The Chairperson’s Guide to Climate Stakeholders
The Chairperson’s Guide to Climate Stakeholders, produced by the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance Initiative in collaboration with Deloitte, puts a spotlight on how key stakeholder groups are responding to climate change and how they might respond in the future. Chairpersons must be cognisant of the various economic and existential risks presented by […]
Climate scenario analysis
from Chapter Zero New Zealand Directors have a critical role in identifying and managing climate change risks and opportunities. This guide from Chapter Zero New Zealand is to support directors to understand their role in the development, analysis and review of climate scenarios. While scenario analysis as a strategic tool is not new, climate scenario […]
Board structure and capability for climate
From Chapter Zero New Zealand A collection of three resources to support boards in identifying the best climate governance structure and directors capabilities for their organization. The resources consist of an overview of options to consider board structure and director capabilities, a Board structure quick guide, and New Zealand board structure case studies. Download these […]
Executive Compensation Guidebook for Climate Transition: 2023 Addendum
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 since the original Guidebook’s publication, regulatory and investor contexts and market practice on the inclusion of […]
The Chairperson’s Guide to Valuing Nature
This guide explores risks and opportunities related to nature loss and outlines key steps Chairs, non-executive directors and board members can take to incorporate nature as core to business strategy. This guide, produced by the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance Initiative in collaboration with Deloitte, explores risks and opportunities related to nature loss […]
Ambition to Action: Briefing for Board Directors
This briefing summarises the four basic requirements needed for your business to move from ambition to action on climate, highlighting your role as a board director. It builds on a range of outputs from the Initiative and the global Chapter network, with particular support from ERM building on their ‘From Promise to Action on Net […]
The Chairperson’s Guide to Decarbonization
The Chairperson’s Guide to Decarbonization, produced by the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance Initiative in collaboration with Deloitte, focuses on the role of chairpersons and boards in developing a robust climate mitigation strategy. The paper informs chairpersons of the foundational knowledge for why businesses must address climate change and provides a roadmap to […]
The Chairperson’s Insights into Climate Action
The Chairperson’s Insights into Climate Action provides a summary of highlights from interviews with 16 members of the World Economic Forum’s Community of Chairpersons on the topic of climate action. The Chairperson’s Insights into Climate Action, produced by the World Economic Forum and the Climate Governance Initiative in collaboration with Deloitte, explores key issues and […]
The Chairperson’s Guide to a Just Transition
The transition to a climate-neutral economy will impact people and geographies in different ways. By considering these impacts, businesses have a chance to address 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 World Economic Forum and […]
Executive Compensation Guidebook for Climate Transition
This guidebook, produced by WTW and the Climate Governance Initiative, explores how boards can drive climate strategy by meaningfully embedding it within executive compensation frameworks. As organisations acknowledge the need to transition to a net zero business model, investors expect board members not only to drive the adoption of a credible climate transition strategy, but […]
