Explainers

In April 2025, the Climate Change Committee issued their latest assessment on the UK's progress on climate adaptation. This deep dive highlights why adaptation should be on the corporate board agenda and offers key insights into how NEDs can better equip themselves to oversee their firms' adaptation responses.

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.

Our UK policy briefing aims to highlight the latest developments in UK climate policy directly relevant to NEDs.

This deep dive explores the key elements of the UK's NDC and the Seventh Carbon Budget to enable non-executive directors to assess their impacts on ongoing business planning and strategy.

Sustainability regulations are evolving at an unprecedented pace. New disclosure standards, transition planning requirements, and the scrutiny on green commitments are redefining expectations for firms globally. Part 1 of this two-part insights piece, from Chapter Zero Fellow David Carlin, explores how boards can get ahead of the changes and harness reporting to drive business value.

Recap this webinar from Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy, where we explored the UK government's Sustainability and Growth agenda and their implications for UK businesses.

This article summarises Adair Turner, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission's, annual net-zero progress assessment talk in a Q&A style.