08:55
Chair’s welcoming remarks
Genevieve Redgrave, Senior Reporter, Environmental Finance
09:00
Opening address: Update on the ISSB's work on nature-related disclosures
Richard Barker, ISSB Member, International Sustainability Standards Board
09:25
Panel: Closing the nature financing gap – Nature as a core component of sustainable investment
- Why do you consider nature to be a core part of a sustainable investment strategy?
- How are investors evaluating and accessing nature investment opportunities? How is it considered as part of their asset allocation decisions?
- What are the main barriers to large scale capital deployment by institutional investors in natural capital generally and how are these being addressed?
- What are some of the opportunities that you have invested in or are considering and why?
Moderator: Rob Langston, News Editor, Environmental Finance
Aleksandra Holmlund, CEO, Qarlbo Biodiversity
Anna Varpula, Director of Responsible Investment, Elo Pension Fund
Ben Stafford, CEO, Regenerate Asset Management
Gjermund Grimsby, Chief Advisor for Climate Change, KLP
Marcus Svedberg, Chief Economist, Folksam
10:10
Panel: Navigating the complexity of nature data to deliver actionable insights for users
- What progress are we seeing in efforts to improve the availability, quality, comparability and useability of nature data?
- Update on the TNFD's proposed Nature Data Public Facility – what are the implications, opportunities and challenges for nature data market participants?
- Nature reporting - what impact will the ISSB's plans to introduce nature-related disclosures have and what form might this take?
- Data integration – what tools are available to integrate different types of nature data to better identify risks and opportunities?
- What innovations are we seeing around the development of forward-looking nature-related scenario models?
- How can companies strengthen their nature data-specific financial materiality assessments and ensure these are better linked with their reporting efforts?
- Will the proposed Nature Measurement Protocol lead to greater consistency in approaches to measuring nature-related impacts, risks and dependencies?
Moderator: Annabelle Palmer, Content Strategist, Environmental Finance
Emine Isciel, Head of Climate and Environment, Storebrand Asset Management
Harry Grocott, CEO & Co-Founder, Treeconomy
Mattie Yeta, Chief Sustainability Officer, CGI
Thomas Viegas, Group Nature Lead, Aviva
Tomas Zaborowski, Global Head of Sustainability Excellence, Bayer Crop Science
10:55
Break
11:25
Case study: Innovation in forestry - How technology can improve forest management outcomes
- Innovations and new technologies that are shaping forestry investments
- How remote sensing technologies (specifically LiDAR) have transformed the investment in and management of natural forests in North America
- Practical examples of how LiDAR is being used to protect biodiversity, mitigate investment risk and drive operational efficiencies
Jim Hourdequin, Managing Director and CEO, The Lyme Timber Company
11:45
Panel: Investment opportunities and risks in forestry and timberland
- Evaluating the investment benefits, risks and return profile in forestry and timberland – what trends are we seeing in the market?
- How do asset owners decide how best to access forestry and timberland investments - active ownership or managed allocation?
- Assessing the impact of physical climate risk and increasing resilience in your assets
- How to value ecosystem services in forests - what impact will the forestry sector initiative to develop a harmonised approach to natural capital accounting have?
Moderator: Michael Hurley, Deputy Editor, Environmental Finance
Aleksi Ehtee, Head of Timberland, Church Commissioners for England
Arnaud Filhol, CEO and Co-Founder, France Valley
Sarah Clawson, Executive Director, Investor Relations, New Forests
Stephen Levesque, Managing Director of Forest Operations, Campbell Global
Vittor Cancian, Senior Portfolio Manager, APG Asset Management
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Panel: Integrating nature metrics into investment analysis and decision-making
- What approaches are investors taking to integrate nature metrics into bottom-up portfolio analysis?
- How are investors addressing the challenges of accessing portfolio companies' asset and value chain location data? How are they filling the gaps in data?
- What nature-related information do investors find most useful in company sustainability reports and how are they using these to inform investment decisions and engagement initiatives?
