This was the programme for the Natural Capital Investment Conference 2018.
9.00am Registration and coffee
9.30am Chairperson's opening remarks (Tushita Ranchan, Chair of the Green Purposes Company)
9.35am Session 1 - Why Invest in Natural Capital?
Opening address: The Rt Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben
Keynote address: Challenges and opportunities for natural capital investment in the UK (Bevis Watts, Managing Director, Triodos Bank UK)
Keynote address: Natural Capital Investment and the 25 Year Environment Plan (Shirley Trundle CBE, Director of Natural Environment Policy, Defra)
Keynote address: Perspective from the Green Investment Group (Emma Knight-Strong, Manager - Sustainability, Green Investment Group)
Keynote speakers Q&A session
Panel discussion: Roles for government and the private sector in natural capital investment. To include:
- Jamie Mansfield, Director, Environmental Finance Ltd
- Inês Faden da Silva, Deputy Treasurer, Tideway
- David Clarkson, Partner, Oliver Wyman
- Simon Petley, Independent consultant / Director of EnviroMarket Ltd.
11.10am Break
11.45am Session 2 - Mechanisms for Investment
Environmental Impact Bonds - learning from the Social Impact Bond sector (Dan Hird, Head of Corporate Finance, Triodos Bank UK)
Environmental Impact Bonds - international case study (Eric Letsinger, CEO, Quantified Ventures)
Q&A session with Dan Hird and Eric Letsinger
Investment through the planning system: the Natural Capital Trust (Dr Dominic Hogg, Chairman, Eunomia)
12.50pm Lunch
1.50pm Session 3 - Investing in Specific Settings
Parallel sessions:
S3-1 Investing in natural capital for urban areas (chaired by Tim Sadler, Executive Director - Sustainable City, Oxford City Council)
S3-2 Investing in natural capital in the farmed landscape (chaired by Charles Cowap MRICS, Harper Adams University)
S3-3 Investing in the marine and coastal environment (chaired by Karen Ellis, Director of Science and Policy (Acting), WWF UK)
Each session will have short presentations and then a panel discussion with Q&A from the audience
3.05pm Break
3.35pm Session 4 - The Business of Investing in Natural Capital
Panel discussion: How can natural capital investment be incorporated into existing private sector business models?
- Mat Roberts, Senior Associate, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (Panel Chair)
- Phil Clifton, Managing Director (Highways), Balfour Beatty
- Nick Molho, Chief Executive, Aldersgate Group
- Gudrun Cartwright, Environment Director, Business in the Community
4.15pm Address by Tony Juniper CBE, Executive Director, Advocacy and Campaigns WWF
4.30pm Interviews with investment innovators:
- Surrey Nature Partnership - Sarah Jane Chimbwandira
- RSPB - Gwyn Williams
4.50pm Closing Remarks by Tushita Ranchan
5.00pm Close
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