Good governance
- the essential aspects of good governance in driving climate action
- the board’s role and responsibility in navigating climate challenges
- the importance of board composition and evaluation
- and how climate-aligned remuneration can help meet climate goals and prompt meaningful change within an organization.
Featured content
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.
How to set up effective climate governance on corporate boards
Explore the World Economic Forum’s How to Set Up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards: Guiding principles and questions, including the eight climate governance principles.
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.
Audit Committee climate reporting checklist: From PwC
PWC's checklist on climate reporting for audit committees.
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 allBritish 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.
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.
Legal considerations for transition planning: Legacy business and risks
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.
Reports
View allClimate 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.
Global corporate governance trends for 2023: A Russell Reynolds report
For the eighth consecutive year, RRA interviewed dozens of experts to identify the governance trends that will affect boards in 2023.
2022 UK Spencer Stuart Board Index
Now in its 27th edition, the 2022 UK Spencer Stuart Board Index is a comprehensive review of board composition and governance practice in the largest 150 companies in the FTSE rankings, providing a valuable perspective on the health of boardrooms during 2021–2022.
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.
Audit Committee climate reporting checklist: From PwC
PWC's checklist on climate reporting for audit committees.
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: Remuneration Committee: A further focus on climate and ESG
Companies are increasingly incorporating ESG and climate measures under executive incentive plans. This creates a number of challenges for remuneration committees including setting appropriate targets, measuring and verifying progress and communicating the strategy with relevant stakeholders.
Watch: Lessons from the Chair: a decade of climate risk and opportunity with Richard Gillingwater
In partnership with Fidelio, watch Richard Gillingwater reflect on his tenure as SSE Chair, discuss the key challenges and offer advice to boards and chairs as they navigate the risks and opportunities associated with climate change.