Insights

Over the past year, Chapter Zero has held a series of dialogues in which ESG Committee Chairs and members have shared exclusive insights into the issues top of the agenda for them, shining light on the ways in which the ESG Committee can accelerate momentum and drive meaningful change. A year into these dialogues, we reflected on what the role of the ESG Committee is now and what it might look like in the future with Chapter Zero Fellows and ESG Committee Chairs: Devyani Vaishampayan, Claire Hawkings, and Tracey Kerr, who have facilitated these peer dialogues.

As the world is buffeted by major challenges, the sound judgement and trusted voice of Boards and senior business leaders is more important than ever. Through leadership, vision and clarity of message, we must come together to tell the story of the transition, says Vicky Moffatt, Chief Executive of Chapter Zero.

Watch this discussion from Chapter Zero, Deloitte and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), where panellists examined whether climate-related risks and opportunities are being sufficiently priced into investment decision-making and explored how NEDs can guide the integration of sustainability insights into core business strategies to enable more resilient businesses.

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)’s “Asking Better Questions on Nature” guide for board directors, created in collaboration with Chapter Zero, Competent Boards, the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative and the Green Finance Institute, was the subject of a vibrant discussion on 27 June. The London Climate Action Week event was opened by Richard Andrews (Head of ESG, KPMG in the UK) and Rhian-Mari Thomas (CEO, Green Finance Institute). Attendees were given valuable insights into the resource and TNFD’s work by Tony Goldner (CEO, TNFD). After which followed a panel discussion moderated by Vicky Moffatt (CEO, Chapter Zero) with speakers: Dame Amelia Fawcett (Co-Chair, International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits), David Alfrey (Partner, Addleshaw Goddard LLP) and Helle Bank Jørgensen (Global Managing Director, Board Development at Board Intelligence, Founder, Competent Boards). Natalie Shippen (Executive director, Commonwealth Climate and Law initiative) rounded out the event with thoughtful closing remarks.

In partnership with Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), Chapter Zero recently held the third session of its series of roundtables for Audit Committee chairs and members to explore the emerging requirements for audit committees in effectively driving action on climate and nature from the boardroom.