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This briefing provides guidance on new, existing and proposed legislation on value chain due diligence, company obligations, and driving due diligence across value chains.

This briefing highlights the key outcomes from this year’s United Nations Climate meeting, COP27, how it may affect you as a non-executive board director, and the resulting conversations you should have in the boardroom.

Governments and businesses are coming together at the global United Nations (UN) climate meeting this November, COP27, in Egypt. This briefing provides an overview of COP with a focus on the role of businesses at COP27 and what it means for the independent director

This briefing summarises the four basic requirements needed for business to move from ambition to action on climate, highlighting the role of the board director.

The Board Scorecard Survey is a reseach conducted by IBGC in partnership with Chapter Zero Brazil. This survey aims to evaluate how both management and advisory boards are managing the challenges posed by climate change and their transition to a net-zero strategy.

The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative and the Climate Governance Initiative have produced this briefing to give an overview of the importance and relevance of climate-related disclosures to board directors.

This guide focuses on the role of chairpersons and boards in addressing previous systemic inequalities and ensure new systems are fair and inclusive, while remaining profitable and in balance with the needs of the people and the environment.

The purpose of this Toolkit is to provide non executive directors with evidence and support to address climate change as a strategic business issue on their boards, and to show how they can help their boards take timely, positive and decisive climate action through five clear steps.