RegTech Data Summit 2026: Managing Environmental Risk Through Better Data

As local communities, investors, insurers, industries, and states integrate climate, environmental, and natural disaster data 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 and for differing uses. The Data Foundation’s RegTech Data Summit 2026: Managing Environmental Risk Through Better Data, hosted in Washington, D.C. on June 4, will address the questions, what is the better future we are working towards, and why; what are the data needs; who needs the data; and how are they getting that data?

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 and innovative efforts leading to solutions.

• The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures efforts to support data quality as a strategic public good.
• Improving firefighting effectiveness by integrating multiple data sources like historical fire perimeters, 911 calls, mountaintop cameras, lightning detection, and satellite imagery
• The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which is a cooperative, market-based effort among states in the northeastern United States
• And, the platforms and technologies developed to analyze the federated regulatory requirements for investment and risk disclosure

The Data Foundation’s event, RegTech Data Summit 2026: Managing Environmental Risk Through Better Data, 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, innovation, and transparency. Join us in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2026!

Agenda and reception details will be posted shortly.