The Biodiversity and Nature Markets Summit 2023
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The Biodiversity and Nature Markets Summit 2023

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Venue: America Square Conference Centre
Address: 1 America Square, 17 Crosswall London, EC3N 2LB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7706 7700

Covid-19 Industry Standards & Guidelines

Although the government's coronavirus restrictions have been lifted, its ongoing recommendations and event industry best practice guide our approach to reducing the spread of COVID-19 at our events.  The health, safety and well-being of our attendees and staff remain our highest priority. Hand sanitising stations will be dotted around the venue and face masks will be available at the registration area. In-line with the UK Government's guidance, if you have any COVID-19 like symptoms or come into close contact with someone with COVID-19, please consider taking a test before attending.

Agenda

8:20 AM
Registration, networking & morning coffee
 
8:50 AM
Welcome & introduction

Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global

8:55 AM
Morning chair’s opening remarks

Dr Vian Sharif, Founder, NatureAlpha

9:00 AM
Keynote address I - HMG's rationale and strategy for mobilising investment to protect and restore nature

The Rt Hon Lord Benyon, Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

9:15 AM
Keynote address II - Financial flows, risk management and reversing biodiversity loss: The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Dr David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

9:30 AM
Keynote address III

The COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework – Implications for business and finance

David Craig, Co-chair, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

9:45 AM
Keynote address IV - Beyond Risk; value creation with Nature

Dr Helen Crowley, Managing Director, Pollination

10:00 AM
Biodiversity loss: the scale of the problem and its broad implications

Moderator

Jenni Ramos, Lawyer, Corporate/Finance and Biodiversity, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

Panellists

Jo Paisley, President, GARP Risk Institute

Robin Millington, Chief Executive Officer, Planet Tracker, Member of The Supervisory Board, Capitals Coalition

Suresh Weerasinghe, Head of EU and International Public Policy, Aviva

10:45 AM
Networking & morning coffee break
 
11:05 AM
Impact of biodiversity loss on corporates, banks and investment firms

Moderator

Martin Lok, Executive Director, Capitals Coalition

Panellists

Lisa Beauvilain, Executive Director, Global Head of Sustainability, Impax Asset Management

Ingrid Kukuljan, Head of Impact and Sustainable Investing at Federated Hermes

Grant Rudgley, Programme Manager, Banking Environment Initiative (BEI), Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 

11:50 AM
The latest development in Biodiversity Credit Markets

Moderator

Andrea Ledward, Director, International Biodiversity and Climate, DEFRA 

Panellists

Giulia Carbone, Director, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, WBCSD

Dr Vian Sharif, Founder, NatureAlpha 

Dr Helen Crowley, Managing Director, Pollination 

12:35 PM
Networking & lunch break
 
1:45 PM
Afternoon Chair’s opening remarks

Chris Perceval, Biodiversity WG Chair, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance

1:50 PM
Reporting on nature risks, opportunities, impacts and dependencies

Moderator

Lucy Hambro, Co-Founder, THE ARK, Chair of Next Generation Committee, Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

Panellists

James d'Ath, Data and Analytics Technical Lead, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

Karen Ellis, Chief Economist, WWF-UK

Thomas Maddox, Global Director, Forests and Land, CDP 

Geoff Horrell, Head of Product, Downforce Technologies

2:35 PM
Portfolio analysis for banks and investment firms

Moderator

Maria Lombardo, Head of ESG Advisory Sustainable Finance, Standard Chartered Bank

Panellists

Martin Berg, CEO, Climate Asset Management

Peter Mennie, Chief Sustainable Investment Officer, Manulife Investment Management

Rashila Kerai, Biodiversity Specialist in the Sustainable Investing Centre of Expertise, Robeco

3:20 PM
Due diligence and reporting: practical approaches and legal issues

Kim Rybarczyk, ESG Counsel, Linklaters  

3:40 PM
Networking & afternoon tea break
 
4:05 PM
The use of satellite data for monitoring nature

Dr Alexis Moyer, Head of Business Development, Space Intelligence  

4:25 PM
Getting it wrong: reputational risks and their implications

Oliver Bolton, CEO, Earthly

4:45 PM
Business opportunities in biodiversity

Moderator

Wilf Bagnall, Green Finance Specialist, Department for Business and Trade

Panellists

Dr Simon Zadek, Executive Director, NatureFinance, Senior Advisor, TNFD, Co-Lead, Task Force on Nature Markets

Dr Adonai Herrera-Martínez, Director, Environment and Sustainability, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Helen Avery, Director, Nature Programmes and GFI Hive, Green Finance Institute

5:25 PM
Chair’s closing remarks
 
5:30 PM
Close of proceedings
 

Upcoming event

Climate and ESG Data Summit 2023
20% discount code: ESGD1BD

As you are aware, data lies at the heart of the revolution in climate reporting and ESG investing, and is, in many ways, its Achilles’ heel. Investee companies can still use a variety of different approaches to how they report ESG data, and what data they report, although the new ISSB standards will improve this situation when they come into effect. Asset managers are subject to a variety of different ESG regulatory reporting regimes and taxonomies across the world, despite recent efforts at harmonisation. Sourcing accurate and consistent highly quality ESG data is a major problem, as the market for its supply is very fragmented and wide ranging in terms of quality. Then there is the challenge of managing and integrating ESG data from diverse sources into a coherent system. And, of course, the metrics and methodologies used by rating agencies are far from consistent, not to mention the potential inconsistencies between the ‘E’, ‘S’ and ‘G’ of ESG, and the weighting to be given to each element. The ESG data challenge is a serious issue for all companies and financial institutions.   

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