14–16 Sep 2022 Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity – September 2022

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    14 September 2022
      09:20–10:05

    Carbon and Biodiversity

    • Moving towards biodiversity credits
    • Establishing value in biodiversity projects over the long term
    • What value does biodiversity, over carbon, provide a corporate?
    Nadine StueberNadine StueberVictor GiraldoVictor GiraldoAleksandra HolmlundAleksandra HolmlundJack LonsdaleJack LonsdalePaul SmithPaul Smith

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    14 September 2022
      16:25–17:25

    Project Design: Corporations Accessing Early Stage Projects

    • Project area optimization, design and origination
    • High risk pre project funding
    • Feasibility solutions & social considerations and integration
    • Buffer zone developments, plantation elements and agroforestry
    Lorenzo MandiasLorenzo MandiasHarry GrocottHarry GrocottJenny HenmanJenny HenmanFernando RussoFernando RussoChris ZinkChris Zink
    15 September 2022
      09:00–09:45

    Supply Chain Transition

    • Accepting Bronze as a starting point whilst aiming for Gold through effective transition to best practice
    • How to mitigate the reputational risk at the supplier level
    • Remediation – how can corporate intervention ameliorate bad practice?
    Deborah HumphrevilleDeborah HumphrevilleMichiel HendrikszMichiel HendrikszAndrew McCueAndrew McCueMartin PoulsenMartin PoulsenAndrea SabelliAndrea Sabelli

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    15 September 2022
      15:50–16:35

    Landscape Scale Investments

    • Increasing the value from millions to billions
    • Applying the landscape approach
    • Scope 3 and landscape supply sheds
    • Monitoring at landscape scale
    Nienke StamNienke StamPaul ChattertonPaul ChattertonGaurav GuptaGaurav GuptaLiliana Martinez SarmientoLiliana Martinez SarmientoPierre RousseauPierre RousseauFernando RussoFernando Russo

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  • 14 September – Day one   Time Zone: GMT

    08:00-09:00

    Registration and Breakfast Buffet

    09:00-09:15

    Keynote Address

    • Setting out the schedule for the two days
    • Identifying key objectives across the schedule
    • Developing partnerships
    Karin Zaunberger
    09:20-10:05

    Carbon and Biodiversity

    • Moving towards biodiversity credits
    • Establishing value in biodiversity projects over the long term
    • What value does biodiversity, over carbon, provide a corporate?
    Nadine StueberVictor GiraldoAleksandra HolmlundJack LonsdalePaul Smith

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    10:10-10:40

    Managing Forests Along the Timber/Carbon Value Spectrum

    • Timber investing already has significant optionality for timing and scale of harvests
    • Additional optionality includes income-generating activities: recreation leases, renewables siting, mitigation banking, etc.
    • Carbon management provides a new range of optionality for forest management
    Eric Cooperström

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    10:40-11:10

    Coffee Break

    11:10-11:55

    The Role of Finance in Fostering Positive Impact

    • How can we release more finance?
    • Innovative finance and incorporating other elements to create a more positive impact
    • Creating coalitions to enable a more worthwhile return
    Claire AhlbornMartin BergAndrea ColánMarcel De BergPetri Kuusisto
    12:00-12:30

    Earth Observations to Unlock Investment in Nature-Based Solutions

    • Earth observations already enable better environmental decision-making and policy
    • How can they catalyse corporate investments in nature-based solutions?
    • Partnerships based on trusted science and international cooperation can unlock confident investments
    Steven RamageLola FatoyinboAndrew HoldenMarie-Noëlle Keijzer

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    12:30-14:00

    Lunch

    14:00-14:30

    Nature-Based Solutions need Digitalisation to Scale

    • Investments in NB Solutions face reputational risks due to false assumptions and lack of transparency
    • State-of-the-art technology can address many of these risks and bring transparency to investments
    • Tracking biodiversity at scale is possible today by detecting species mix and other key factors
    Rolf SchmitzPetri Kuusisto

