Sustainability skills pathway: Assessing your portfolio for nature risks and what to do next (3 of 3)

Tuesday 01 April 2025 | 17:00 - 18:00 | Webinar

Nature-related risks are becoming increasingly critical for investors to address. This webinar will provide you with the skills and insights needed to evaluate and respond to biodiversity loss, deforestation, and other nature-related risks in your portfolio.

This session is tailored for investors and portfolio managers who want to stay ahead in incorporating nature-related risks into their strategies.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Identifying Nature Risks: Understand how to evaluate the impact of biodiversity loss, deforestation, and other key nature risks on your investments.
  • Tools and Frameworks: Explore TNFD and other essential resources to measure and report on nature risks effectively.
  • Taking Action: Learn how to integrate nature-risk insights into portfolio adjustments and long-term investment strategies.
  • Case Study: Gain insights from real-world examples of companies and investors proactively addressing nature risks for positive impact and resilience.

Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to drive both financial and environmental outcomes.

Speaker: Grant Rudgley, Technical Director, Nature Finance, The Biodiversity Consultancy

Grant empowers banks, investment managers and insurers to integrate nature into their financial decision-making, service offerings and strategy.
Grant is a pioneer in the field of Nature Finance. At the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, he developed first-in-market approaches to nature-related financial risks, opportunities and engagement strategies through collaboration with financial institutions. He contributed to various key initiatives including TNFD, building methods and capacity for financial institutions to better understand and measure nature-related impacts and dependencies. 
At The Biodiversity Consultancy, Grant provides highly practical and compelling approaches for banks, investment managers and insurers to embed nature in their businesses - to connect the financial world with the natural.   
Grant began his career at Chatham House, followed by analyst roles covering the energy sector and leadership roles in corporate finance and transfer pricing. He has taught sustainable finance at the University of Cambridge and political economy at King's College London, co-developing an 'International Politics of Energy' course over 15 years ago that explored systems change and pathways to a sustainable economy.

Timings

Registration: 18:00

Event: 18:30 - 20:30

Other events in the CFA UK Sustainability skills pathway:

 4 March - Assessing your portfolio for nature risks and what to do next
18 March - Mastering materiality and essential screening for constructing robust portfolios
15 May 

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