Reframing Climate Strategy: The Future of Corporate Targets

BSR Members Only

London

June 24, 2026

2 - 4 pm BST

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2026 is a pivotal year for corporate climate strategies. After a decade of rapid uptake of science-based targets, companies are navigating a complex landscape shaped by evolving standards (e.g., SBTi, ISSB, GHG Protocol), implementation challenges, growing scrutiny from leadership and backlash from external stakeholders. Many organizations are reassessing their progress against established milestones while confronting structural barriers, geopolitical pressures, and questions around the credibility and durability of current commitments.

Against this backdrop, this roundtable will create a confidential, high-trust space for senior sustainable business leaders to reflect on critical strategic questions: What role should climate targets play in corporate strategy going forward? And what does credible climate action look like in 2026?

The discussion will move beyond technical debates to explore whether companies should refine existing target-setting approaches, how to rethink the broader architecture of climate strategy, and what alternative models are emerging and gaining traction.

Participants can expect an interactive and candid exchange under Chatham House Rule, facilitated by BSR leveraging our active discussions with members and key actors of the external landscape. Participating companies will have the opportunity to: compare and align with peers, stress-test their current approaches and explore emerging practices to inform their strategic choices in a rapidly evolving context.

Scheduled Speakers

Giulio Berruti, Director, Global Lead, Climate and Nature, BSR

Director, Global Lead, Climate and Nature, BSR

Copenhagen

Giulio brings over 15 years of expertise in advancing corporate climate and nature work. A member of BSR’s leadership team, he leads the Climate & Nature team strategy and works with BSR members across advisory services, collaborative initiatives, and grants implementation.

Giulio oversees BSR’s work on the future of climate action in an evolving landscape, the application of Futures and Foresight work to Climate & Nature topics, and new business models that create business value while advancing people and planet goals. Since joining BSR in 2018, he has focused on targets, strategies, and transition plans; climate risk and adaptation; value chains, including Scope 3 implementation through supplier engagement; business model transformation; and nature-based solutions strategies with social integrity.

He brings deep knowledge of the climate and nature ecosystem and landscape, having supported the development of the first SBTi Net Zero Standard as a member of the Expert Advisory Group. He also led and supported the development of widely used open-source guidance, such as the 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide, Transform to Net Zero, and Climate Fit.

Prior to joining BSR, Giulio spent seven years with EcoAct between France and Kenya, focusing on climate advisory work on GHG mitigation, target setting and climate strategies, climate risk assessments, and carbon offset project development.

Giulio holds an MS in Sustainability from HEC Paris School of Management. He also holds a double degree MS in Management and Industrial Engineering and a double degree BS in Technology and International Business from Politecnico di Torino and UIC Barcelona.

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Christine Diamente, Managing Director, Business Transformation, BSR

Managing Director, Business Transformation, BSR

London

Christine leads BSR’s Business Transformation team, helping companies to manage sustainability throughout their business and across their supply chains and to develop resilient business strategies that leverage insights from BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab.

She works with companies across sectors and geographies to structure a sustainability management approach that mitigates risk and captures emerging opportunities, creating strategic advantage for their businesses, while contributing to a more just, sustainable world. Christine also co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability.

She brings over 20 years of experience in leading brand, sustainability, public affairs, communications, and reputation management with multinational corporations at the executive leadership level. This also includes overseeing corporate relations with external stakeholders, such as the World Economic Forum, the UN, European institutions, and investors.

Previously, Christine was Head of Brand Strategy at Nokia. She has also held major roles at Alcatel-Lucent and Alcatel, leading Brand and Corporate Sustainability and European Affairs. Christine has also served on various boards, including as a chair of the Telecoms Industry Dialogue on human rights, as an advisory board member of Reuters Events Sustainability, as a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, and on the European Internet Foundation.

Christine holds a MA in History and a BA in History and International Politics from the University of Ottawa. She completed the Management Acceleration Program (MAP) at INSEAD, and she achieved the ESG Competent Boards Certificate and Global Competent Boards Designation (2021). She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.