The Business of Climate Action: Turning transition plans into real results
24 June 2026
Following a series of events which engaged over 300 sustainability leaders globally across Mexico City, London, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris, Dublin and Zurich, the Carbon Trust is excited to bring The Business of Climate Action to London Climate Action Week 2026.
We will be hosting an afternoon session at our London office on 24 June, where our experts will discuss how to create a business case that your stakeholders cannot ignore, how to rally a critical mass of internal support, and how to break through silos to embed change across business functions.
We will be welcoming the following experts for a panel discussion to share real world transition experiences and solutions:
- Thomas Bomhoff, VP for Global Sustainability and External Engagement, Novonesis
- Tom Cumberlege, Director of Transition Strategy, the Carbon Trust
- Maiken Møller-Hansen, Director - Energy & Sustainability, Amazon Devices & Services
The session will include:
- Peer led dialogue and open discussion to surface insights and common challenges.
- Guidance on what boards, CFOs, and investors expect in a credible business case.
- Insights into evolving regulation and how it is reshaping business expectations.
- Actionable strategies for breaking silos, securing buy in, and strengthening transition efforts.
Credibility, compliance, and conversion: Driving consumer trust and commercial value through carbon labelling
25 June 2026
Following the success of last year’s event, the Carbon Trust will be hosting an interactive breakfast session at the London office with Bureau Veritas joining as a guest speaker and more speakers to be announced. This session is aimed at sustainability professionals, marketing professionals, legal and regulation professionals who would be interested in hearing:
- How consumer behaviour is evolving, where expectations are shifting towards clear, intuitive sustainability claims embedded in everyday products.
- The upcoming Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT) Directive which will introduce strict requirements around substantiation, verification and claim clarity.
Recent research shows that products that clearly communicate their environmental credentials can positively influence consumer perceptions, impact purchase decisions, and lead to growth in sales.
We are looking forward to welcoming the following experts to take part in the interactive panel discussion.
- Benjamin Lechaptois, Carbon & Climate Services Director, Bureau Veritas
- Hugh Jones, Managing Director, The Carbon Trust
- Amazon CPF
- More to be announced
The panel will be moderated by Julia Nicoara, Director – Marketing and Communications, the Carbon Trust.
This will be a breakfast event starting at 08:30, designed as an energising start to your day at LCAW.
Ayrton Forum 2026
22-23 June 2026
The Ayrton Forum 2026 is a flagship UK Government event taking place during London Climate Action Week, bringing together people and ideas driving transformational clean energy transitions in emerging economies.
The forum will spotlight frontier clean energy innovations, new delivery models, and system level solutions that are accelerating energy transitions while delivering prosperity, resilience, and climate impact. It will also provide a unique opportunity for participants to help shape priorities for the next phase of the UK Government’s clean energy innovation portfolio.
This high‑level gathering will convene approximately 250 participants, including Ministers and senior officials from the UK and partner governments, global investors and financiers, innovators and entrepreneurs, multilateral and development institutions, NGOs, community‑level champions, and leading researchers and academics.
Attendance is reserved for leaders and innovators driving the global clean energy transition. If you would like to express interest in attending, please email events@carbontrust.com.
Designing and deploying virtual power plants: A view from the Carbon Trust and Integrate to Zero
23 June 2026
Virtual power plants (VPPs) are becoming a core solution for power systems that need to integrate growing volumes of distributed energy resources (DER) while maintaining reliability and affordability. Across regions, the challenge is increasingly the same: how to translate distributed solar, batteries, flexible loads and other assets into dispatchable, measurable flexibility that system and network operators can procure and operate with confidence.
The Carbon Trust will be hosting an invitation-only roundtable which will focus on the practical 'how-to' of designing and deploying VPPs: defining use cases and services, establishing operational and data requirements, setting baselines and measurement approaches, procuring and onboarding assets, and running a credible pilot that can scale. The roundtable will convene global perspectives (including Pakistan, Latin America and Australia) alongside UK experience to compare approaches and surface what works in practice.
Grids: From system flexibility targets to action
23 June 2026
As power systems add increasing volumes of wind and solar generation, and electricity demand accelerates through electrification, flexibility is becoming a core requirement for keeping grids reliable, affordable, and resilient. The capacity for power systems to respond dynamically to changes in supply and demand will be critical to delivering Net Zero ambitions while managing system costs and security.
To address this challenge, the Carbon Trust is delivering a project in partnership with Integrate to Zero and Global Grids Catalyst to develop a practical, high-level methodology for estimating power system flexibility needs and value without reliance on detailed power system modelling.
As the project closes and transitions from insight to action, the Carbon Trust is pleased to be hosting an invitation-only roundtable for power‑system decision‑makers to test and refine the project outputs, build a shared view of what flexibility means in practice and identify priority actions and follow-on work.
How Much Does Generative AI Really Emit?
23 June 2026
DIMPACT is a “think and do” coalition working to align industry changemakers and policymakers around meaningful, science-based solutions that reduce the environmental impacts of serving digital media products.
We are pleased to be joining DIMPACT’s launch event to unveil the findings from the latest Generative AI white paper (authored by our experts Matt Anderson and Bob Burgoyne). The session will unveil new research on the energy and carbon impact of AI in media workflows, debuting at London Climate Action Week.
Our LCAW 2026 spotlight at SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026 | County Hall, London
24 June 2026
SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026 is a global forum for city leaders, innovators, and partners driving the future of urban climate action, resilience, and digital transformation. The Summit provides a unique, multidisciplinary space for senior urban practitioners to collaborate, share insights, and accelerate impactful solutions, bringing together more than 3,000 delegates – including representatives from over 1,000 cities and local authorities worldwide.
The Carbon Trust is pleased to be partnering with SmartCitiesWorld Summit this year and to bring our expert Akos Revesz - Senior Manager to the stage for a fireside chat on Wednesday 24 June, 16:10-16:30.
Akos will be sharing key insights from the latest South East London Energy Plan project which aimed to address the disconnect between local area energy planning and the realities of implementation, by engaging with local area energy teams and using a practitioner-led approach.
This event is free for those in the public sector, you can find out more and register to attend here.