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    14:35-15:20

    Transformative Technologies to Enable New Markets for Carbon and Biodiversity

    • The nature data revolution: direct biodiversity data at scale opens new market possibilities
    • Measuring nature: How earth observation and eDNA technologies complement each other
    • Opportunities and challenges in integrated reporting for nature, climate and sustainability
    • How corporates and developers are starting to measure biodiversity – and shape new markets
    Paul ChattertonStuart ClenaghanMurray CollinsJulian EkelhofStefanie_Kaiser

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    15:20-15:50

    Coffee Break

    15:50-16:20

    Bridging the Gap between Ambition and Action

    • How to capitalize on the experience of early movers
    • Creating sustainable business models for tropical forest landscapes
    • Partnering to realize scale
    Paul HolMichel Schuurman

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    16:25-17:25

    Project Design: Corporations Accessing Early Stage Projects

    • Project area optimization, design and origination
    • High risk pre project funding
    • Feasibility solutions & social considerations and integration
    • Buffer zone developments, plantation elements and agroforestry
    Lorenzo MandiasHarry GrocottJenny HenmanFernando RussoChris Zink
    17:30-18:30

    Drinks Reception

    15 September – Day two   Time Zone: GMT

    09:00-09:45

    Supply Chain Transition

    • Accepting Bronze as a starting point whilst aiming for Gold through effective transition to best practice
    • How to mitigate the reputational risk at the supplier level
    • Remediation – how can corporate intervention ameliorate bad practice?
    Deborah HumphrevilleMichiel HendrikszAndrew McCueMartin PoulsenAndrea Sabelli

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    09:50-10:20

    Acorn, the First Carbon Marketplace for Smallholder Farmers

    • A rewarding system for sequestering carbon with an agroforestry approach
    • Climate preservation, land renewal and productivity increase thanks to carbon credits
    • How satellite data open up the carbon market
    Nanne TolsmaPaul Van Balen

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    10:20-10:50

    Coffee Break

    10:50-11:50

    Technology Panel

    • Integrating technology in projects to increase the value of those projects
    • Monitoring and modelling systems
    • What technology will be available in the future to make measuring more accurate, easier, and less costly
    Eve TammeJeremy EpsteinJamie LawrenceCraig MillsCarlos Roman

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    11:55-12:25

    How Nature-based Solutions Become a Business Case For You

    • Reaching net-zero with NBS
    • The potential of NBS for investors and nature
    • Scaling up NBS - Overcoming obstacles when looking to invest in NBS
    • Risks of NBS compared to other investments
    • Investment opportunity in NBS for private investors
    Stefanie HauerSamuel LampertYunae NamDaniel Pfeifer

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    12:25-14:00

    Lunch

    14:00-14:45

    The Value of Integrated Reporting

    • What level of reporting is required?
    • How can we start creating harmony between reporting standards?
    • The value of simplified metrics in accurate reporting
    Shauna MatkovichAleksandra HolmlundTuomo Kauranne

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    14:50-15:20

    Biodiversity - A New Asset Class?

    • Market and instruments for biodiversity conservation
    • Current status: research and practice
    • The need for standards and registries
    • Scaling up biodiversity credit market
    Aleksandra HolmlundGaurav GuptaJohan MareeSimon MorganLiliana Martinez Sarmiento

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    15:20-15:50

    Coffee Break

    15:50-16:35

    Landscape Scale Investments

    • Increasing the value from millions to billions
    • Applying the landscape approach
    • Scope 3 and landscape supply sheds
    • Monitoring at landscape scale
    Nienke StamPaul ChattertonGaurav GuptaLiliana Martinez SarmientoPierre RousseauFernando Russo

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    16:40-16:45

    Conference Closing Remarks

  • Aleksandra Holmlund photo

    Aleksandra Holmlund

    CEO
    Qarlbo Biodiversity

    Chris Zink photo

    Chris Zink

    Vice President of Carbon Finance
    Conservation International

    Craig Mills photo

    Craig Mills

    Director, Land and Carbon Lab
    WRI

    Fernando Russo photo

    Fernando Russo

    Founder
    Meraki Impact

    Jenny Henman photo

    Jenny Henman

    Founder & Chairwoman
    Plant Your Future

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