Natural Capital Finance & Investment Conference 2022 - Edinburgh | Ecosystem Knowledge Network | 31 October 2022 | Edinburgh International Conference Centre and Online Event, The Exchange, 150 Morrison St, Edinburgh EH3 8EE, UK

Welcome to the Natural Capital Finance & Investment Conference 2022. As the UK's leading nature-based finance event, we bring together financial services, corporate sustainability, conservation, land management and government professionals to engage in expert-led dialogue to drive forward private investment in nature.

This year has seen wide recognition by businesses and investors of the huge opportunity to tackle both the nature and climate crises jointly, through green finance. Our 2022 programme across London and Edinburgh provides both an introduction to nature-based finance, and in-depth analysis and insight into how it works and the future of the market, including what is needed to scale it in the UK. We are also excited to be featuring four showcase sessions bringing to the UK market the very latest project and mechanism innovations, ready for investment.

Join us to hear the UK’s green finance leaders in London and Edinburgh sharing how to harness nature-based opportunities for nature and climate, including:
• How nature finance works in practice
• How to attract and scale finance for nature-based solutions
• New UK investment opportunities
• What the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) means for nature-based finance
• The role of digital technology in nature-based finance
• How to build an integrated standard for environmental markets.

Each year the conference attracts the leading speakers and sponsors in this specialist field. This year includes senior speakers from Zurich UK, Willis Towers Watson, UK Sustainable Investment & Finance Association, Tesco plc, SRUC - Scotland's Rural College, Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Land Commission, Scottish Government, Pollination, Kent Wildlife Trust, Green Finance Institute, Environment Bank, DEFRA, Climate Asset Management, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Biosphere Foundation, Abundance Investment Management and more.

We are delighted to be delivering the event in association with the Scottish Nature Finance Pioneers.

The Conference is organised by the Ecosystems Knowledge Network, a registered charity that specialises in equipping people to deliver wellbeing and prosperity through a healthy natural environment.

2022 Speakers

James Alexander
Chief Executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF)

Helen Avery
Head of Nature Programmes, Green Finance Institute

Evan Bowen-Jones
Managing Director, Wilder Carbon (Chief Executive Kent Wildlife Trust), Wilder Carbon

Emma Cooper
Head of Land Rights and Responsibilities. Scottish Land Commission

Rowan Douglas CBE
Head of the Climate & Resilience Hub, Willis Towers Watson

Kate Dowen
Head of Sustainable Nature Finance, Scottish Government’s Environment and Forestry Directorate

Harry Grocott
CEO & Founder, Treeconomy

Robert Hall
Associate Director for ESG, Impact and Innovation, Federated Hermes

Robert Hall
Associate Director for ESG, Impact and Innovation, Federated Hermes

Dan Hird
Founder and Principal, Nature Finance

Bruce Howard
Director, Ecosystems Knowledge Network

Emma Howard-Boyd CBE
Chair, Green Finance Institute

Gail Hurley
Director of Advisory, Finance Earth

Dr. Paul Jepson
Head of Innovation, CreditNature

Zoe Laird
Regional Head of Communities, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Scott Mann MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (HM Government)

Jamie Mansfield
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Finance Earth

Andrew Mitchell
Founder and Senior Adviser, Global Canopy & Natural Capital Finance Alliance

Dr. Alexis Moyer
Head of ESG & Spatial Finance, Space Intelligence

Leo Murphy
Impact Manager, Climate Asset Management

Rory Oxenham
Co-Founder / CCO, Cecil

Rob Passmore
Commercial Lead, Biosphere Foundation

Professor Mark Reed
Professor in Rural Entrepreneurship, SRUC, Scotland's Rural College

Eoin Murray
Head of Investment, Federated Hermes Ltd

Alice Ritchie
Sustainable Agriculture Manager, Tesco plc

Grant Rudgley
Programme Manager, Banking Environment Initiative, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Dr. Hannah Rudman
Co-Director, Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre, SRUC, Scotland's Rural College

Richard Speak
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Finance Earth

Ruchir Shah
Director of External Affairs, Scottish Wildlife Trust

Rebecca Speed
Natural Capital Analys, United Utilities

Gavin Templeton
Managing Director, Pollination

David Thompson
Chief Investment Officer UK Life, Zurich UK

Angela Williams
Development Manager, Tarras Valley Nature Reserve, Langholm Initiative

Louise Wilson
Founder and Managing Director, Abundance Investment Management

2022 Sponsors

SPONSORS:
• Green Finance Institute
• Credit Nature
• Treeconomy
• Wilder Carbon
• Pollination
• Jacobs

HEADLINE SPONSORS:
• Federated Hermes Limited
• Finance Earth