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.
Chapter Zero's member programme 2026
Chapter Zero has designed an extensive programme of events, publications, campaigns and media assets for the benefit of members across 2026. We look forward to seeing members and new joiners at our events, and to reading your feedback on our reports, briefings and campaign materials.
Chapter Zero's member programme 2026Welcome
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Chapter Zero launches Annual Impact Report 2024/25
Chapter Zero is proud to announce that it has launched its first Annual Impact Report. It highlights what our members say about us and our impact (revealed in the Kantar member survey), demonstrates the impact of our events and publishing, and showcases our campaigns. You can access and download the report below.
Spotlight: Chapter Zero launches Annual Impact Report 2024/25
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?Upcoming Events
Climate Dialogue: Audit Committee Chairs and Members
This in-person event, held in partnership with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), brings together Audit Committee Chairs and Members to discuss how they integrate climate and nature into governance and oversight, and how sustainability can be leveraged as a key tool for value creation.
Global fashion: navigating dilemmas around climate- and nature-related risks
Can you guide the board of global fashion brand through a climate- and nature-positive transition? In our latest interactive online scenario game with GARP, you will make strategic decisions on realistic, complex dilemmas, leaving equipped with practical insights and fresh perspectives on this important area of risk management.
Financing the UK's energy future
As the UK faces a monumental transformation to modernise and expand its energy system, join Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy for a hybrid discussion into the impacts of policy on investment confidence, the transition technologies investors are interested in, and the future of the grid's supply chain.
Latest Articles
The stakes are rising - leadership at a time of disruption
Vicky Moffatt, CEO at Chapter Zero, reflects on the need for board leadership as we face the challenges of 2026. 2025 was the year of polarity. Strong headwinds caused a sustainability backlash and slowdown for many firms, while simultaneously accelerating progress for many entities and sectors, as sustainability became embedded into core business strategy.
Wates: an adaptive mindset generates value
Jonny Wates is a Board Director of the Wates Group – a nearly 130-year-old, multi-generational, family-owned construction, property services and developments company based in the UK. He chairs the board’s Sustainability Committee and champions sustainability at both a strategic and operational level. In a case study on how the company’s stewardship ethos drives decarbonisation and the futureproofing of the business, Jonny talks about how, with an adaptive mindset, boards can steer businesses to both address global challenges and generate value.
Private equity – a powerful driver of sustainable investment
Chapter Zero member, Henry Cubbon, is a Non-executive Director on the board of D2Zero, an international portfolio company based in Aberdeen, funded by private equity. D2Zero champions the movement toward lower emissions within the conventional energy sector and supports the acceleration of the transition to clean and sustainable energy. We ask him about the power of private equity.
Latest Resources
Biodiversity loss as a national Security Risk: What UK directors need to know
This blog from the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative summarises the key findings of the UK Biodiversity Security Assessment, explains how they relate into nature‑related physical, transition, and systemic risks, and outlines what this means for directors’ duties of care and loyalty under UK law.
Sustainable Procurement: a strategy for resilience and growth
Procurement has an important role to play in the net zero transition. By capitalising on green public procurement (GPP) opportunities and integrating sustainability into procurement practices, businesses can drive down their emissions whilst gaining strategic advantages.
Navigating tomorrow today: Scenario analysis for financial sector boards
Robust scenario analysis is key to managing material climate risks for financial firms. NEDs can use this briefing to gain strategic insights, provide governance, and meet incoming regulatory expectations.
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.
"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
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.
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Knowledge Hub
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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.
