Mainstage
Championing the Clean Economy: Corporate Action and Protecting the Freedom to Invest
September 24, 2025 | The Nest | 9:30am-10:20am
Ceres CEO and President Mindy Lubber will highlight the ways U.S. businesses are prospering in the transition and spotlight innovation and job growth. Prominent industry and policy experts will make the case for championing efforts to protect the long-standing rights of businesses to make responsible investment decisions. And a leading corporate executive will explain how sustainable practices across their operations and supply chains are helping them remain profitable and competitive
Mainstage Plus
Chief Sustainability Officers Convening
September 24, 2025 | The Nest | 10:30am-1:00pm
As the external landscape continues to evolve, companies are recalibrating how they implement and communicate business sustainability priorities. Chief Sustainability Officers from major companies are responding, as they face complex realities amid shifting expectations and increased public scrutiny. Ceres invites CSOs to a private gathering to discuss strategies for companies to take sustainability and climate action while navigating growing pressures and uncertainty. The convening will allow time for both intra- and inter-sector dialogue, allowing participants to compare approaches, surface shared challenges, and identify potential areas for alignment.
Climate
Roundtable: Championing Businesses’ Freedom to Act on Climate Risk
September 24, 2025 | The Nest | 11:00am-12:30pm
Prominent industry and policy experts with a center-right perspective will explore strategies for safeguarding the freedom to make sound financial decisions in support of long-term economic and climate resilience. Following the mainstage session, in-person attendees will join a candid discussion about the current policy landscape, emerging risks to investor autonomy, and opportunities for proactive, cross-sector collaboration to protect market-driven climate leadership.
Finance
Investor Practitioner Workshop: Implementing Climate Action Plans
September 24, 2025 | The Nest | 1:00pm-5:00pm
This investor practitioner workshop will bring together institutional investors to implement robust Investor Climate Action Plans (ICAPs) through practical, peer-based learning. Participants will explore concrete strategies for operationalizing ICAPs across key focus areas such as:
- Climate Solutions Investments
- Physical Climate Risk and Resilience
- Investor Disclosure and Reporting
- Nature and Biodiversity Integration
- Water Risk Management
- Just Transition and Social Impacts
- Climate Policy Advocacy
Climate
Climate Risk in the Municipal Bond Market: Property-Level Insights, Disclosure Gaps, and Actionable Pathways
September 24, 2025 | The Nest | 1:30pm-2:20pm
This webinar will preview new findings from Ceres and Cotality’s forthcoming research that integrates cutting-edge property-level risk data with municipal bond disclosure analysis. The goal: to identify where climate risks—such as flooding, wildfire, and heat—pose acute threats to local tax revenues and infrastructure, and to examine how those risks are (or are not) reflected in public disclosures.
Finance
Bracing for Impact: Coordinating Banking, Insurance, and Housing Finance in the Age of Climate Disruption
September 24, 2025 | The Nest | 2:30pm-3:20pm
Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, costly, and unpredictable—putting pressure on all corners of the financial system. Banks, insurers, and housing finance providers each hold pieces of the risk, yet coordination remains fragmented. This panel will explore how these sectors can work together to build resilience, manage exposure, and ensure communities continue to have access to safe and affordable housing in a changing climate.
Insurance
From Risk to Resilience: Building Climate-Ready Insurance Portfolios
September 24, 2025 | 3:30pm -4:20pm
As climate disasters drive unprecedented losses and force market retreats, forward-thinking insurers are fundamentally reshaping their approach to risk and investment. This panel brings together industry leaders actively implementing climate resilience strategies alongside regulatory oversight perspectives to share real-world case studies and practical frameworks. Actionable strategies will be provided for building industry resilience while navigating evolving disclosure requirements and market realities.
Transportation
Transportation Summit
September 24, 2025 | The Nest | Time TBA
Join Ceres for a day of workshops and sessions addressing the most pressing challenges and opportunities in today’s ever-evolving clean transportation industry.
Transportation
Transportation Decarbonization Reception
September 24, 2025 | 5:00pm
Leaders from around the world will gather at a reception on transportation decarbonization.
Climate
Ceres Partners Reception
September 24, 2025 | 5:30pm
Select guests will gather for a private Ceres Partners Reception to celebrate the week’s milestones and discuss what’s ahead. Attendees will connect with key members of the Ceres community over drinks and appetizers. Set in the heart of Manhattan, the reception location offers sweeping views of New York City and the Hudson River from a light-filled space with floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound terrace.