- Energy transition minerals – how do investors evaluate and balance the decarbonization opportunities they offer with the nature risks often inherent in their extraction and processing?
- Making the climate-nature nexus investable – how to develop a more integrated approach to investing in climate and nature?
Moderator: Genevieve Redgrave, Senior Reporter, Environmental Finance
Anne-Claire Lejeune, Director, Green & Sustainable Hub, ESG Advisory, Natixis
Ashley Gorst, Senior Advisor, Norges Bank Investment Management
Harry Ashman, Senior Engagement Specialist, Robeco
Kiran Sehra, Nature Specialist, Sustainable Outcomes, Aviva Investors
14:15
Fireside chat: Tideway - An issuer’s perspective on the blue bond market
- Background to the Tideway London project
- Tideway's early involvement in the green bond market
- Rationale behind their decision issue under the blue bond label
- What additional steps were required to prepare for the blue bond issue?
- What was the investor response?
- What is needed to support the further scaling up of the blue bond market?
Moderator: Justine Leigh-Bell, CEO, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Elina Beale, Group Treasurer, Tideway
Mathew Duncan, Chief Financial Officer, Tideway
14:35
Panel: Regenerative agriculture and food supply chain resilience
- What are the drivers behind the growth of regenerative agriculture? How to ensure financing is prioritised to where it is most needed?
- How are large off-takers looking to de-risk their food supply chains and what role can regenerative agriculture play here?
- How do companies and investors quantify this supply chain risk and mitigation efforts?
- What are the specific challenges for investors in regenerative agriculture (including the localised nature of increased physical climate risks)?
- How are precision agriculture technologies shaping regenerative agriculture and farm management? Where are the growth areas for investors?
- How is AI and technology being used to shorten the innovation loop and develop new solutions for regenerative agriculture? What opportunities does this present for investors?
Moderator: Peter Cripps, Editor, Environmental Finance
David Shelton, Managing Director, ANZ and Global Head, Investments, New Forests & Director, New Agriculture
Joe Horrocks-Taylor, Vice President, Sustainable Research, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Paul McMahon, Managing Partner, SLM Partners
Shipra Gupta, Senior Manager, Responsible Investment and Stewardship Lead, Scottish Widows
15:20
Case study: Scaling biodiversity outcomes in Northern European forest investments
- From baseline to intervention: How biodiversity is deliberately increased in commercial forestry
- Scaling biodiversity through operational forestry and portfolio management
- Measuring outcomes, managing trade-offs and financing biodiversity
Jyri Hietala, Managing Partner, CapMan Natural Capital
Tapani Pahkasalo, Co-Managing Partner, CapMan Natural Capital
15:35
Break
16:00
Fireside chat: Nature transition planning
- TNFD guidance on nature in transition plans
- What are the key elements of nature transition planning and how to get started?
- How should nature transition planning be integrated with a company's existing climate transition plan?
Moderator: Hans Mehn, Advisory Partner, Generation Investment Management
Emily McKenzie, Technical Director, TNFD
Laura Moss-Bromage, Planet Theme Lead, Church Commissioners for England
16:20
Panel: Measuring and managing the growing threat from water-related risks
- How are companies and investors approaching the management of water-related risks (including water scarcity)?
- How to effectively identify and measure water-related risks at a company, country and asset level
- Where are you most exposed? What data is required? Where are the data gaps and how to manage these?
- What steps are companies taking to mitigate water-related risks? What role can investors play?
- How do you mitigate water-related risk beyond individual company initiatives in high-risk areas? What does collective action look like and who needs to be involved for it to be effective?
- How to evaluate the risks created by the growth of AI-related infrastructure including data centres?
Moderator: Ahren Lester, Assistant Editor, Environmental Finance
Gladys Naylor, Group Head of Sustainable Development, Mondi
Lisa Beauvilain, Global Head of Sustainability & Stewardship, Co-Head Sustainability Centre, Impax Asset Management
Olivia Watson, Head of Sustainable Research, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
17:05
Chair’s closing remarks
17:10
Networking drinks reception