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.
Sustainability committee dialogue - The human aspects of climate and business: The climate-health nexus
Our latest climate dialogue exclusively for Sustainability and ESG Committee Chairs and members will focus on the impact of climate-related health risks on businesses (that is the climate/health nexus).
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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.
The human aspects of climate and business: the climate-health nexus
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.
Chapter Zero 2026 flagship event: 'Boards, climate and pathways to the new economy'
Chapter Zero’s annual flagship event excelled with a line-up of speakers including Lord Adair Turner, David Blood, Richard Gillingwater, Rachel Kyte and a host of other climate luminaries. They addressed issues related to governance, climate and the new economy, and the relationships between them. Through peer exchange, expert insight and discussion, the event explored how board leadership on climate positions companies to compete in the new economy.
Chapter Zero 2026 flagship event: 'Boards, climate and pathways to the new economy'
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 BoardroomUpcoming events
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The NED–CSO partnership: a catalyst for change
Chapter Zero and Deloitte will host their third roundtable exploring how NEDs and CSOs can work together to ignite change in their organisations and beyond.
UK PRA's climate risk expectations: implications for boards
Join Chapter Zero for a webinar exploring the Prudential Regulation Authority’s updated climate supervisory expectations and what they mean for boards.
Sustainability committee dialogue - The human aspects of climate and business: The climate-health nexus
Our latest climate dialogue will focus on the impact of climate-related health risks on businesses (that is the climate/health nexus).
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, regulatory expectations and best practice in relation to sustainability and financial reporting in the UK.
Latest resources
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Uber: orchestrating the electrification of a global marketplace
This Stanford case study explores Uber's journey to electrification, highlighting its strategic decisions and demonstrating "the art of the possible" between board member and CSO partnership in terms of shaping, challenging, and delivering sustainability strategy.
What matters most?: How boards can use materiality to prioritise sustainability
In an increasingly complex business landscape, it is crucial that sustainability initiatives are strategically aligned with core business priorities to drive action. This deep dive explores how boards can focus on materiality (i.e. matters of business significance) to support effective board-level decision-making, drive efficiencies and enhance resilience.
Depend on it: why external enablers are now core board business
Boards are accountable not just for what they control, but for how they manage what sits beyond their control. This briefing, created in collaboration by WBCSD and Chapter Zero, supports non-executive directors (NEDs) as they work with fellow board members to set strategic ambition for transition plans.
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.
Latest articles
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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.
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 2026