Nature Finance UK Conference Special

In this Nature Finance Conference Special, Partners Ben Sharples, Josie Edwards, Alexandra Watson and Karen Williams discuss the landscape for investment in nature markets.

Chapters:
01:00 #1 Landscape Recovery - Funding, progress and investment criteria
07:18 #2 Investability of nature markets – debt and the capital stack
10:27 #3 Investability of nature markets – debt & capital stack
13:33 #4 Markets, returns and supply chain resilience
17:20 #5 Pension funds and long term investment in nature markets
19:26 #6 Aggregating demand as well as supply
23:00 #7 Maturity of nature markets and early stage funders
31:57 #8 Valuation and other landowner issues
36:11 #9 The nature narrative, carbon plus and bundling
41:49 #10 Landscape recovery outlook and tax
48:59 #11 Landscape recovery – title due diligence and other obstacles
56:52 #12 Landscape recovery – implementation agreement
01:01:49 #13 Lender attitudes and security
01:06:14 #14: Future thoughts

What is Michelmores Natural Capital Podcast?

Welcome to the first of our natural capital podcast series.
Following the release of the secondary legislation on Biodiversity Net Gain and accompanying guidance, we have recorded four episodes providing clarification for landowners, developers and Local Planning Authorities.
Episode 1 – BNG: an initiation; where are we now and how did we get here?
Episode 2 – Some points to bear in mind for landowners considering BNG projects.
Episode 3 – The complex challenges faced by developers in tackling BNG provision.
Episode 4 – What adjustments will planning authorities need to consider in light of the new BNG regulations?