In 2025, directors and boards have an opportunity to leverage climate-focused regulations and international frameworks, turning compliance into a strategic advantage as highlighted in 'Climate as a competitive edge', one of the IoD's Top 5 issues facing directors in 2025.

Unlocking opportunities requires climate governance that is proactive, informed and courageous.

In this episode, director Tina Mavraki shares her experience bridging good governance and sustainability. Tina shares how critical financial materiality, collaboration and organisational context are in driving climate action from the boardroom, especially in finance and high-emissions sectors.

Many companies struggle with the EU's sustainability reporting. However, board directors are recognizing that business success and climate action align. Leading with transparency builds trust, strengthens resilience, and positions a company as a sustainability leader while meeting regulatory needs.

This briefing highlights the key outcomes from this year’s United Nations Climate meeting, COP29. Termed 'the finance COP', this briefing covers how COP outcomes may impact board directors, and the resulting conversations directors should be having in the boardroom.

Changhua Wu, board director and sustainability expert, takes us on a journey into climate governance in China. This conversation delves into the challenges and solutions of China in a global context and Changhua’s experience driving the sustainability agenda from her board director role.

In this video, expert leaders discuss trends in global boardrooms and how companies can set climate ambitions that position their companies for long-term success.

On 5 November 2024, industry leaders and experts convened in a webinar to discuss insights from the biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP16), held in Colombia, and how the outcomes impact board decision-making.