As local communities, investors, insurers, industries, and states integrate climate, environmental and weather-related events into their operations and risk assessments, they face a fundamental data challenge: the information they rely on is often incomplete, inconsistent, or incompatible across sources. 

Poor data quality, conflicting definitions, and fragmented systems create significant risk exposure and result is not only operational inefficiency but genuine uncertainty about whether organizations truly understand their climate-related exposures.

And yet, there are signs of collaborative efforts leading to solutions. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures each launched initiatives to support growing recognition that data quality is a strategic public good requiring coordinated investment in data collection, standardization, and verification across the value chain.

The Data Foundation’s event, Building Trust Through Data: Addressing Environmental Information Risks in Financial Services, will bring together financial services leaders, regulatory technology innovators, data standards experts, and policymakers to identify practical solutions for building a climate information infrastructure grounded in data quality and transparency. Join us in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2026!

Registration and sponsorship opportunities for this event will open in January.