04–05 Oct 2023 London, UK

Corporate Investments into Forestry & Biodiversity – October 2023

Agenda timezone: GMT

Date/time

Session

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04 October – Day one

08:00-09:00

Registration and Breakfast Buffet
09:00-09:15
Keynote Address
- Laying out the key topics
- The role that corporates have to play in a climate friendly future
- What does the future hold?
09:20-10:05
Biodiversity is a Prerequisite for Carbon Sequestration
- What is the value of a biodiversity credit or standard?
- How do biodiversity credits work alongside carbon credits? Is there integration?
- Unlocking values in biodiversity
10:10-10:40

Sponsored Session A

10:40-11:10

Coffee Break
11:10-12:10
Technology Applications and Their Use in Quantifying Results
- Measuring and modelling
- Accuracy of technology over on site evaluation
- Moving data from NGO’s and academies to corporates
- Turning data into action
12:15-12:45

Sponsored Session B

12:45-14:00

Lunch
14:00-14:45
Integrity of Carbon Markets
- Accessing carbon markets
- Quality and integrity of credits
- Benefit sharing models that are provable and improve quality
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14:50-15:20

Sponsored Session C

15:20-15:50

Coffee Break
15:50-16:35
Biodiversity & Ocean Finance
- Financing blue projects and measuring gains
- How can improving ocean biodiversity be monetized?
- What projects exist that can show investors how to harness oceans?
16:40-17:25
Project Funding and Finance
- 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
- What did those corporates gain in terms of carbon, and the knowledge of how to replicate these gains moving forward?
17:30-19:00

Drinks Reception

05 October – Day two

08:00-09:00

Registration and Breakfast Buffet
09:00-09:45
Measuring the Returns of Nature Based Solutions
- Nature cannot be measured quarterly – how can investors adapt to that?
- How can we measure nature in the financial world?
- Overcoming the complexities of measuring nature for banks and financial institutions
- What metrics and how many? Fewer metrics do not necessarily mean better decisions
09:50-10:20

Sponsored Session D

10:20-10:50

Coffee Break
10:50-11:35
Investing into Alternative Carbon Sinks
- What are the alternatives to nature based solutions?
- Biochar as a way to add to a sequestration portfolio
- The social good of cookstove projects
11:40-12:10

Sponsored Session E

12:10-13:45

Lunch
13:45-14:30
The Emergence of Biodiversity Credits
- The use case for biodiversity credits
- Challenges of quantifying and maintaining integrity
- How do biodiversity credits relate to their carbon counterparts?
- Alternatives to biodiversity credits as a solution to funding on the ground projects
14:35-15:05

Sponsored Session F

15:05-15:30

Coffee Break
15:30-16:15
How Corporates can Engage Carbon at Scale to Meet Net Zero Targets
- Carbon markets are a route to net zero, but do they offer marketable returns
- Direct investments offer marketable returns but are difficult to manage
- Employment of skilled partners in NBS to manage projects
- How corporates can integrate projects into scope 1,2 & 3
16:20-17:05
Certification and Ratings Agencies & Their Role in a New World of Trust
- The function and role of carbon registries
- Ratings agencies and their role in verifying positive action
- Justification for an additional layer of trust
17:05-17:15

Closing Remarks
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04–05 Oct 2023 London, UK

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