Ruth Bryson
Ruth Bryson
Head of Responsible Business – Stewardship, Climate and Nature, Royal London
About Ruth Bryson
Ruth is Head of Responsible Business – Stewardship, Climate and Nature at Royal London, the largest mutual life, pensions and investment company in the UK. Her role includes developing Royal London’s sustainability strategy and reporting, climate risk management and approach to responsible investment and engagement. Royal London champions a just transition and focuses on supporting communities to build resilience as they adapt to environmental challenges. A key part of that is working with policymakers and the wider financial services industry to build and deliver good practice in supporting the transition to net zero. In 2025, this included working in partnership with BITC to produce the ‘Creating a Future Ready Economy’ report and launch it at the Houses of Parliament. Ruth has now joined the Climate Action Leadership Team to take that work forward with BITC.
Ruth has served on Business in the Community’s Climate Action Leadership Team board since January 2026.
Climate Action Leadership Team Member
Our Leadership Teams are made up of senior executives who lead and support each of our issue areas and campaigns: Climate Action, Employment and Skills, Gender Equality, Responsible Business, Race Equality, and Wellbeing. The purpose of Business in the Community’s (BITC) Climate Action Leadership Team is to challenge and support businesses to lead a just transition to a resilient, net-zero economy that creates positive outcomes for people and nature, now and in the future.