Join EY during London Climate Action Week

Monday, 23 June 2025 – Thursday, 26 June 2025

As businesses navigate the complexities of sustainability regulations and shifting geopolitical landscapes, the urgency for climate action has never been more important.

With this year's event focused on finance, London is uniquely positioned to lead climate action globally. This is why London Climate Action Week serves as a crucial opportunity for reflection and engagement, as well as fostering collaboration between public and private sectors to accelerate investment and integration and deliver meaningful action.

Spaces are limited, so please register your interest on the form and select which sessions (maximum of 3) you would like to attend. If you would like any further information, contact the team at [email protected].


EY hosted events

■  Greenwashing and ESG litigation: a new era of sustainability risk management
Monday, 23 June 2025 | 09:00–11:30 BST
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

A workshop to discuss the current challenges in communicating about sustainability and how firms are managing the promotion of their strategy and goals, whilst implementing processes and controls to mitigate greenwashing risk.

■  Unlocking the future of industrial innovation
Monday, 23 June 2025 | 16:00–18:00 BST
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

This session will explore how strategic investments, innovative technologies, and collaborative partnerships across public and private sector can unlock the potential of ageing industrial assets to catalyse climate tech ecosystems.

■  Tackling deforestation: a starting point for integrating nature into climate transition planning
Tuesday, 24 June 2025 | 08:00–09:30 BST
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

This roundtable, in collaboration with Global Canopy, will focus primarily on deforestation – a significant driver of climate change and nature loss. Global Canopy will also present its Deforestation-free Transition (DEFT) Pathway tool to support financial institutions to better engage with companies on deforestation.

■  Accelerating climate innovation: the role of policy, investment and partnership
Tuesday, 24 June 2025 | 17:00–18:00 BST (followed by networking drinks)
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

A panel session on scaling climate innovation, where industry leaders will discuss investment strategies, public-private partnerships, and successful accelerator programmes that drive climate action and unlock clean economic growth.

■  Sustainability and geopolitics: navigating the new climate
Wednesday, 25 June 2025 | 13:00–14:00 BST
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

Join EY for a panel session and Q&A with an international panel of professionals from business, financial services and sustainability to examine the latest insights on how geopolitics is shaping and disrupting the sustainability agenda.

■  Accelerating sustainable development with AI
Thursday, 26 June 2025 | 09:00–10:30 BST
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

A workshop to explore the role of artificial intelligence in enhancing climate resilience and supporting biodiversity conservation and habitat restoration efforts, as well as how AI-driven solutions can positively impact communities.

■  International climate finance: how do we close the gap?
Thursday, 26 June 2025 | 10:00–11:30 BST
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

Join us for a panel with economists, development finance professionals, academics and industry leaders to explore collaborative strategies for addressing development finance challenges and advancing climate solutions.

■  ISSB is coming to the UK: perspectives from standard setters, preparers and users 
Thursday, 26 June 2025 | 12:30–13:30 BST
EY, 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF

A panel convening: Sue Lloyd, Vice Chair of the ISSB; early corporate adopters of IFRS S1 and S2; and users of this information from the financial sector will discuss implementation and good-practice reporting, data and governance considerations, and the integration with other reporting standards and emerging disclosure areas.

EY sponsored events

Net Zero Delivery Summit
Monday, 23 June 2025
Guildhall, Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH

Transition Finance: building global momentum for real economy decarbonisation
A panel discussion, moderated by Lord Alok Sharma, will include a stocktake of UK progress in transition finance and its standing on the global stage; practical examples of effective transition finance in action; and how transition finance can be integrated into both the negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes at COP.

Unlocking carbon markets: strategies and solutions to accelerate the growth of voluntary carbon markets
This workshop includes industry leaders, policy makers and other professionals, to discuss challenges facing the voluntary carbon market, and to drive meaningful and actionable insights to support the growth of the market.

Visit Net Zero Delivery Summit 2025 for more information.

■  Climate Innovation Forum
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Guildhall, Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH

The complementary roles of corporates and financial services in transition planning
14:10–14:55 BST

A panel discussion on the role of finance in corporate transition planning and the influence of corporates on the transition strategies of financial services, and a look at the synergies and interdependencies. Our panellists include: Bruno Gardner, Head of Climate Change and Nature, Phoenix; Steffen Kram, Managing Director, Sustainability Solutions at Santander CIB; Matt Manning, Head of Circularity and Net Zero at BT; and Martin Wayman, Director of Corporate Responsibility at First Group.

Transition planning for insurers: how to accelerate the scaling of transition solutions
14:30–15:30 BST

A roundtable discussion on how insurers can leverage their underwriting and investment portfolios to accelerate the scaling of transition solutions, and how transition actions can help to drive an insurers growth agenda and use climate analytics to reduce the cost base.