Roundtables

Over the past years many banks have made improvements to their climate data capabilities, but they still face several challenges including:

• Identifying climate data and modelling to support forward-looking metrics that inform assessment of client transition and exposure to physical risks
• Meeting a broader set of climate data use cases from across the whole bank (Risk, HR, Finance, Legal, Operations etc.)
• Ensuring climate data is not siloed and fully integrated into core bank data infrastructure and governance, in line with assurance standards and regulatory expectations

NZBA and BCG are pleased to convene experts for a private roundtable to share insights on the progress made on this topic within banks and key challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Chief Data Officers/Head of climate data roles within banks

How Can We Bridge North and South to Unlock the Full Potential of Voluntary and Compliance Markets?

A strategic and inspiring roundtable that connects leaders from diverse sectors to explore structural solutions for unlocking voluntary and compliance markets. We will dive into how Brazil can become a climate hub for the Global South and help build stronger connections with the Global North.

This roundtable is designed for strategic stakeholders involved in the expansion, financing, and integrity of carbon markets, including:

• Carbon Market Investors & Financiers – Venture capitalists, institutional investors, and financial entities funding carbon credit projects.
• Carbon Integrity & Standards Organisations – Entities ensuring the credibility, transparency, and impact of carbon credits.
• Large-Scale Carbon Credit Buyers – Corporations and institutions with ambitious net-zero and sustainability commitments.
• Validation & Verification Bodies (VVBs) – Experts responsible for certifying the integrity of carbon projects.
• Carbon Credit Rating Agencies – Specialists evaluating risk, quality, and performance of carbon credits.
• Carbon Traders & Exchanges – Market players involved in buying, selling, and pricing carbon assets.
• Corporate Sustainability & ESG Leaders – Executives leading net-zero strategies and carbon offset initiatives.
• Carbon Project Developers – Organisations designing and implementing carbon credit-generating projects.
• Tech & Data Innovation Leaders – Companies leveraging AI, blockchain, and satellite monitoring for carbon markets.
• Academia & Policy Makers – Researchers and regulators shaping carbon market policies and best practices.
• Carbon Market Regulators & Government Representatives – Authorities designing carbon market frameworks.
• Multilateral Organisations & Climate Finance Institutions – Institutions funding and supporting carbon market infrastructure.
• COP 30 Organisation Committee Members – Key decision-makers involved in designing and executing the COP 30 agenda.

The UK has a critical opportunity to position itself as a global leader in high-integrity carbon markets. This roundtable will convene key voices from government, business, and finance to explore how the UK can scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) through both voluntary and compliance markets. We will examine the current global state of CDR, how the UK compares, and the practical actions needed to strengthen domestic market leadership. Key topics will include strategies for de-risking CDR investment, creating credible demand signals, and addressing challenges such as funding, supply chain readiness, and labour costs. Participants will hear perspectives from the UK Government, South Pole, Google, and Barclays, and contribute to a discussion focused on unlocking collaboration across sectors to accelerate the CDR market in the UK and beyond.

• Carbon removal buyers: e.g., Allianz, BA, Boeing, Glencore, GSK, Google, Maersk, Microsoft, Rolls Royce, The Crown Estate, Unilever, Vodaphone
• Investors/ financial institutions: e.g., Barclays, Brookfield, Citi, Fidelity, HSBC, KKR, LSEG, Macquarie, NatWest, Octopus, Standard Chartered
• UK and global policy makers/ VCM oversight : DESNZ leadership on carbon markets and CDR, ICVCM, VCMI
• CDR suppliers: e.g., 1PointFive, Alt Carbon, Heirloom, Deep Sky, Octavia

Food systems are remarkable, providing food for our global population and livelihoods for over 4 billion people. Yet they face unprecedented and accelerating challenges. In this roundtable we will be convening leaders from farming/developers and their financial advisors, banks, investors, agri-food firms, insurers and key opinion leaders, to discuss and showcase solutions to improve food resilience and accelerate the deployment of finance into regenerative agriculture opportunities and how partnering with the Enabling Insurance Breakthrough can help.

Leaders from farming/opportunity developers and their financial advisors, banks, investors, agrifood firms and insurance companies.

