Speakers were drawn from the VNP Business Interest Group and other relevant businesses and business initiatives at the forefront of innovation related to valuing nature. Individual presentations
Setting the Scene
Welcome and introduction to the Valuing Nature Programme – Rosie Hails, Head of Valuing Nature Programme Coordination Team, CEH Science Director for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Equipping environmental science researchers with the skills to succeed in any career – David Roberts, Senior Programme Manager, Research Careers, NERC
Introduction to the School - Guy Duke, VNP Business Champion, Ecosystem Markets Task Force
VN research underpinning the recommendations of the Ecosystem Markets Task Force - Guy Duke, VNP Business Champion, Ecosystem Markets Task Force
The business case for investing in our natural assets – Peter Young, Chair VNP Business Interest Group, Founding Director & Chair Aldersgate Group, Trustee of The Wildlife Trusts
Natural Capital Protocol
Natural Capital: a systems approach to including nature in decision-making – Mark Gough, Executive Director, Natural Capital Coalition
Green Infrastructure
Natural Capital: investing in a green infrastructure for the future city – Peter Massini, Principal Policy & Programme Officer, Green Infrastructure, Greater London Authority
The Construction Industry
Valuing nature in the built environment: a contractor’s strategy – Martin Ballard, Group Environment Manager, Willmott Dixon
Views from land and water management sectors
Value more than just money – Mat Roberts, Group Director of Sustainability Strategy, Interserve
The different ways in which Wessex Water values nature in our day to day activities – Ruth Barden, Head of Environment and Catchment Strategy, Wessex Water
Risk mangement, satellite earth observation
The risk management approach to valuing natural capital – Olivia Darby, Chief Operating Officer and Jon Gascoigne, Senior Risk Adviser, Capital, Science & Policy Practice at Willis Towers Watson
Satellite Earth Observation: services for ecosystem valuation – Nick Veck, Head of CEO Office, Satellite Applications Catapult
Knowledge Exchange with business - workshop
Understanding and communicating the need for evidence - Ece Ozdemiroglu, Director, eftec and Tim Sunderland, Principal Specialist in Economics, Natural England
Natural capital's tools & accounts for land management
Realising nature’s value in infrastructure: examples from National Grid and Yorkshire Water – Chris White, Senior Environmental Economist, AECOM
Corporate natural capital accounting, in theory and in practice – Phil Cryle, Senior Consultant eftec