The three-year agreement will focus on researching insurance risks of environmental change. As part of the global partnership, RSA is supporting major conservation projects around the world. In Canada, this includes supporting WWF-Canada's national marine conservation program.

Key elements of the partnership include:

- Climate change is opening up new areas of the Arctic to resource extraction, commercial shipping and fishing, and placing increasing pressure on conservation of marine ecosystems along Canadian coastlines. As Canada's largest marine insurer, RSA is sponsoring WWF-Canada to research and map sensitive areas to help understand and mitigate risks and promote the use of resources in a more sustainable way. This project joins other RSA and WWF marine conservation projects around the world including the Arctic, the Baltic, and Scandinavian coastlines.

-In December, during the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the need for a new global deal to reduce greenhouse gases will be discussed. RSA will be supporting the WWF's major exhibition on risks to the Arctic region and will be present at the World Climate Change talks.

- With WWF's support, RSA will be setting new CO(2) targets, researching its supply chain impact, developing new green products and investigating how RSA's investment strategies can support sustainability.