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 and videos may be found at the links below:
Introduction to the VNP
Michael Winter, Social Science / Arts & Humanities Lead of the VN Programme Coordination Team
NERC Innovation
Kay Heuser, Innovation Programme Officer, NERC
VN research underpinning the recommendations of the Ecosystem Markets Task Force
Guy Duke, VN Programme Coordination Team
The business case for investing in our natural assets
Peter Young, Chair, VNP Business Interest Group, Member (Founding Director & Chair), Aldersgate Group, Trustee, The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts
The Natural Capital Protocol
Mark Gough, Executive Director, Natural Capital Coalition
Benefits and limitations of integrating NCA and ESA into water company activities:
view from the water sector
Jonathan Dobson, Sustainability Advisor, United Utilities
Biodiversity net positive: lessons learnt from industry
Julia Baker, Biodiversity Specialist, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff
Realising value through a natural capital approach
Ian Glover, Environmental Sustainability Manager, National Grid
The Natural Health Service: adding health value to business
William Bird, CEO, Intelligent Health Ltd
The risk management approach to valuing natural capital
Olivia Darby, Chief Operating Officer, Capital, Science & Policy Practice, Willis Towers Watson
That’s interesting but how do I make a profit out of it?
Mat Roberts, Group Sustainability Strategy Director, Interserve PLC
Satellite Earth Observation: services for ecosystem valuation
Nick Veck, Head of CEO Office, Satellite Applications Catapult
An integrated approach to managing impacts on nature in the milk value chain
Anna Turrell, Senior Public Affairs Manager – Sustainability, Nestlé UK&I
Understanding the need for and communicating evidence
Ece Ozdemiroglu, Director, Economics for the Environment Consultancy (eftec) and
Tim Sunderland, Principal Specialist in Economics, Natural England
Corporate Natural Capital Accounting at Windsor Great Park
Allan Provins, Director, Economics for the Environment Consultancy (eftec)