Key Topics

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

Risk oversight

Board-level processes for identifying, assessing, and managing climate- and nature-related risks.
  • Building on the work of the Community of Climate Governance Experts at the World Economic Forum, this webinar looked at litigation and other emerging issues that board directors need to have on their radar.

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  • From a global survey conducted by Egon Zehnder, only 25% of board members currently believe that they and their fellow board members have enough knowledge of the risks and opportunities sustainability presents, read the full report of these results.

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  • This briefing provides an overview of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) climate disclosure rule, the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures, adopted in March 2024, comparisons with other standards internationally, and what the rule means for board directors.

    Briefing
  • Board directors should understand not just climate risks and compliance, but also view climate change as a business opportunity to shape strategic initiatives, weaving sustainability into all board operations. Watch below as the directors discuss the desired competencies to achieve this, through ...

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  • The World Economic Forum and Climate Governance Initiative gathered transformational directors in climate leadership from around the world at a high-level workshop in Geneva. This article explores the barriers and solutions to having climate allies in the boardroom

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