Driving systemic change and decarbonisation to turn net zero strategy into business advantage

The Net Zero Business Stage is where climate ambition becomes a competitive advantage. This flagship stage at Reset Connect London brings together senior sustainability leaders, C-suite executives and innovators embedding decarbonisation at the heart of business strategy.
 

As regulation tightens, investor scrutiny grows and stakeholder expectations rise, the focus is shifting from pledges to delivery. This stage explores how organisations can accelerate measurable, credible and commercially viable net zero transition plans.

Here's what you can expect:

  • Turn ambition into measurable action by translating net zero commitments into real operational impact

  • Strengthen resilience in a shifting regulatory landscape by staying ahead of disclosure requirements, standards and investor expectations

  • Embed sustainability into core business growth by aligning climate goals with strategy, performance and decision making

  • Accelerate innovation across sectors by leveraging technology, data and collaboration to drive systemic change

  • Build trust and competitive advantage by demonstrating transparent action and measurable impact

Across two days of high-level panels and strategic discussions, you will gain practical insight into scaling decarbonisation across operations, value chains and governance structures while strengthening resilience and long-term value creation.

 

Net Zero Business Stage at Reset Connect London

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Net Zero Business Stage

Day 1

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08:30
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    25 mins
09:00
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    15 mins
    In a world where transition risk is embedded into every aspect of business, the next step for corporate climate action is enabling companies to act on and manage that risk. Companies and stakeholders …
09:15
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    15 mins
    For a long time, growth and sustainability were often seen as competing priorities. Growth was about commercial performance. Sustainability was about managing impact. Today, that distinction is disapp …
09:30
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    30 mins
    As AI adoption accelerates, demand for energy and digital infrastructure is reshaping the future of power systems. In this keynote conversation, NVIDIA and National Grid explore how AI can support gri …
10:00
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    60 mins
    This panel will explore how forward-looking organisations are beginning to reframe sustainability, both through the lens of business resilience and as a driver of innovation, growth and competitive ad …
11:00
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    60 mins
    With over 10,000 companies now having committed to net zero targets, evolving regulations are legally embedding climate action, making large corporations de facto leaders in the drive to decarbonisati …
15:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    45 mins
    Ahead of this year’s UK Green Business Awards, winners from last year’s awards offer insights into their careers in the green economy and reflections on how the sector can maximise its impact at a tim …
16:00
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    60 mins
    As corporate climate commitments accelerate, carbon markets are under growing scrutiny. While high integrity carbon credits have the potential to mobilise significant capital toward climate action, co …

Day 2

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09:00
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    15 mins
    As Chief Executive of WWF, Tanya will reflect in this moderated Q&A session on the critical role of action and ambition on both climate and nature in underpinning UK and global prosperity.  She will a …
10:30
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    30 mins
    As the UK accelerates towards a clean power future, scaling generation, modernising grid infrastructure and aligning policy with delivery remain critical challenges. This keynote panel brings together …
11:00
  1. Net Zero Business Stage
    60 mins
    Supply chains are at the heart of the UK’s low carbon transition, affecting brands, multinationals, SMEs and startups alike. This panel explores the practical, financial and regulatory challenges of d …
13:00
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    20 mins
    Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive, will present the CCC’s annual report on the UK’s progress in cutting emissions. The report will highlight areas of achievement, identify where further action is needed …
13:20
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    20 mins
    Join Friends of the Earth chief executive, Asad Rehman, in exploring how inequality, climate change and nature loss are deeply interconnected, especially at the local level where their impacts are mos …
15:00
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    60 mins
    As businesses face growing pressure to strengthen resilience, reduce resource dependency and meet evolving market demands, innovation in materials and manufacturing is becoming a key driver of competi …
16:00
  1. Main Stage Keynote
    15 mins
    As climate impacts intensify, business resilience is increasingly tied to the health of natural systems — from water availability to supply chain stability. Yet for many companies, the complexity of n …