SB COP Working Group 2 Panel - Stewarding Forests, Oceans and Biodiversity

​Nature as Infrastructure: From Projects to Investable Landscapes

​Hosts: SB COP and EY

​This 60-minute panel explores how nature can be treated as economic infrastructure and how companies, finance and local actors can move beyond individual projects toward scalable, investable landscapes. The discussion will connect forests, oceans and biodiversity with production, resilience, economic development and long-term value creation.

​Why this panel: Participants will leave with a clearer view of what it takes to move from isolated nature projects to investable landscape models that can deliver both environmental and economic outcomes. The session will explore how to connect conservation and restoration with productive activities, local development and finance, and what needs to be in place to make these models scalable and durable.

​The discussion will bring together perspectives from business, finance and nature to examine the practical conditions required to make this shift happen. The panel will look at how companies can operate within landscapes rather than through stand-alone projects, how capital can support integrated approaches, and how different actors can work together to turn nature's value into implementation on the ground.

​Panelists

• ​Gavin Edwards, Executive Director, NPI

• ​Caio Zanardo, Sustainability Director, Suzano

• ​Juliana Lopes, ESG and Communication Director, Amaggi

• ​Beata Bienkowska, Senior Climate Finance and Policy Advisory, UNEP FI

​Moderator

• ​Thais Fontanello, Sustainable Supply Chain Leader, EY