Deep dives

This sector briefing provides board directors in the insurance sector with a concise yet comprehensive overview of relevant nature-related risks and their implications for directors’ legal responsibilities. This sector briefing focuses on non-life insurance activities, rather than life and health.

This sector deep dive will equip board directors in the food and beverage and agribusiness sectors with the latest understanding of their directors’ duties and legal responsibilities regarding nature-related risks and impacts.

Chapter Zero has partnered with Freshfields and the Centre for Climate Engagement to explore climate-related legal questions with non-executive directors from across the UK. The series began in September 2023 with a session providing an overview of the interaction between climate change, legal issues and business, and then focusing on legacy risks to companies, including litigation, and how they can be mitigated. Below is a summary of the second session which explored the landscape of legal issues that organisations face in daily operations and when implementing climate strategy, identifying key legal considerations at the forefront of transition planning.

Chapter Zero partnered with Freshfields and the Centre for Climate Engagement in 2023 to explore key climate-related legal questions with non-executive directors from across the UK, especially in the context of transition planning. Below is a summary of the first session, which focused on legacy business and risks.