Key Topics

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

Policy & Regulation

Legislative and regulatory frameworks that shape organisational responsibilities on climate and nature.
  • This guide, produced by the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance in collaboration with Deloitte, explores how organisations, guided by their Chairs, non-executive directors and board members, can earn and enhance trust through the sustainability transition.

    Guide
  • This explainer provides an overview of the evolving and interconnected landscape of climate targets, metrics, reporting standards and frameworks for independent directors and non-executive directors (NEDs). There are a range of frameworks and standards supporting corporate disclosure of climate, ...

    Briefing
  • In 2021, the Climate Governance Initiative, in collaboration with WTW, published the Executive Compensation Guidebook for Climate Transition. This instructive guide explored how to drive climate strategy by meaningfully embedding it within executive compensation frameworks. Over the 18 months sin...

    Guide
  • Conducting corporate climate policy engagement appropriately is critical to creating the conditions that will enable a company to achieve its net zero transition. This briefing, produced with global think tank InfluenceMap, highlights the key issues board directors should be aware of.

    Briefing
  • Published following COP27, the United Nations’ Integrity Matters report makes 10 recommendations businesses should implement to develop a robust net-zero strategy with credible commitments and a roadmap to evidence-based action. This new briefing for board directors adds key questions board di...

    Briefing