Financing Nature

Green Finance Institute

How can we mobilise investment into nature restoration? Financing Nature from GFI Hive aims to better understand how we can unlock private sector investment into nature restoration and nature-based solutions, and move towards a nature-positive economy. Each episode features interviews with leaders in finance, policy and the environment to discuss solutions. Hosted by the Green Finance Institute.

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54 episodes
Updated July 17

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Mar 24, 2022 · 33 min
Episode 13: Radha Kuppalli, Managing Director, Impact & Advocacy, New Forests Asset Management
Sustainable forestry is becoming an increasingly sought-after investment as people look to timber as a climate solution. Radha Kuppalli, managing director of impact and advocacy at New Forests Asset Management in Australia, joins us this episode to talk about how the market is developing; how carbon is increasing the attractiveness of timber assets; and how her company is looking at impact - including the new TAFF2 - a fund with a dedicated impact tranche.
Mar 18, 2022 · 37 min
Episode 12: Gabriel Eickhoff, Co-founder and CEO, Lestari Capital
In this episode, Gabe Eickhoff walks us through the different businesses of Lestari Capital from driving forest restoration through the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and other certification schemes to closing the time and finance gap for carbon projects. Gabe also discusses stacking and bundling and the role of technology in improving efficiency of project development.
Mar 9, 2022 · 41 min
Episode 11: Zach Knight, Co-founder and CEO, Blue Forest Conservation
In this episode, Zach Knight, co-founder and CEO of Blue Forest Conservation, shares the details of the Forest Resilience Bond (FRB) - a financial structure that delivers outcomes from fire risk mitigation to improved water quality in the Tahoe National Forest, California.
Mar 2, 2022 · 21 min
Episode 10: Liv Garfield, Chief Executive, Severn Trent
In this episode, Liv Garfield, CEO of Severn Trent, shares how the water company is approaching biodiversity, and the role of companies more broadly in thinking about becoming nature positive through her role as chief executive of the Council for Sustainable Business.
Feb 24, 2022 · 28 min
Episode 9: Dorothee Herr, Manager, Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility
What are the opportunities for investors in the coastal and marine space? In this episode, Dorothee Herr joins Helen Avery at GFI Hive to discuss the work of the Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility that provides funding to projects and businesses with ocean and coastal restoration at their heart, and the role of blue carbon and standards.
Feb 14, 2022 · 24 min
Episode 8: Sonya Likhtman, Manager, EOS at Federated Hermes
In this episode, Sonya Likhtman of International Federated Hermes discusses why investors are more keenly looking at companies' nature-related impacts and dependencies, and the role of stewardship and engagement. She also explains the importance of COP15, and how the finance and business community is engaging with the development of those global biodiversity targets.
Feb 3, 2022 · 32 min
Episode 7: Jeremy Leggett, Executive Director, Bunloit Rewilding
In this episode Jeremy Leggett shares about his work in nature restoration in the north of Scotland, and how he is viewing investment in natural capital including the role of impact investors, the need for retail crowdfunding, the gap in bank debt and the importance of policies that support communities.
Jan 27, 2022 · 31 min
Episode 6: Julian Matthews, Founder and Managing Director, Real Wild Estates Company
In this episode, life-long conservationist, Julian Matthews, shares about his new company, Real Wild Estates, that is aiming to help UK land managers restore nature. The company was recently invested in by the L'Oreal Fund for Nature Regeneration - an impact investment fund.
Jan 20, 2022 · 34 min
Episode 5: Eric Letsinger, Founder and CEO, Quantified Ventures
Environmental impact bonds for water quality, carbon and water quality payments for farmers and forest recreational activities paid by motel lodging taxes - just some of the hugely innovative products developed by Quantified Ventures that guest Eric Letsinger shares on this episode of Financing Nature. Plus, what's next for Quantified Ventures. Join the Green Finance Institute's Helen Avery as she talks to Eric about how to finance NbS.
Jan 12, 2022 · 36 min
Episode 4: Kevin Bender, Senior Director, NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy
In this episode Kevin Bender of The Nature Conservancy talks through the intricacies of the recent Belize debt conversion that included a blue loan, insurance from the IDFC, the issuance of blue bonds to investors, a Conservation Fund, an endowment and, for good measure, parametric insurance. It's a complex deal, but one that is replicable for other countries with sovereign debt trading at a discount and a commitment to conservation.
Dec 20, 2021 · 33 min
Episode 3: Alan McDonnell, Conservation Manager, Trees for Life
Trees for Life is on a mission to rewild the Highlands in partnership with community. Alan McDonnell, conservation manager at the charity discusses how private finance and investment such as the sale of carbon credits, and a £2million retail bond via Triodos is helping Trees for Life reach that goal. One to listen to for those looking at investments in ecotourism, carbon or interested in how to engage community.
Dec 13, 2021 · 34 min
Episode 2: Martin Berg, Head of Nature Impact Strategy, Climate Asset Management
How can large institutional investors enter into natural capital? In this episode, Martin Berg, Head of Nature Impact Strategy at Climate Asset Management discusses the opportunities available and ideas for how to scale up investing in nature. Martin also shares his experience from the EIB's Natural Capital Finance Facility and the role and ambitions of the Natural Capital Investment Alliance.
Dec 6, 2021 · 28 min
Episode 1: Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy, Oxford University
In our first episode, Sir Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford University andformer Chair of the Natural Capital Committee reflects on its eight years of work, and revisits the plan laid out in his 2019 book, A Green and Prosperous Land - A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside. Talking with GFI Hive's Helen Avery, he highlights the need for systems-based approach and the role of government in ensuring private finance finds its way into nature-based projects.
Nov 25, 2021 · 1 min
Financing Nature: Trailer
GFI Hive at the Green Finance Institute is launching a new podcast, Financing Nature, dedicated to exploring how to drive greater private investment into nature restoration and nature-based solutions.