Financing Nature

How can we mobilise investment into nature restoration? Financing Nature from GFI Hive aims to better understand how we can unlock private sector investment into nature restoration and nature-based solutions, and move towards a nature-positive economy. Each episode features interviews with leaders in finance, policy and the environment to discuss solutions. Hosted by the Green Finance Institute's Helen Avery.

Financing Nature is a business podcast hosted by Green Finance Institute, with 49 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Financing Nature

  UK Special Series, Episode 4: Annabel Davidson Knight, Community Benefits from Nature Adviser, Scottish Land Commission

  Aug 16, 202650 min

  In this fourth and final episode of the GFI's special series on UK nature finance, host Phoebe Tucker is joined by Annabel Davidson Knight, Community Benefits from Nature Adviser at the Scottish Land Commission, to ask a pressing question as private investment scales up: how do we make sure local communities are included, not sidelined? The conversation explores why community voice matters in natural capital projects, how to avoid repeating historic patterns of exclusion and extraction, recent market developments and the standards emerging to guide good practice, and the practical and financial business case for putting community inclusion at the heart of nature restoration. For listeners who want to learn more about the Scottish Land Commission's work, you can visit its website or explore relevant resources mentioned in this podcast, including the: Community benefits from natural capital investment Route Map (April 2025), Scottish Land Commission Community Inclusion Standard , Nature Finance Certification Alliance Flex 705 V1.0 Nature Markets Community Engagement and Benefits , BSI Natural Capital Market Framework , Scottish Government Rural Land Market Policy Briefing 2026 , Scottish Land Commission (published after podcast recording)

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  UK Special Series, Episode 3: Luke Baldwin, Co-founder and CEO, Nature Broking

  Jul 17, 202645 min

  In this third episode of the GFI's special series on UK nature finance, host Phoebe Tucker is joined by Luke Baldwin, Co-Founder and CEO of Nature Broking, to explore the UK’s nature-based carbon market space and, specifically, what needs to happen to unlock growth from a demand-side perspective. For listeners who want to learn more about Nature Broking's work, you can visit its website , or contact Luke Baldwin on LinkedIn .

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  UK Special Series, Episode 2: Jack Spees, CEO, Ribble Rivers Trust

  Jul 9, 202640 min

  In this second episode of the GFI's special series on UK nature finance, host Phoebe Tucker is joined by Jack Spees, CEO of the Ribble Rivers Trust, to talk about how we can unlock investment into nature-based solutions from the UK's water industry. The discussion centres around the Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions (MNBS) Programme, a collaborative partnership between 23 organisations that is supported by the Ofwat Innovation Fund to test solutions across eight regions in the UK. Here we talk about the water industry and their recent pressures, regulatory constraints, explorations and potential solutions in scaling investment into nature – and what is needed to unlock this opportunity amid wider water industry reform. For listeners who want to learn more about the MNBS Programme, you can visit its official website.

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  UK Special Series, Episode 1: Seren Patterson, Water Stewardship Manager, The Rivers Trust

  Jul 2, 202640 min

  In this first episode of the GFI's special series on UK nature finance, host Phoebe Tucker is joined by Seren Patterson, Water Stewardship Manager at the Rivers Trust, to talk about its Replenish model - also known as Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting - in channeling private sector investment into water storage and water quality outcomes. For listeners who want to learn more about the Replenish model, you can visit the Rivers Trust's Replenish Toolbox , the underlying VWBA methodology (2.0) , and a recent blog post written by Patterson (26.06.26) on the rise of water stewardship and the VWBA methodology. You can also read about the Coca-Cola Replenish partnership , mentioned in the episode.

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  R4N Episode 12: Justin Adams, Ostara

  Apr 29, 202645 min

  In this final episode of the R4N series, host Helen Avery speaks with Justin Adams, co-founder of Ostara and Reimagining Nature Finance fellow with the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance about the challenges of nature finance, and some big ideas for change.

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