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Provides curated insights on critical areas of climate and nature governance, helping board directors navigate challenges, opportunities, and best practices.

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Aligning capital allocation and financial instruments with climate and nature priorities.
  • Over the past few years, boards have had a key role integrating climate change into strategic planning and streamlining operations to comply with emerging international sustainability standards. Watch this discussion to learn more about how board directors address sustainability during times of a...

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    The webinar explored the critical aspects of building resilient sustainability strategies in the boardroom in the face of evolving regulatory landscapes worldwide, with particular focus on the SEC ruling. Key highlights included insights on advanced practices, emerging opportunities, and broader ...

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  • In effect, a new International Accounting Standard for net zero commitments is due to be adopted by the IASB in late April. It will have far-reaching effects on board governance of accounting for net zero commitments, and will require new decisions from the board. Andrew Watson from Rethinking Ca...

  • The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 took place just a month after the conclusion of COP28, and the outcomes and decisions from COP28 were front of mind during the climate and nature conversations in Davos. In this guest blog, Pim Valdre of the World Economic Forum analyses the key develo...

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  • Cemex is focused on applying best practices and the most stringent standards to all of its business units. This approach, coupled with the CEO’s strategic vision and the Board’s continued monitoring, has enabled the organisation to achieve global compliance as regulation evolves and to deliver si...

    Case study
  • CLP Holdings Ltd has set ambitious targets to decarbonise its operations and support its customers’ transition to a net-zero future, forcing it to confront some difficult strategic choices. A clear vision and mandate from the Board has been instrumental in delivering progress against the organisa...

    Case study
  • COP28 concluded with significant progress on the energy transition, climate finance, food systems transformation and nature. However, some stakeholders consider that it falls short of the level of ambition needed to limit global temperature rise to 1.5⁰C. This briefing summarises the main COP28 d...

    Briefing