IPE ESG Global Forum 2022: Focus on Biodiversity, Natural Capital & Ecosystem Services | Thursday 28 April

Timings are BST (GMT + 1)

9:30 AM
Welcome and Introduction
9:35 AM
Nature: The Next Frontier of Sustainability
Keynote address

Combining his background as an ecologist and in sustainability consultancy, Williams will address the materiality of nature to companies and the role of markets and investors in addressing nature and biodiversity. In the context of new global targets, increased public-private partnerships and innovations in approaches to accessing the abundance of data available. Hear the argument for looking beyond a risk perspective to an opportunistic approach. This keynote will clarify definitions, detail the remaining barriers to overcome, and explain the easy, practical and pragmatic steps investors of all sizes can take.

10:00 AM
Biodiversity Loss: The Silent Crisis

Over the last century, there has been unprecedented real GDP growth and huge progress on many fronts such as benefitting from improvements in mortality rates and technological advances. Unfortunately, in the process nature has been ignored and this has altered 75% of the earth’s surface and 66% of the marine environment to satisfy our consumption and energy needs. It is estimated that damage to our ecosystems and the associated loss of biodiversity could represent risk to global economy of $10tn by 2050. This presentation addresses biodiversity loss as an urgent crisis as we are already living on borrowed time. There is a need for corporates to understand their impacts and dependencies on biodiversity and ecosystems the same way investors need to start allocating capital to companies that help to preserve and replenish our natural capital.

10:20 AM
The Role of Investors in Addressing Biodiversity Preservation 
  • Complexity of biodiversity is not an excuse for inaction
  • Investors have a role to play and engagement is a priority
  • Amundi engagement’s findings and recommendations
10:40 AM
How Can Companies Use Biodiversity Data for Nature-Positive Investments?
  • What decision-grade biodiversity data currently exist?
  • How can biodiversity data be used for both risk-screening and identifying opportunities for biodiversity action?
  • Introducing the Species Threat Abatement and Restoration Metric
10:55 AM
Understanding the Biodiversity Footprint Across Supply Chains

Exploring the data need and fundamentals around biodiversity footprinting. Understand how Article 29 requirements and double materiality is incorporated into calculating and quantifying biodiversity impacts and dependencies across the value chain of economic activities. How can the lessons learnt be applied globally?

11:10 AM
Pension Fund Case Study

Hear how one of the world’s largest investors approaches the global challenge of nature risk. Norges Bank Investment Management has made biodiversity a priority topic in their ownership work, which includes standard-setting, portfolio analysis and company engagement and voting. How can investors best address biodiversity-related risks in their portfolios and support improved market practices in this field?

11:20 AM
Nature-related risks, impact and investment opportunities: Measurement tools and frameworks
  • Physical, transition and systemic risk
  • Data tools and frameworks: How can investors assess their influence on biodiversity?
  • Asset class and sector focus
  • Portfolio alignment with global/regional biodiversity targets

Moderated by: Susanna Rust

12:00 PM
Close of seminar