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Board Toolkit
The Chapter Zero Board Toolkit is designed to help non-executive directors (NEDs) ensure their businesses have the strategic plans in place to respond to climate change.
Ambition to Action: Briefing for Board Directors
This briefing, from the Climate Governance Initiative, summarises the four basic requirements needed for your business to move from ambition to action on climate, with particular support from ERM building on their ‘From Promise to Action on Net Zero’ series.
What’s really going on in net zero boardroom conversations?
An interactive site developed with Kantar gives you a sneak peek into non-executive directors’ views of what’s happening in their boardrooms around the climate agenda.
Principles for effective climate governance
The Climate Governance Initiative summarises the key features of the World Economic Forum and PwC report How to Set Up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards.
Carbon pricing explained
What do NEDs need to know about carbon pricing? Explore carbon pricing mechanisms, trends and how businesses can respond.
Carbon offsetting explained
Carbon offsetting is often discussed in relation to corporate emissions reductions strategies. But where does it fit in?
Greenhouse gas removal briefing: From the Centre for Climate Engagement
In the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, almost all pathways analysed relied to some extent on greenhouse gas removal (GGR) approaches to achieve net negative emissions after 2050. This explainer from the Centre for Climate Engagement looks at GGR solutions, market readiness, cost, removal mechanisms and when a business should be thinking about it.
Blog articles
View allFinding pathways into nature for business
Karen Ellis, Chief Economist at WWF-UK and speaker at Chapter Zero events, says that boards are looking for pathways to help them integrate nature into their transition plans.
What makes boards move on nature?
When board conversations revolve largely around growth, how do non-executive directors get nature on the agenda? Chapter Zero Fellow Orna NiChionna talks about finding ways for nature to resonate with boards.
Executive pay and climate change
The key question explored in this Institute of Directors blog is: are we asking the right questions on executive remuneration?
Case studies
View allSmurfit Kappa: A joined-up approach to climate and sustainability strategy
This Climate Governance Initiative case study looks at this FTSE 100 global packaging leader that is dealing with increased demand for its products while also steering the business towards net zero by 2050.
Natura & Co: IP&L, circular carbon, and a triple bottom line approach
This Climate Governance Initiative case study looks at Brazilian beauty giant Natura &Co that has long been a champion of sustainability.
British Land: Making sustainability central to business decision-making
This Climate Governance Initiative case study looks at how sustainability is shaping the way industry leader British Land does business.
Explainers
View allUK Legal Opinion: Nature-Related Risks and Directors’ Duties - What NEDs in England and Wales Need to Know
In this briefing, the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative outline the key findings of the March 2024 legal opinion - ‘Nature-related risks and directors’ duties under the law of England and Wales’, and actions directors can take to minimise the risk of breaching their legal duties.
Hyper-scaling climate technologies. From ideas to shareholder value
Technologies that enable the transition to net zero were under the spotlight at an event organised by Chapter Zero and McKinsey & Company in London on 18 September 2024.
Taking TNFD to Your Board
This briefing presentation deck offers boards a compelling business case to act on nature now by aligning to the TNFD. It leverages the latest data and a wealth of case studies that show how mapping your nature risks and dependencies can not only help boards strengthen governance and get ahead on compliance, but also build a competitive nature-positive strategy.
News
View allResults of the 2023 impact survey with Chapter Zero members
In July 2023, we surveyed Chapter Zero members in association with our strategic insights partner, Kantar. Our annual impact study helps us understand the pace of change, the critical boardroom dilemmas, and the live needs of our community. Take a look at the results.
Introducing the Chapter Zero Board Scorecard
Try the Chapter Zero Board Scorecard to help you assess how effectively your board is tackling the net zero transition and building resilience to climate impacts.
Reports
View allBanks and the net zero transition
Tracking progress with the TPI Net Zero Banking Assessment Framework September 2023 report
Climate action and remuneration: A pocket guide for remuneration committees
Executive remuneration is a pivotal tool for driving climate action. Our latest guide for non-executives, "Climate action and remuneration: A pocket guide for remuneration committees", delves into the critical intersection of executive pay structures and climate goals, providing actionable insights for chairs and members of remuneration committees.
The Chairperson’s guide to climate integrity
This guide, produced by the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance in collaboration with Deloitte, explores how organisations, guided by their Chairs, non-executive directors and board members, can earn and enhance trust through the sustainability transition.
Toolkits
View allExecutive compensation guidebook for climate transition: 2023 addendum
In 2021, the Climate Governance Initiative, in collaboration with WTW, published the Executive Compensation Guidebook for Climate Transition. This instructive guide explored how to drive climate strategy by meaningfully embedding it within executive compensation frameworks. this addendum is intended to be read in conjunction with the original Guidebook.
Board Toolkit
The Chapter Zero Board Toolkit is designed to help non-executive directors (NEDs) ensure their businesses have the strategic plans in place to respond to climate change.
The Chapter Zero Energy Guide
This Chapter Zero Energy Guide provides non-executive directors on the boards of companies that are developing climate plans with an introduction to the steps they can take to reduce emissions from energy supply and use.
Videos
View allWatch: Road to COP 16 - Harnessing the power of data and technology to manage the impact on Nature
Watch this Chapter Zero and Deloitte Academy webinar, which, given the context of COP16, focused on how companies can utilise data and technology to measure, monitor, and manage their impact on nature. We also explored the critical role of data in evaluating your company's dependencies and influence on nature, as well as the cutting-edge technologies available for assessing your nature footprint.
Watch: A Perfect Storm- Climate as a strategic differentiator for insurers
Watch Deloitte Academy's discussion into how insurers are using climate as a strategic differentiator and how the changing landscape may influence their public statements on climate.
Watch: Carbon markets: their role and possible future in the fight against climate change
In collaboration with Herbert Smith Freehills, this webinar considers the increasing role carbon markets of different natures are playing around the world as countries are trying to reduce emissions in the chase to net zero.
Events
View allStrategic climate planning
Session 3 in our three-step series with Freshfields: Legal considerations for transition planning. As companies move to develop credible transition plans, the legal landscape becomes a critical factor in shaping their journeys. In this session we will delve into the legal dimensions of credible climate strategies, exploring the opportunities and strategies they present.
Harnessing technology for climate action
In partnership with Accenture we're running two leadership forums for non-executive directors. The second in the series, "Harnessing technology for climate action", will delve into the transformative potential of technology in addressing climate challenges.
Sustainability data
Technology and data can empower organisations to make the impactful decisions required to decarbonise at pace. To make these decisions balancing the cost, impact and benefit, organisations need good reliable data that supports action and drives accountability. This webinar is in collaboration with the Deloitte Academy.