Nature Finance: Incentives and Barriers

The “Nature Finance: Incentives and barriers” Workshop organised by the Centre for Finance, Governance and Sustainable Growth and the Land Use for Net Zero (LUNZ) Hub will look at a wide range of issues associated with nature investing through the lens of academic research, policymaking objectives and practitioners experiences.

The workshop will seek to bring real-world insights on the challenges and direction of travel for policies and regulations that stimulate nature investing, how to unite multiple stakeholders’ interests in nature investing, benefits of nature investing for asset managers, nature accounting and much more.

Programme

9:00 – 9:30 Arrival and Registration

9:30 – 9:35 Welcome by Prof Ania Zalewska

9:35 – 10:05 Dr Ayman Orman, ULSB, “Self-selection in the voluntary carbon market”

10-05 – 10:35 Dr Lisa Sheenan, UCD, Ireland, “Investigating the impact of climate-related risks: A regime-switching analysis of bond market dynamics and inflation expectations”

10:35 – 11:05 Prof Ania Zalewska, ULSB, “Promoting corporate biodiversity awareness: governments versus institutional investors”

11:05 – 11:25 Coffee break

11:25 – 12:35 Keynote address: Prof Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University, USA, “ESG Metrics in Executive Compensation: a Multitasking Approach”

12:35 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:45 Panel 1: Regulating Nature Finance

Moderator: Prof Ania Zalewska, ULSB

Panellists: Mark Adams, Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Louise Pryor, Ecology Building Society

Bart Reumkens, Bank of Ireland

Melissa Swartz, Environmental Agency

14:45– 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 – 16:15 Panel 2: Nature Finance in Action

Moderator: Prof Vikas Agarwal, Georgia State University, USA

Panellists: Farook Chaka, Watergates

Richard Fitton, Finance Earth

Eoin Murrey, Rebalance Earth

Alice Roberts, National Trust

16:15 – 16:30 Closing remarks, Prof Ania Zalewska

16:30 – 17:00 Networking drinks

Deadline to register: 11 June 2025