
our corporate culture.
Our ESG Priorities
We incorporated sustainability-driven thinking into core areas of our company, reaffirming the importance of sustainability to our operations. Our ESG priorities are defined here and we are committed to strengthening across each dimension and will continue to evaluate these priorities based on emerging trends and stakeholder feedback.
| E | S | G | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Capital | Human Capital | ||
| Carbon Emissions (Operations) |
Access to Finance & Social Product Development |
Diversity & Inclusion |
Business Ethics & Standards |
| Climate Risk & Climate Change Management |
Community Relations/ Engagement/ Philanthropy |
Employee Health & Safety |
Corporate Governance |
| Financing Environmental Risks & Opportunities |
Responsible Investing |
Professional Learning & Development |
Data Privacy & Cybersecurity |
| Sustainable Real Estate |
Supply Chain Value |
Systemic Risk Management |
|
2023 ESG Reports
We believe in the value of transparency around our sustainability initiatives, and we are committed to sharing our progress across our four sustainability reports: Sustainability, Sustainability Highlights, Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and Task Force for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). On this website you’ll find the highlights of our ESG successes and sustainability progress during 2023.
Latest Reports
Sustainability Report
2023
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Report
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
Marcy Rathman, Chief ESG Officer
Marcy Rathman, Arch’s Chief Environmental, Social and Governance Officer, is charged with coordinating the oversight and management of Arch’s ESG efforts. She was promoted to the role in May 2019, when Arch launched its formal ESG program. Prior to that, she served as an attorney for Arch for close to 20 years, supporting the General Counsel and many of Arch’s governance and compliance policies. With this background, she was well-positioned to lead and oversee the company’s ESG efforts and the annual comprehensive sustainability reports.
She joined Arch’s legal team in December of 2000 and has been a key member of the corporate legal team, providing risk management oversight, supporting Arch’s worldwide retirement savings and equity plans and enforcing our corporate governance policies. Under her guidance, Arch launched an ESG strategy and coordinated the teams and processes to support it.
She manages a number of cross-functional teams responsible for ESG decision-making and reporting, including oversight of sustainable business practices. She works closely with the Arch’s executive leaders to enact recommendations that align with our sustainability strategy and shareholder goals. Additionally, she provides quarterly reports to the Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board of Directors.