Chapter Zero is here to equip and inspire non-executive directors to lead on climate from the boardroom.
Welcome to the Directors' Climate Forum. We work with NEDs and chairs to embed climate into business strategy.
Join a lively, influential and supportive community of your peers for the knowledge and confidence to embed climate targets and transition plans into strategy.
Welcome
A message from our CEO.
Leading with vision on climate: our film and article series
Spotlight: Leading with vision on climate
Capital can do good when invested carefully long-term
Legal & General (L&G) has invested £4bn of its own money in transition finance, including £1.6bn in renewable energy, £1.7bn in green bonds and £0.7bn in other solutions. Nilufer Kheraj OBE, Independent Non-Executive Director at L&G, and Carl Moxley, Group Climate Director at L&G, explain how this supports the transition and helps with L&G’s resilience to climate risk.
Leadership is vital to a successful sustainable transition
David Tyler, Domestic & General (D&G) Chair, points out the role of the board in the company’s commitment to decarbonisation while in conversation with Matthew Crummack, D&G’s CEO. They discuss D&G’s sustainability strategy, which focuses on helping to limit climate change, championing a circular economy, and caring for the company's communities.
From one Chair to another: the continuum of transition
SSE has a long-term decarbonisation vision. It also has a portfolio of capital-intensive projects that are focused on this goal. The company’s successive Chairs and their boards have played a vital role in the transition of the company and, as a consequence, the UK economy. Climate is a key plank of SSE’s corporate strategy. Sir John Manzoni, SSE Chair, sits down with Richard Gillingwater, former SSE Chair.
Communicating creatively about climate sparks action
There is value in communicating with creativity, especially for non-executive directors seeking to lead conversations about transition from the boardroom. Just as the science demands climate action, so too does behavioural science require that there must be creativity and humanity at the heart of messaging. Rita Clifton CBE, Portfolio Chair and Non-executive Director, talks to Chapter Zero CEO, Vicky Moffatt.
Become a member
It’s free to join Chapter Zero and we warmly welcome non-executive directors and chairs who are keen to lead on climate in the boardroom. You’ll find a community here of support, knowledge and inspiration.
Why become a member?Climate Governance Initiative and Chapter Zero 2025 Financial Times series
Climate Governance Initiative and Chapter Zero partnered once more with creative agency Mother to produce outstanding creative work published as full-page advertisements across six weeks in the Financial Times global print editions.
The campaign takes place during September-November 2025.
Upcoming Events
Global fashion: navigating dilemmas around climate- and nature-related risks
Can you guide the board of global fashion brand through a climate- and nature-positive transition? In our latest interactive online scenario game with GARP, you will make strategic decisions on realistic, complex dilemmas, leaving equipped with practical insights and fresh perspectives on this important area of risk management.
Financing the UK's energy future
As the UK faces a monumental transformation to modernise and expand its energy system, join Chapter Zero and the Deloitte Academy for a hybrid discussion into the impacts of policy on investment confidence, the transition technologies investors are interested in, and the future of the grid's supply chain.
Sustainability Committee Dialogue: driving value from sustainability reporting
Exclusively for Sustainability and ESG Committee Chairs, our latest climate dialogue will focus on sustainability reporting. Through interactive peer discussions facilitated by Chapter Zero Fellows, we will explore a range of themes, including emerging trends, common gaps and inconsistencies, the practical challenges of obtaining and validating sustainability information, and the implications of Provision 29 for board oversight and management of climate change risks.
Latest Resources
UK sustainability reporting update
(July 2025) Briefing on latest UK sustainability regulation consultations designed to support private investment into the government’s clean energy mission and make the UK the “sustainable finance capital of the world”. This briefing covers the key points and their relevance for non-executive directors and boards.
Deep dive: Modern industrial strategy
What does the Modern Industrial Strategy mean for climate-related decision-making and forward-thinking strategy in your boardroom? This deep dive from Chapter Zero and the Aldersgate Group explores its implications.
Asking better questions on nature – For board directors
This “Asking Better Questions on Nature” guide is designed to help non-executives and boards across business and finance surface critical insights about nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities to inform their decision making.
Watch: Integrating climate into corporate and investment decision-making
This insightful panel discussion examines whether climate-related risks and opportunities are being sufficiently priced into investment decision-making and explores how NEDs can guide the integration of sustainability insights into core business strategies to enable more resilient businesses.
Latest Articles
Wates: an adaptive mindset generates value
Jonny Wates is a Board Director of the Wates Group – a nearly 130-year-old, multi-generational, family-owned construction, property services and developments company based in the UK. He chairs the board’s Sustainability Committee and champions sustainability at both a strategic and operational level. In a case study on how the company’s stewardship ethos drives decarbonisation and the futureproofing of the business, Jonny talks about how, with an adaptive mindset, boards can steer businesses to both address global challenges and generate value.
Private equity – a powerful driver of sustainable investment
Chapter Zero member, Henry Cubbon, is a Non-executive Director on the board of D2Zero, an international portfolio company based in Aberdeen, funded by private equity. D2Zero champions the movement toward lower emissions within the conventional energy sector and supports the acceleration of the transition to clean and sustainable energy. We ask him about the power of private equity.
Sustainability and AI: what boards must decide now
How should boards think about sustainability and AI? Noela Nakos, Chapter Zero member and former Google Director, and Patricia Rodrigues Jenner, Chapter Zero Fellow, Global Non-executive Board Director and co-Chair of InfraNEDs, recommend that boards should do their research, understand what they can about the role of AI in the future, and what that means for Scope 3 reporting and their corporate ecosystem generally. Boards must think carefully about their fiduciary duty, their companies’ objectives in using AI and consider energy use.
The Chapter Zero Transition Planning Toolkit
The Chapter Zero Transition Planning Toolkit is designed to support NEDs and their boards in overseeing the development and delivery of a credible transition plan, by anchoring climate strategy within the discussion of business strategy.
The Toolkit is aligned with the Transition Plan Taskforce Disclosure Framework and Implementation Guidance, and is made up of four elements, a Briefing, Scorecard, Governance Compass, and Barriers and Enablers.
Get your guide"At a time when the world is risking ‘planetary insolvency’, it is an imperative for boards of financial and non-financial firms to lead the way in integrating climate actions with business strategy. As a board member myself, I have greatly benefited from the excellent events, resources and discussions with experts and peers made available by Chapter Zero. I encourage other board members to join this community of like-minded leaders and drive the change we want to see in the world."
Alessandra Mongiardino, Independent Non-Executive Director
Triodos Bank UK
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Events
Our events and webinars are open to all NED members.
Spotlight
High priority, timely topics with a wide range of NED-specific briefings, publications and events.
