27–28 May 2025 London

Forestry & Agriculture Investment Summit

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  • 27 May – Day one   Time Zone: GMT

    8:30 - 9:20

    Registration & Breakfast Buffet

    9:20 - 9:30

    Welcome and Introduction

    9:30 - 10:15

    Carbon Market Incomes

    • Maximising returns through carbon sales

    • Integrity of carbon credits

    • Adopting climate positive forestry

    MaryKate BullenEdit KissNatalia GorinaNeelesh AgrawalStuart Evans

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    10:20 - 10:50

    Reimagining Productive Land as an Asset Class

    • Ecosystem management for long term growth
    • Shifting mindsets for profit and planet
    • Challenges of securing finance for sustainable land management
    Nicholas de Swardt

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    10:50 - 11:20

    Coffee Break

    11:20 - 12:05

    DFIs Transforming Risks

    • Investing in timber and the global south

    • DFI Criteria to approve investments

    • De-risking for private capital

    Martin HalleCharles GroomPeter ChappellOliver LenzeTianhan Ji
    12:05 - 12:25

    The Push and Pull of Biodiversity: Aligning Supply and Demand

    • Insights from CE’s latest global market report

    • Understanding supply–demand tensions

    • Key challenges shaping investment behaviour

    • Recommendations for further industry alignment

    Hayley CooperAxel RossbergDr Meghamrita Chakraborty
    12:25 - 13:50

    Lunch

    13:50 - 14:35

    The Metrics of Nature

    • Understanding KPIs

    • Reducing the volume of KPIs to manage reporting

    • The theory of change

    Jacek SiryAxel RossbergClaudia GrayMiriam BellinkKasper Kupperman
    14:40 - 15:25

    Forestry Investing: Harvesting the Benefits of Global Diversification in Client Portfolios

    • Mitigating macroeconomic risk through timberland investments
    • The importance of taking a global perspective
    • Forestry assets as a hedge against inflation
    • Meeting natural capital and biodiversity investment targets
    Amara Lalemi-JacobsStephen LevesqueKatharina LindmeierImraan Mohammed

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    15:25 - 15:55

    Coffee Break

    15:55 - 16:25

    Wildfire Resilience Insurance

    • A warming world
    • Impacts on invested forestry
    • Forest fire management – what is it and is it worth it?
    • Wildfire Resilience insurance
    Phil Cottle

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    16:30 - 17:15

    Forests and Nature as an Investment

    • Key investment returns

    • Unstable political times call for measured investments

    • Long term trends

    Puninda ThindAleksi EhteeDarius SarsharAleksandra HolmlundJack Lonsdale

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    17:15 - 18:45

    Drinks Reception

    28 May – Day two   Time Zone: GMT

    8:30 - 9:30

    Registration and Breakfast Buffet

    9:30 - 10:15

    Impact Investments at Scale

    • Models for impact at scale

    • Advantages of impact investing in this way

    • Measuring and maximising impact

    • Ensuring community engagement

    Edit KissFlora JiBengisu Kilic GokberkSean PenrithMartin Poulsen
    10:20-11:05

    Credibility and Transparency in Natural Capital Investments

    • Credible claims, data backed reporting

    • Supporting impact and returns

    • Understanding risks

    MaryKate BullenJack LonsdaleJohn AhernThomas HerryLavanya Raghavan

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    11:05 - 11:35

    Coffee Break

    11:35 - 12:20

    Innovative Technologies in Action

    • Technologies transforming outcomes

    • Measuring carbon at scale

    • Biodiversity measurement

    Bob IzlarToby ParkesNicklas WallendahlCoby StrellMurray Collins

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    12:20 - 13:30

    Lunch

    13:30 - 14:25

    Pioneering Project Development

    • Earning principles for early stage projects

    • Sustainable finance needs to be financially sustainable

    • Going from pilot to scale

    • Financing models, DFI finance and blended finance models

    Jo AndersonMartin HalleJenny HenmanChristopher StephensonEd StephensonPauline Nantogo

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    14:35-15:20

    Roundtables Round 1

    • Roundtable A: Innovative Finance for Forestry - Tricia Wallace - Cicada Border Timbers
    • Roundtable B: Innovative Risk Management Tools - Paul Young - Kita
    • Roundtable C: Social Impact and Community Engagement - Pauline Nantongo - Ecotrust
    • Roundtable D: Carbon Markets Driving Future Values - Josh Cowley - Fastmarkets
    • Roundtable E: Blended Financing Mechanisms. Tianhan Ji - FMO
    Paul YoungTianhan JiTricia WallacePauline NantogoJosh Cowley

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    15:20 - 15:40

    Coffee Break

    15:40 - 16:25

    Roundtables Round 2

    • Roundtable A: Innovative Finance for Forestry - Tricia Wallace - Cicada Border Timbers
    • Roundtable B: Innovative Risk Management Tools - Paul Young - Kita
    • Roundtable C: Social Impact and Community Engagement - Pauline Nantongo - Ecotrust
    • Roundtable D: Carbon Markets Driving Future Values - Josh Cowley - Fastmarkets
    • Roundtable E: Blended Financing Mechanisms. Tianhan Ji - FMO
    Paul YoungTianhan JiTricia WallacePauline NantogoJosh Cowley

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    16:25 - 16:30

    Closing Remarks

  • Aleksandra Holmlund

    CEO
    Qarlbo Biodiversity

    Darius Sarshar

    Investment Director
    SLM Partners Ltd

    Flora Ji

    Global Vice President Nature Based Solutions
    Shell

    Jenny Henman

    Founder & Chairwoman
    Plant Your Future

    Martin Poulsen

    Managing Director
    Acacia Sustainable Business Advisors

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    Convene 200 Aldersgate St,

    City of London,

    London EC1A 4HD

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