As global trade, industrial strategy, and monetary conditions shift, the trajectory of climate finance is becoming less predictable. The US has captured much of the recent momentum—buoyed by the Inflation Reduction Act and deep capital markets—but that dynamic may be evolving. With growing geopolitical volatility, shifting supply chains, and competing regional investment narratives, investors are beginning to consider how the global map of climate investment may be redrawn. What will it take for global investors to reallocate in this new geopolitical and macroeconomic environment? And where are the high-impact, high-potential opportunities that are flying under the radar?

This is a closed-door, Chatham House discussion for senior leaders in investment, policy, and industry with lunch provided.

Senior leaders from Academia, Policy, NGOs, Standard-Setters, Asset Owners, Asset Managers, Corporates, Insurance and Banking.

In the last year, sustainability has been radically recast in a new policy paradigm that emphasises economic growth, national security, and resilience. Join Equans to understand how organisations can lean into this new agenda and identify new opportunities for funding, project delivery and service transformation.

C-1 and C-2 leaders responsible for estate strategy, investment, and built environment resilience across multiple sectors including government, public sector organisations, industrial and commercial property.

This meeting of UK Clean Power Taskforce will focus on mobilising finance and investment to support the UK’s Energy Transition, as part of its mission to inform the delivery of a fully decarbonised grid by 2030. The roundtable will bring together key stakeholders from government, industry, and the financial sector to explore policy, regulatory, and market mechanisms needed to unlock capital at scale. Insights from this session will contribute to the Taskforce’s forthcoming report, set to be socialised in Autumn 2025, aiming to provide actionable recommendations for accelerating clean energy investment in the UK.

Join us for an engaging roundtable discussion, where we will explore the critical need to support the development of green skills to drive the transition to a greener economy. As highlighted in Santander U.K.’s Tomorrow’s Skills report, the lack of skilled workers could be significant barrier to achieving sustainability ambitions. Furthermore, research indicates that the UK could face a shortfall of skilled workers in green jobs across various sectors, including renewable energy, construction, and environmental services. This underscores the urgent need for a concerted effort to develop and integrate green skills into our workforce.

During this session, we will not only address the policy requirements necessary to foster a skilled workforce but also discuss how to develop innovative solutions that will create jobs impacting the real economy. Our conversation will delve into how private organisations can play a pivotal role in this transition, providing training and resources while creating partnerships that bridge the gap between education and employment. We will also discuss engagement models that empower learners of all ages, ensuring lifelong opportunities are available for all.

Business leaders, policymakers, educators, industry leaders, and advocates to share insights and strategies on embedding green skills into the educational curriculum.

Held under Chatham House Rules, this high-level roundtable will focus on the most important actions and recommendations towards strengthening of long-term investor confidence in the UK offshore wind sector, at a time of intensifying global competition and policy recalibration.

• Offshore wind developers, investors and supply chain
• Central government and regulators
• Local mayors of areas that will benefit from offshore wind
• Industry organizations and lobbying bodies

This timely session will focus on the launch of a new narrative framework on how to effectively provide trusted information to the public to catalyze urgent climate action.

The Blueprint, Transforming Climate Narratives Through Health & Wellbeing, is a first-of-its-kind, much needed communications framework designed to help institutions, organisations, corporations, and communicators craft compelling narratives that connect to the core of what the public care about most: health, jobs, economy, security, equity and wellbeing.

With a strong emphasis on digital engagement, cross-sector partnerships, AI application and public mobilisation, the Blueprint provides a science aligned narrative that will help transformations to a better future for all.

Representatives and experts in the climate communications space, or adjacent to it, interested in pushing forward new climate narratives and supporting EPIC’s efforts to do so. Potential funders, policy leaders, potential partners.

This roundtable, hosted by the Climate Action Coalition’s Clean Power Taskforce, will explore strategies for mobilising global supply chains in support of the clean energy transition. The discussion will centre on overcoming bottlenecks, fostering cross-border collaboration, and scaling up the deployment of key technologies such as renewables, storage, and critical minerals processing. The session will highlight the urgency of aligning industrial policy, investment flows, and regulatory frameworks to meet global decarbonisation targets. Insights from this dialogue will directly inform the Taskforce’s forthcoming report, to be socialised in advance of COP30, with the aim of shaping practical pathways for resilient and sustainable energy supply chains. Participants include Chris Skidmore, Chair of the Climate Action Coalition and the COP29 President, H.E. Mr Mukhtar Babayev.