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“Finance, Business and Natural Capital – Integrating Biodiversity into Economic Strategies for a Nature-Positive Transition”
The conference “Finance, Business, and Natural Capital – Integrating Biodiversity into Economic Strategies for a Nature-Positive Transition” was held on September 17, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Associazione Civita in Rome.
The event brought together representatives from European and national institutions, the financial and business sectors, and international experts to explore the role of natural capital and biodiversity in economic and financial strategies.
The morning session (9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) featured institutional opening remarks, keynote speeches by international experts, and panel discussions focused on integrating biodiversity into corporate strategies and financial systems. Topics addressed included European and international frameworks, practices for measuring and managing impacts on nature, and the obligations and opportunities for businesses in light of the guidelines set forth in the National Nature Restoration Plans, which are scheduled to be presented in September 2026.
The program then continued in the afternoon with the presentation of case studies and corporate best practices (2:30 – 3:30 p.m.), including examples from the worlds of business and sustainable innovation.
The day concluded with a participatory session (3:30–4:30 p.m.) organized into working groups dedicated to defining concrete recommendations to accelerate the transition toward nature-positive economic models. This will be followed by an informal networking session.
The conference is organized by the Nature Positive Network—an initiative of the Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Po River Basin Authority—in collaboration with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Italy and with Materia Rinnovabile as media partner. The event was held in English and Italian with simultaneous interpretation.
Parallel Working Groups: From Ambition to Action
Materiali del convegno
Area based approach in agriculture and nature policy in The Netherlands by Marieke Mossink
Accelerating the transition towards a nature positive financial sector by Caroline Van Leenders
Business and Biodiversity assessment by Matt Jones
Nature-inclusive Landscape accounting by Mieke Siebers
Action counts…reversed angineering by Dick Van den Oever
Davines Group by Chiara Pelullo