Switched-on non-executive directors will ensure climate change remains on a board’s agenda.

The exciting world of the non-executive director (NED)! Just as you thought we were emerging from Covid, companies are thrown back into the choppy waves of ‘climate change, with a surge of motivated interest groups, governments and ‘woke’ investors. With plenty of isolation time to fill during the pandemic, COP26 and the plethora of climate change documentaries and shows became avid viewing.