Return on Insights: Financial Strategies and Market Value from Safer Chemistry

​ZDHC’s “Return on Insights” at Climate Week is an invite-only session for executives, sustainability leaders, and finance professionals—including investors, analysts, and rating agencies. The event focuses on how ZDHC solutions and safer chemistry translate into practical business strategies, risk reduction, and market value.

​The session explores how global supply chain impact data supports due diligence and risk management, moving sustainability and nature-based strategies into investor-ready, financially material results.

​Attendees will gain tools and insights for managing natural capital risk, strengthening ESG disclosures, and integrating chemical safety into business and financial models—aligning sustainability priorities with reporting, market performance, and shareholder value.

​Agenda Highlights

• ​Welcome Remarks:  Recap on Insights from the Previous Day

• ​Context of Business & Valuation Impact, Markets

• ​Investor & Industry Perspective: Role of Safer Chemistry and Natural Capital in Business Resilience, Risk Assessments, and Capital Market Decisions

• ​Closing remarks & Networking

• ​Onwards.. Join us for lunch!

​About ZDHC
ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) is a global multi-stakeholder initiative with over 380 signatories across the apparel, footwear, leather and chemicals sectors. ZDHC has verified over 142,000 chemical formulations against its MRSL standard, while its wastewater programme covers thousands of global suppliers. The organisation’s verified datasets are increasingly referenced by both regulators and financial stakeholders assessing chemical and water risks in high-exposure value chains.