Net Zero & Nature Positive Theatre (Keynote)
Biodiversity and Business: Navigating Solutions to Decline
Day 2 : 09:50 – 10:20
In conversation with Kristian Teleki, CEO of FFI, the world’s oldest international wildlife conservation organisation on how business can help navigate to a nature positive economy. FFI has been quietly shaping and influencing conservation practice since its founding in 1903. Fauna & Flora influences conservation in 50 countries around the globe, working with in-country partners to save nature. FFI and Kristian know much about taking on global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss and supporting partners to act locally, which is critical at this particular moment. As businesses try to understand their impacts and dependencies on nature, apply new frameworks such as the Task Force for Nature Related Financial Disclosure, look to a future in which net gain associated with property developments, for example, could become a regulated reality, what is the. supportive role that NGOs can play? How can NGOs such as FFI help us change how we view nature, from a resource consumed freely by all without regard to impact, to one that is valued and has value to business? Given the potential for material impact on our economies and businesses from nature loss, how can we step forward to invest in and protect nature regardless of the sector in which we are invested?
Learnings
- What is the role of business in securing Nature?
- Why is it important to have a business strategy with regard to nature and why take action now?
- What are the emerging regulatory frameworks and tools for managing a company’s nature impacts and dependencies?
- Why is business disclosure on nature so important?
- What is biodiversity net gain and how is that impacting property developers in the UK?
- What is the role of biodiversity credits and where are we in terms of these as a real strategy for helping us to manage biodiversity loss?
- What is the role of NGOs like FFI in supporting change with regard to how we view nature? How can NGOs help businesses take action?
Post-event Actions
- Create a business strategy that looks at dependencies and impacts on nature with a view to managing risks but also looking for opportunities.
- Consider how biodiversity net gain might be integrated into what you do.
- Commit to reporting under TNFD.
Speakers
Moderator
Lisa Genasci
Managing Director, Sustainable Finance
ADM Capital Foundation
Lisa Genasci
ADM Capital Foundation
Managing Director, Sustainable Finance
Lisa is a Managing Director and the Chair of ADM Capital’s ESG Committee. She is responsible for leading the firm wide ESG integration strategy and the Asia Climate Landscape Fund (ACLF) at ADM Capital. Prior to joining ADM Capital in 2021, Lisa established the ADM Capital Foundation (ADMCF) in 2006 as an innovative philanthropic vehicle to support critical research and impact-driven approaches to promoting environmental conservation in Asia. ADMCF has been widely recognised for its work on solutions to some of the world’s most intransigent challenges: depleting oceans, the nexus between forestry and development, air quality and public health, and the intersections between food, energy and water. During her time at ADMCF, she also provided advisory services to ADM Capital funds and supported the ESG integration investment processes. Lisa holds a BA degree with High Honors from Smith College and an LLM in Human Rights Law from the University of Hong Kong.
My Sustainability Goals for 2024:
To push for change across some of our most intransigent environmental challenges: Our depleting oceans, the nexus between forestry and development, air quality and public health, the intersections among food, energy and water.
Kristian Teleki
Chief Executive Officer
Fauna & Flora
Kristian Teleki
Fauna & Flora
Chief Executive Officer
Prior to joining Fauna & Flora as the Chief Executive Officer in 2023, Kristian was the Global Director of the Ocean programme at the World Resources Institute, where he also led the Ocean Action Agenda at the World Economic Forum and the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy with sitting heads of state and government from around the world. Kristian has had an impressive career in wildlife conservation; starting out in coral reef research, he’s since held several high-level roles in environmental and conservation organisations, including with the Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit, Global Ocean Commission, and the UNEP – World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC). Kristian has degrees from University of California, Santa Barbara (summa cum laude) and Cambridge University.
Supported by
ADM Capital Foundation
Our mission is to understand how our environmental and economic systems are evolving, and to take those insights as a starting point to protect biodiversity, natural resources, reduce system stresses and build resilience. Working across three key programme areas; Living Oceans, Protecting Wildlife & Landscapes Leveraging Finance (Water, Carbon & Nature).
