Founding Letter

Why the Global Business Climate Council must exist now.

The climate agenda is no longer on the margins of strategy. It is shaping market access, enterprise value, supply security, investment decisions and long-term competitiveness. The Global Business Climate Council was founded to help decision-makers act with clarity in that new context.

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The founding case

A market institution for a climate-shaped economy.

The climate era will reward those who can read risk earlier, move capital faster and translate uncertainty into strategic advantage.

Letter from the founders

Global Business Climate Council • 2026

To boards, investors, policymakers
and leaders shaping the next cycle of growth

We founded the Global Business Climate Council because climate change has become one of the most consequential forces shaping economic decision-making. It influences infrastructure, trade, access to resources, regulation, insurance, valuation, productivity and the future of entire sectors. Yet many institutions still lack a trusted, decision-oriented source of climate guidance built for business realities.

GBCC is intended to fill that gap. Our purpose is to connect climate science, market signals, public policy and sector dynamics in a form that helps leaders act — not with abstract commentary, but with rigorous, executive-level guidance that can influence capital allocation, strategic planning and long-term value creation.

We believe the next phase of climate leadership will be defined by execution. The institutions that thrive will be those able to understand which climate issues are becoming financially material, which transition pathways are investable, where resilience will create advantage and how sustainability can be translated into competitiveness.

That is the work GBCC was designed to do. We are building a platform capable of convening highly qualified voices from business, finance, diplomacy, government and science — and of turning that combined perspective into clear letters, briefings and signals for the market.

Ricardo Assumpção Founding Partner
Strategy, sustainability and long-term value creation

Ione Anderson Founding Partner
Climate, diplomacy and institutional partnerships

First founders

The first leaders behind the institution.

GBCC begins with a founding duo bringing together business strategy, sustainability leadership, multilateral experience and the ability to translate complex climate issues into value creation and institutional action.

Founder

Ricardo Assumpção

Sustainability and ESG Leader, EY Latin America • Chief Sustainability Officer, EY Brazil

Ricardo is a business strategist and sustainability executive recognized for connecting climate, finance and corporate strategy at the highest levels of decision-making. As Sustainability and ESG Leader for EY Latin America and Chief Sustainability Officer for EY Brazil, he has worked across sectors to help companies translate sustainability into enterprise value, strategic positioning and market relevance. His perspective combines executive judgment, innovation and a strong focus on long-term value creation.

Private sector • Strategy • Sustainable value creation • Market influence

Founder

Ione Anderson

Executive Director, Sustainability and Strategic Partnerships • Climate and Nature Specialist

Ione brings a rare combination of sustainability, science and public-policy expertise shaped by more than two decades of work with multilateral institutions and global environmental agendas. Her experience spans climate governance, biodiversity, diplomacy and high-level institutional collaboration. This gives GBCC a distinctive systemic lens — one capable of connecting market decisions with the broader architecture of climate policy, nature and international cooperation.

Diplomacy • Multilateral engagement • Nature and climate • Institutional partnerships

Build the founding circle.

GBCC is convening its first institutional partners and preparing its initial sequence of executive climate letters. For partnerships, membership inquiries or founder outreach, contact the founding team.

contact@globalbcc.com