EU announces 2040 emissions reduction target ahead of COP30

The new International (ISO) Standard on Net Zero Transition Planning for Financial Institutions delivers a common global benchmark for financial institutions to develop strategies, policies and processes that unlock the capital needed to accelerate the transition across the economy. By engaging with the new Standard, NEDs and board members can help their organisations build future-fit, value-enhancing transition strategies.

Watch this webinar hosted by Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy in February 2026, where expert speakers explored evolving regulation, resilience, and competitiveness against the backdrop of Europe pressing ahead with its sustainability transition amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

Taking a pioneering approach to technology, financing, policy, energy security, stakeholder engagement and markets, Vulcan Energy is pursuing an innovative geothermal and lithium production project in Germany’s Upper Rhine Valley. Chapter Zero member Josephine Bush chairs its Audit, Risk and ESG Committee. Here, she explains how stakeholder collaboration, and a board that combines the necessary skills and experience, aims to deliver one of Europe’s most transformational projects – Phase One Lionheart.