Synopsis
While the world’s attention has rightly been focused on the climate change crisis, there is an increasing awareness that a second, linked crisis, that of accelerating biodiversity loss, has huge significance for society and the future of the human race. Biodiversity loss is among the top global risks to society.
The planet is now facing its sixth mass extinction, with consequences that will affect all life on Earth. Biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history. The BBC recently reported that, since 1970, there has been on average almost a 70% decline in the populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. It is thought that one million animal and plant species - almost a quarter of the global total - are threatened with extinction. This contrasts with a biodiversity retention rate of 90% that is considered as being the "safe limit" to prevent the world from tipping into an "ecological meltdown", according to researchers.
Biodiversity loss is now a critical business risk for both financial institutions and corporates. Spurred on by the recommendations of COP15, governments, policymakers and financial regulators are focused on how to align financial flows with the preservation of biodiversity and how to enforce this through ESG regulatory frameworks that currently mainly target climate change.
City & Financial’s timely summit, ‘The Biodiversity and Nature Markets Summit 2023: A Practical Guide for Corporates and Financial Institutions’, will analyse the key issues involved in the round and provide practical guidance on the steps that organisations should be taking now.
speakers
![Lord Benyon](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2538275-643fa9ee11aa1.png)
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
![David Cooper](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2530614-643cffe4a7ae7.jpg)
Acting Executive Secretary
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
![David Craig](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2036753-6322e84d82be0.jpg)
Co-Chair
Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
![Simon Zadek](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2348922-63e25c0d20321.jpg)
Co-CEO, NatureFinance
Co-CEO & Senior Advisor, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
![Alexis Moyer](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2522078-64382ade8a5d0.jpg)
Customer Solutions Lead
Space Intelligence
![Kim Rybarczyk](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2541850-64411477cd6f1.jpg)
ESG Counsel
Linklaters
![Dr Helen Crowley](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2485576-6425a9b1e3408.jpg)
Managing Director
Pollination
![James d'Ath](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2092820-633c3c33efa18.jpg)
Data and Analytics Technical Lead
Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
![Helen Avery](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2037349-6323254e7023d.png)
Nature Programmes and GFI Hive Director
Green Finance Institute
![Wilf Bagnall](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2600096-645cffc01e11c.jpg)
Green Finance Specialist
Department for Business and Trade
![Lisa Beauvilain](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2484556-64254cfc01ec3.jpg)
Executive Director, Global Head of Sustainability
Impax Asset Management
![Martin Berg](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2475379-6421af68e3134.jpg)
Chief Investment Officer
Climate Asset Management
![Oliver Bolton](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2482095-64245be234deb.jpg)
Chief Executive Officer
Earthly
![Giulia Carbone](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2290807-63bd80cac950b.jpg)
Director of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
![Karen Ellis](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2248836-6390c284ef0d4.jpg)
Chief Economist
WWF-UK
![Lucy Hambro](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2603156-645e5fac67841.jpg)
Co-Founder, THE ARK, Chair of Next Generation Committee
Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
![Dr Adonai Herrera-Martínez](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2484531-64254b8821e73.jpg)
Director, Environment and Sustainability
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
![avatar](http://assets.swoogo.com/img/avatar.png)
Head of Product
Downforce Technologies
![Rashila Kerai](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2494344-642afe5c0cf11.jpg)
Biodiversity Specialist in the Sustainable Investing Centre of Expertise
Robeco
![Ingrid Kukuljan](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2482077-64245b16c5734.png)
Head of Impact and Sustainable Investing
Federated Hermes
![Andrea Ledward CBE](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/3029394-65250ac7d703c.jpg)
Director of International Biodiversity and Climate
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
![Martin Lok](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2514805-64357e2495520.jpg)
Executive Director
Capitals Coalition
![Maria Lombardo](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2596373-645b6b5978f1e.jpg)
Global Head of ESG Advisory, Sustainable Finance
Standard Chartered Bank
![Thomas Maddox](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2593046-645a15d05b8cd.jpg)
Global Director, Forests and Land
CDP
![Peter Mennie](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2599657-645cb5fba2d36.jpg)
Chief Sustainable Investment Officer
Manulife Investment Management
![Robin Millington](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2037486-63232d43783c5.png)
CEO
Planet Tracker
![Jo Paisley](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2280855-63b5a5a69a4e2.jpg)
President
GARP Risk Institute (GRI)
![Chris Perceval](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2615730-646607625682d.png)
Chair of the Nature & Biodiversity Workstream, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA)
Senior Market Engagement Director, S&P Global Sustainable1
![Jenni Ramos](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2596250-645b486506823.jpg)
Lawyer, Corporate/Finance and Biodiversity
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI)
![Grant Rudgley](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2576140-6450dc193ddc4.jpg)
Programme Manager, Banking Environment Initiative (BEI)
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
![Vian Sharif](http://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2596724-645b9bddd945f.jpg)
Founder
NatureAlpha
![avatar](http://assets.swoogo.com/img/avatar.png)
Head of EU and International Public Policy
Aviva