Spotlight: Financial Services
Chapter Zero’s UK FS Community Programme is designed to equip and inspire non-executive directors (NEDs) representing firms across the UK financial services ecosystem to capture the opportunities of the climate transition, minimise risks, and secure long-term climate resilience.
Working with its membership and partners, Chapter Zero will develop practical, engaging content and convenings. These will cover both broad themes relevant to all financial services organisations, as well as more specialist content focussed on high-impact finance topics and activities, particular types of organisation, or on particular functions, instruments or products. Through the Programme, Chapter Zero also aims to provide network-building opportunities for financial services NEDs, encouraging peer learning, mutual support and experience sharing.
Resources
Coming Soon: Transition Finance: A Strategic Imperative for Boards
Coming Soon: Accelerating resilient, future-fit finance from the boardroom: Insights from FS NEDs and sector experts
Upcoming Financial Services Community Events
Webinar: Transition Finance: A Strategic Imperative for Boards (27 February 2025)
Join Chapter Zero with the Transition Finance Market Review (TFMR) and the City of London Corporation for an online session that will equip board directors with practical guidance to seize the commercial opportunity of the transition to a low carbon future. This webinar will translate TFMR’s recent landmark report - Scaling Transition Finance into actionable steps for boards.
Webinar: The Deloitte Academy and Chapter Zero: Unlocking Capital for the UK's Energy Transition
Transforming the UK energy system for a net zero future demands a huge investment of over £200 billion by 2030. But with such a diverse range of technologies requiring funding at different stages of maturity, investors are facing a complex landscape. Join Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy for a critical discussion with leading private and public investors
Webinar: The Deloitte Academy and Chapter Zero: Sustainability Reporting – A perspective from the Financial Conduct Authority
Join Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy for this webinar, where we will provide an update on sustainability reporting in the UK. We will also be joined by the Director of Sustainable Finance at the Financial Conduct Authority, who will provide a perspective on the key focus areas for boards in 2025
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Defining Responsible Banking: Guidance for banks
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has released a guidance for banks on implementation of six Principles for Responsible Banking: alignment; impact & target setting; clients & customers; stakeholders; governance & culture; transparency & accountability.
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A guide to investing for sustainability impact: drawing on the findings of Legal Framework for Impact
In November 2024, UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) created a guide for asset owners and investment managers, explaining how they can leverage the investing for sustainability impact (IFSI). The guide is built on the findings of Legal Framework for Impact (LFI), a report authored collaboratively by the PRI, UNEP FI, the Generation Foundation, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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