The Business Case

Boards must stay closely briefed on the changing climate policy landscape, giving oversight for how good governance and process around policy engagement forms part of core business strategy.

In 2024-25, Chapter Zero has partnered with McKinsey for a three-part event series that explores the impact non-executive directors (NEDs) can have on helping to accelerate their organisations’ net zero transition. The second session, held on 3rd December, analysed the international climate policy landscape following COP29 and surfaced key insights for the boardroom.

Read the key findings from an Eden McCallum survey of 250 business leaders, mostly from the UK and Netherlands, who shared their views about their approach to environmental sustainability.

Conservation International and We Mean Business Coalition ran a survey with 502 executives engaging on sustainability in global organisations. This is a detailed analysis of the results, designed to provide insight into the strategies undertaken by business leaders.

Read Deloitte's Financing the UK energy transition blog from March 2025, which uses an investor survey to decipher what is required for companies to hit their decarbonisation targets and reach the next step in their energy transition journey.

By steering their organisations beyond compliance, NEDs can help harness sustainability reporting as a lever for resilience, innovation, and long-term leadership. Part 2 of this two-part insights piece, from Chapter Zero Fellow David Carlin, explores three key ways that boards can leverage their approach to regulatory changes to gain competitive advantage.

Read this summary from the Chapter Zero and Deloitte Academy webinar, where we explored the Deloitte Academy’s third annual flagship report, focusing on the topics that are considered most critical through the lens of their potential to affect business strategies, operating or financial models for 2025.

Chapter Zero is not only equipping chairs and non-executive directors to lead on climate; we’re also inspiring them to be bold. Climate action is not just a moral argument – it’s a business one too.

Looking ahead after the COP28 climate conference, what are the key takeaways for NEDs?

Looking ahead after the COP27 climate conference, what’s next for business, and what are the key takeaways for NEDs?

Make informed decisions by understanding how climate change presents material financial and systemic risks which affect corporations and their investors, using the Climate Governance Initiative and Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative's Directors' Duties Navigator, with an updated section for the United Kingdom jurisdiction.

Published 6 February 2025, Bloomberg's Zero: The Climate Race podcast tackles the UK government pledge to achieve 95% clean power by 2030.

Watch this webinar from Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy, where we covered the UK and EU regulatory landscape on greenwashing, as well as the strategic challenges and opportunities it presents for companies and what actions they can take.

Watch this webinar from Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy for a comprehensive overview of the re/insurance market’s readiness for CSRD compliance. Drawing from Deloitte’s global insurance CSRD survey and practical implementation experience, this session will provide you with valuable insights to help navigate the complexities of CSRD reporting from the boardroom.