01–02 Oct 2024 London, UK

Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity

London, UK

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  • 01 October – Day one   Time Zone: GMT

    08:00 - 09:00

    Registration and Networking Breakfast Buffet

    09:20 - 10:05

    The Role of Nature in Net Zero

    • Investing in nature and the additionality for corporates
    • The importance of selecting appropriate investments
    • Positive outcomes and reporting
    Giulia CarboneEvan PaulGuillaume LetiEilidh ForsterElvy Barton

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    10:10 - 10:40

    Scaling Biodiversity Projects: How to Reduce Investment Risk and Create Faster Verifiable Impact

    • How to solve gaps between profitable investment opportunities in ARR projects and a project's operational, financial, and reputational risks.
    • Capacity building methods and planting infrastructure are the key to scale
    • Hard lessons learned from Silicon Valley can help overcome a brutal restoration reality: planting one tree per second will take 32,000 years to reach 1 trillion trees
    Alessandro Spagarino

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    10:40 - 11:10

    Coffee Break

    11:10 - 11:55

    The Relationship Between Carbon and Biodiversity

    • Co-benefits of carbon and biodiversity net gain to inform policy change
    • Why is biodiversity important to the carbon cycle?
    • Stacking credits, the challenges and opportunities
    Stefanie KaiserTim ColesCain BlytheHania OthmanAntonia Drummond
    12:00 - 12:30

    Maximising Impact: The Role of the Global South for Institutional Capital in Forestry and Agriculture

    • The key role of the Global South in reaching our Net Zero targets
    • Key themes within sustainability where forestry and agriculture play a critical role
    • Drive into effective strategies for maximizing environmental, social, and economic impact while ensuring positive returns for investors
    Stavros Siokos

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    12:30 - 14:00

    Lunch

    14:00 - 14:45

    Metrics of Nature

    • The importance of understandable KPI's
    • What is included in metrics
    • How can corporates use those metrics to report positive outcomes
    Bob IzlarMarco LambertiniChrissy DurkinGeoffroy DufayDr. Robin Whytock

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    14:50 - 15:20

    Reforest Fund: Reconciling Environmental Impact and Financial Performance

    • The story of sharing a common vision of the possible and necessary reconciliation between environmental/social impact and financial performance.
    • A market driven by project quality and derisking on one hand, and financial performance and investment derisking on the other.
    • The complementarity of two actors illustrated by the creation of the Reforest Fund: A smart impact investment structure.
    Stéphane HallaireCharles-Henri Prévost

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    15:20 - 15:50

    Coffee Break

    15:50 - 16:35

    Alternative Carbon Sinks

    • Biochar, Blue Carbon, Peatland
    • Incorporating these alternatives into an all at once approach
    • Pitfalls of alternative carbon investments
    Edit KissPaul ChattertonHugh Salway
    16:40 - 17:10

    Data to Credits: Accelerating Forestry and Biodiversity Regeneration

    • Latest technology unlocking the potential of biodiversity credits
    • The need for biodiversity restoration of forest production landscapes
    • Creating an investable asset: unlocking corporate and financial participation
    • Scaling up - a blueprint for action
    Aleksandra HolmlundGarett MulloolyJoe Forde

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    17:10 - 17:15

    Day One Closing Remarks

    18:00 - 19:00

    Drinks Reception

    02 October – Day two   Time Zone: GMT

    08:00 - 09:00

    Registration and Breakfast Buffet

    09:00 - 09:45

    Driving Finance into Carbon Markets

    • Carbon credits as a mechanism for change
    • Adequate pricing allows for greater community benefits
    • New methodologies ensuring high quality transparent credits
    Giulia CarboneEdit KissKatherine Herzog ParsonsTripurari PrasadAlexis Moyer

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    09:50 - 10:20

    Advancing High-Integrity Nature-based Solutions

    • What are high-integrity nature-based solutions
    • Current efforts and challenges to scale high-integrity NbS
    • Strategies to balance integrity, global demand, and supply in NbS
    Mike DaviesTripurari PrasadJenny HenmanAdam Gibbon

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    10:20 - 10:50

    Coffee Break

    10:50 - 11:20

    BlueLayer & Permian Global: Developing the technology ecosystem to drive impact in carbon markets

    • A fireside chat with Stephen Rumsey, Chairman of Permian Global and Vivian Bertseka, BlueLayer co-founder
    • Discussing Permian’s journey and the challenges of launching a project on the ground
    • Exploring the role of technology and market infrastructure in scaling nature-based solutions
    Vivian BertsekaStephen Rumsey

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    11:25 - 12:10

    Pioneering Robust Climate-Smart Supply Chains

    • Examples of case studies from textile and food and beverage industries
    • Business model innovation
    • Cross-sectoral collaboration
    • Demonstrating the business case for adaptation
    Nikol OstianováJeroen MuijsersGabriela SánchezShira Le Cadelec
    12:10 - 13:40

    Lunch

    13:40 - 14:25

    Technology Applications for Positive Nature Outcomes

    • Measuring and modelling at scale
    • Accuracy of technology over on-site evaluation
    • Moving data from NGO’s and academies to corporates
    • Turning data into action
    Gilad GorenRomain FauCamille Goldstone-HenryMichaël Van Cutsem

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    14:30 - 15:15

    Project Design, Financing, and Implementation

    • There is a gap between finance for projects and the projects themselves
    • What new financial concepts exist that can bridge this gap
    • Examples of how projects have been funded by specific corporates
    • Corporate carbon, gains and the knowledge of how to replicate gains moving forward
    Hugh SalwayStéphane HallaireTony SimonsErica Vertefeuille
    15:15 - 15:45

    Coffee Break

    15:45 - 16:30

    The Emergence of Biodiversity Credits

    • Is there a positive role for credits in this nascent class
    • The use case for biodiversity credits
    • Building market sentiment
    Shauna MatkovichFinn RossAleksandra HolmlundZoe Balmforth
    17:20 - 17:25

    Conference Closing Remarks

  • Aleksandra Holmlund photo

    Aleksandra Holmlund

    CEO
    Qarlbo Biodiversity

    Alexis Moyer photo

    Alexis Moyer

    Customer Solutions Lead
    Space Intelligence Ltd

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    Jenny Henman

    Founder & Chairwoman
    Plant Your Future

    Paul Chatterton photo

    Paul Chatterton

    Lead and Founder
    Landscape Finance Lab

    Hugh Salway photo

    Hugh Salway

    Senior Director, Market Development and Partnerships
    Gold Standard Foundation

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  • Congress Centre

    28 Great Russell St,

    Tottenham Court Road,

    London,

    WC1B 3LS

    Nearest Station: Tottenham Court Road

    Accommodation

    There are a vast array of hotels which you can book nearby, some of the closest are:

    • The Cheshire Hotel
    • The Raddison Blu
    • Doubletree by Hilton

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