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Chapter Zero: The FT Climate Action Series - Spotlight for NEDs

Chapter Zero's recent campaign offered 6 brilliant articles in the Financial Times designed to encourage boards to act in relation to climate change, with the impetus that doing so is not just a moral argument, its a business argument too.

The insights provide guidance and expertise for NEDs on how to approach climate action as an opportunity that leads to long-term resilience, driving benefits for investors, society, and the planet at large.

In this insight, we highlight the must-reads from the last 6 weeks of the campaign:

Can the polar bear and business thrive together?: Vicky Moffatt, Chapter Zero CEO, reasons how the global challenges for boards is to figure out how a company's purpose and profit can flourish together.
When it comes to threats, let’s listen to the scientists: Dr Patricia Rodrigues Jenner looks at the need for boards to integrate scientific guidance in their approach to threats, whether short, medium, or long-term.
Putting sustainability at the core of the business agenda: Climate must be integrated into business strategy, and Jock Lennox stresses the fact that it's the responsibility of boards to drive this, even at the risk of being challenged.
Economic transformation takes courage: It's not enough to just speak of climate change. Nigel Topping provides expertise on how boards can prepare for courageous and innovative economic transformation.
Insurance - bullish on new products but realistic on risks: David Carlin studies how we are already seeing the effects of climate-related uninsurable risks (or very high premiums associated with heightened risks), emphasising how the necessity for new products from the insurance market and for companies to reach net zero is high.
Climate action - a fiduciary responsibility for NEDs: Laurel Powers-Freeling argues that understanding the impact of climate change and addressing it is a fiduciary responsibility for NEDs, so they must own it.

Climate action is essential to prosperity as well as to survival, and this campaign has driven some essential conversations that any existing or aspiring NED should be able to contribute to. These quick-reads are perfect to stay up-to-date with the latest discussions surrounding legal, policy, and regulatory developments on the issue of environmental action.