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 non-executive directors 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.
COP31 - All eyes on Türkiye
Ten key themes underpin COP31 in Türkiye in 2026. From green industrialisation, dynamic and resilient health systems, clean energy transition to zero waste, COP31 promises to be a far-reaching event. COPs are about more than an agenda. What is needed is the transformation of promises into funded projects and progress towards three specific headline targets related to electrification, reduced global waste and resilient buildings.
Spotlight: COP31 - All eyes on Türkiye
Integrating climate and nature in the boardroom
This autumn Chapter Zero will be hosting an exclusive roundtable in partnership with WWF-UK, exploring how boardrooms can integrate nature and climate governance to drive business resilience and innovation.
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The human aspects of climate and business: the climate-health nexus
Chapter Zero is working with Wellcome on a project to ensure boardrooms are addressing the critical climate-related health issues as part of good governance. The project points out: climate-health impacts are here, they are (becoming increasingly) material, they are by and large not being considered strategically by boards, the time for board action is now, and Chapter Zero and Wellcome are planning to arm non-executive directors with the knowledge and tools to drive rapid action at board level.
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AI, Data Centres and COP31: the conversation boards need to have
Energy and transport, cutting waste and methane, climate-resilient cities – amongst other topics – are all COP31 themes. Each can be both helped or hindered by the rapid development of AI and the associated growth of data centres. The upcoming global conversation should make this connection, as should boards, as they seek to balance technology adoption and competitiveness with climate considerations in a ‘turbulent’ age of AI. The authors discuss this issue ahead of COP31 and address the need for boards' understanding of the impact of AI on the environment at global, national and local levels.
Climate and health awareness, framing and governance – views from the membership
Chapter Zero members and Fellows have helped put climate and health boardroom conversations into context to enable us to understand the status quo from the boardroom point of view and learn how these nascent conversations are being governed.
Financial services: climate-health risks don’t yet feature in strategic conversations
In the financial services sector, climate risk is no longer just about compliance; increasingly it is seen through the lens of business opportunity. But climate-health conversations don’t yet show up at the strategic level. They are a ‘second order’ discussion for banks and asset managers. It is in the insurance industry where climate-health lands commercially.
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“Partnering, informing, shaping and challenging”: Barratt Redrow policy engagement case study
Non-executive directors enrich the boardroom discussion by encouraging effective collaboration through a organisation's internal and external networks. This case study explores how Barratt Redrow's board have helped inform their approach to policy dependencies by employing a "partner, inform, shape, and challenge" approach to governance, raising awareness and mobilising support for climate-related challenges and opportunities.
UK PRA’s climate supervisory expectations: a briefing for boards
This briefing follows Chapter Zero’s October webinar on the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) new supervisory expectations and focuses on five tangible ways NEDs can use the SS5/25 requirements to challenge assumptions and ensure climate risk informs decisions across their firm for long-term business continuity.
“Leaning in” and leveraging the NED long lens: Aviva policy engagement case study
Non-executive directors enrich the boardroom discussion by providing the wide and long lens on critical issues, such as what’s needed to make the organisation’s transition possible. This case study explores how Aviva’s board have helped inform their approach to policy dependencies by “leaning in” and identifying opportunities to policy engagement and the transition conversation through knowledge and leadership.
Climate competency in the boardroom
The Climate Competency in the Boardroom report first sets out why climate sits at the heart of governance and strategic oversight. It then defines non-executive director climate competency and introduces a practical framework structured around knowledge, skills and leadership & mindset. In doing so, the framework seeks to provide a shared reference point for boards, board advisers (including search firms) and individual directors, helping to build a common understanding of the competencies needed for effective oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities within mainstream governance.
Climate Competency in the Boardroom
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.
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After COP31: Is Your Board Ready for What Comes Next?
This webinar hosted by Chapter Zero Alliance will explore the key discussion points and takeaways from COP17 & COP31 and what they mean for the board director community. Attendees will hear insights into how the outcomes may influence board priorities, governance responsibilities, risk oversight and strategic decision-making.
Integrating climate and nature in the boardroom
Chapter Zero will be hosting an exclusive roundtable in partnership with WWF-UK, exploring how boardrooms can integrate nature and climate governance to drive business resilience and innovation.
"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
Why Chapter Zero matters to boards
Chapter Zero operates at a crucial area for boards: between information and judgement. It helps directors assess management proposals, interrogate transition assumptions and understand the external signals coming from investors, regulators and markets, without prescribing outcomes.
Chapter Zero supports board directors sitting on listed, privately held, government or non-profit boards.
Chapter Zero’s member value proposition
Practical tools for the boardroom
We offer practical information for directors to reflect on questions to put to management, and examples of practical application and insights.
A programme constructed around you
Members benefit from climate change roundtables, workshops and conferences, as well as access to briefing materials, toolkits and films.
Knowledge that builds genuine competency
The Directors’ Climate Journey is a self-directed learning experience that takes members through the core topics underpinning the business case for acting on climate.
A peer community of influence
Chapter Zero is a lively, influential and supportive community of non-executive directors and Chairs – it is a space in which to develop knowledge and confidence.
