Chapter Zero is here to equip and inspire non-executive directors to lead on climate from the boardroom.
Welcome to the Directors' Climate Forum. We work with NEDs and chairs to embed climate into business strategy.
Join a lively, influential and supportive community of your peers for the knowledge and confidence to embed climate targets and transition plans into strategy.
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Leading with vision on climate: our film and article series
Spotlight: Leading with vision on climate
Capital can do good when invested carefully long-term
Legal & General (L&G) has invested £4bn of its own money in transition finance, including £1.6bn in renewable energy, £1.7bn in green bonds and £0.7bn in other solutions. Nilufer Kheraj OBE, Independent Non-Executive Director at L&G, and Carl Moxley, Group Climate Director at L&G, explain how this supports the transition and helps with L&G’s resilience to climate risk.
Leadership is vital to a successful sustainable transition
David Tyler, Domestic & General (D&G) Chair, points out the role of the board in the company’s commitment to decarbonisation while in conversation with Matthew Crummack, D&G’s CEO. They discuss D&G’s sustainability strategy, which focuses on helping to limit climate change, championing a circular economy, and caring for the company's communities.
From one Chair to another: the continuum of transition
SSE has a long-term decarbonisation vision. It also has a portfolio of capital-intensive projects that are focused on this goal. The company’s successive Chairs and their boards have played a vital role in the transition of the company and, as a consequence, the UK economy. Climate is a key plank of SSE’s corporate strategy. Sir John Manzoni, SSE Chair, sits down with Richard Gillingwater, former SSE Chair.
Communicating creatively about climate sparks action
There is value in communicating with creativity, especially for non-executive directors seeking to lead conversations about transition from the boardroom. Just as the science demands climate action, so too does behavioural science require that there must be creativity and humanity at the heart of messaging. Rita Clifton CBE, Portfolio Chair and Non-executive Director, talks to Chapter Zero CEO, Vicky Moffatt.
Become a member
It’s free to join Chapter Zero and we warmly welcome non-executive directors and chairs who are keen to lead on climate in the boardroom. You’ll find a community here of support, knowledge and inspiration.
Why become a member?Climate Governance Initiative and Chapter Zero 2025 Financial Times series
Climate Governance Initiative and Chapter Zero partnered once more with creative agency Mother to produce outstanding creative work published as full-page advertisements across six weeks in the Financial Times global print editions.
The campaign takes place during September-November 2025.
Upcoming Events
Scenario Analysis & Planning in Financial Firms: Strengthening Board Oversight and Governance
This online session, delivered in partnership between the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI) and Chapter Zero, is designed for financial services Non-Executive Directors. Combining expert insights with interactive discussions, it will equip NEDs of financial services firms, particularly from banks, asset managers and asset owners, to scrutinise scenario models, challenge assumptions, and understand how scenario models inform transition planning and influence financing and risk management decisions.
A Focus on your Year End Reporting
Join Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy for this webinar, where expert speakers will discuss the latest developments and best practice in relation to UK reporting and the latest reporting requirements in relation to sustainability and climate.
Geopolitics, Resilience and Strategic Courage: How Boards Can Lead Through Uncertainty
In collaboration with McKinsey & Company, this in-person seminar will explore how boards can turn uncertainty into long-term advantage by embedding geopolitical foresight, scenario planning, and high-performance execution models to accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and deliver growth and competitive advantage.
Latest Resources
UK sustainability reporting update
(July 2025) Briefing on latest UK sustainability regulation consultations designed to support private investment into the government’s clean energy mission and make the UK the “sustainable finance capital of the world”. This briefing covers the key points and their relevance for non-executive directors and boards.
Deep dive: Modern industrial strategy
What does the Modern Industrial Strategy mean for climate-related decision-making and forward-thinking strategy in your boardroom? This deep dive from Chapter Zero and the Aldersgate Group explores its implications.
Asking better questions on nature – For board directors
This “Asking Better Questions on Nature” guide is designed to help non-executives and boards across business and finance surface critical insights about nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities to inform their decision making.
Watch: Integrating climate into corporate and investment decision-making
This insightful panel discussion examines whether climate-related risks and opportunities are being sufficiently priced into investment decision-making and explores how NEDs can guide the integration of sustainability insights into core business strategies to enable more resilient businesses.
Latest Articles
COP30: Proof points are more compelling than pledges
The COP process can feel detached from the day-to-day realities of business, but the decisions made at the summit will have material impacts on the future of our economies and private sector climate action. Susan Hooper, board member at Chapter Zero and Non-executive Director at Moonpig plc and Uber UK, sets out the key issues for board leaders ahead of the talks.
Where geopolitics meets climate on the board
In a rapidly changing world, several external pressures – with geopolitics and climate at the centre – are converging to fundamentally impact business performance. Building capacity to navigate this reality is now fundamental to good decision-making, says Nathalie Wlodarczyk, Chapter Zero member, geostrategy advisor at Gatehouse and Non-executive Director at Forster Communications. Unprecedented geopolitical volatility is changing both the climate debate and the space for action, and as we look to COP30 the opportunity may lie in new types of partnerships, she says.
The climate crisis is a health crisis that demands a systemic response
The health impacts of unchecked climate change are not a far-off scenario; they are already taking a toll across the world. That is why health is a key COP30 theme. Beyond the significant human consequences, the systemic disruption this generates represents a threat to businesses that rely on the collective health of people and the planet. Understanding this risk is important for board leaders to ensure their organisations remain fit and resilient.
The Chapter Zero Transition Planning Toolkit
The Chapter Zero Transition Planning Toolkit is designed to support NEDs and their boards in overseeing the development and delivery of a credible transition plan, by anchoring climate strategy within the discussion of business strategy.
The Toolkit is aligned with the Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework and Implementation Guidance, and is made up of four elements, a Briefing, Scorecard, Governance Compass, and Barriers and Enablers.
Get your guide"At a time when the world is risking ‘planetary insolvency’, it is an imperative for boards of financial and non-financial firms to lead the way in integrating climate actions with business strategy. As a board member myself, I have greatly benefited from the excellent events, resources and discussions with experts and peers made available by Chapter Zero. I encourage other board members to join this community of like-minded leaders and drive the change we want to see in the world."
Alessandra Mongiardino, Independent Non-Executive Director
Triodos Bank UK
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Events
Our events and webinars are open to all NED members.
Spotlight
High priority, timely topics with a wide range of NED-specific briefings, publications and events.
