Sep

Unveiling the Corporate Climate Contribution Benchmark at New York Climate Week 2026

The first sector ranking of companies on their real contribution to global net zero, beyond carbon footprint and transition plans.

Date

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Time

8:30 – 10:30 AM

Breakfast from 8:30; program 9:00–10:08; networking to 10:30.

Venue

Blender Workspace — Meeting Room Fifth Avenue

135 Madison Ave (at E 31st St), Floor 8, New York, NY

Format

Closed-door · 50 seats

Chatham House Rule · By invitation only

A working breakfast of testimony, sector benchmarks and honest debate.

During New York Climate Week the CCF moves from methodology to evidence. In one closed-door room, we unveil the first cross-sector benchmark of corporate climate contribution, and the US companies that tested it share what they learned.

What to expect

The first sector benchmark.

100 scorecards, deep-diving Energy, Automotive and Apparel, with the top 3 per sector.

Pioneers, unfiltered.

Weyerhaeuser and Crown Holdings on what testing the CCF changed for them.

A room, not a stage.

50 senior peers under the Chatham House Rule, no press, no recording.

Who should attend

Fifty senior peers in one closed-door room.

Chief Sustainability Officers and Climate Directors

from prospective and assessed companies

Institutional investors and financial institutions

Climate alliances and standard-setters

WBCSD, Ceres, SBTi, WBA, TPI and peers

Agenda

Breakfast, the benchmark reveal, then the room takes over.

Program runs ~68 minutes.