The finance sector talks about a nature-positive transition, but actual money flows don’t match the rhetoric. Nature-negative finance dwarfs investments to protect and restore nature.

So is the finance sector equipped to lead the charge towards a world that puts nature first? In this Question-Time style event, leading financiers, academics and thought leaders will debate how to get to a nature-positive world and whether finance holds the key.

As part of the 2026 Marmalade Festival and Skoll World Forum Global Canopy hosted a special Question Time style debate moderated by our Executive Director Niki Mardas.

On the panel were Pavan Sukhdev, Founder and CEO of GIST impact, Jenny McInnes, Climate and Finance Lead at Ostara, Alexandra Pinzon-Torres, Nature-Positive Lead, Global Canopy and Pajani Singah, Co Founder and Investment Director Amazonia Impact Investors.

This podcast introduces the newest edition in Global Canopy’s Little Book series, The Little Book of Nature Business – An investment framework for tomorrow’s world.

The book offers investors, lenders, businesses and policymakers a simple inspirational guide to investing in a nature-positive economy.

Moderated by Global Canopy's Nature-Positive Lead, Alexandra Pinzon-Torres, the podcast features a panel of experts:

• Andrew Mitchell - the book’s co-author and Global Canopy’s Founder and Senior Advisor
• David Craig - Co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
• John Tobin-de la Puente, the book’s co-author and Professor of Practice at the SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University
• Dorothy Maseke, Head of ANCA Secretariat and Lead, Nature Finance and TNFD at FSD Africa, joining us from Cape Town
• Santiago Cortés, Senior Responsible Investment Manager at APG Asset Management
• Mitch Reznick, Group Head of Fixed Income – London at Federated Hermes Ltd.

The podcast looks at the new book and what’s in it for financial institutions and explores the role that investors and lenders can play in the transition toward a nature-positive economy.

This podcast focuses on the latest Global Canopy and Trase data and guidance around Brazil's cattle sector. It exposes the shocking levels of deforestation linked to cattle pasture in Brazil, but also highlights opportunities for action.

You’ll hear from Global Canopy’s communications lead Darren Mckenzie and our Trase South American Engagement Lead Paula Bernasconi, detailing key findings and datasets including the latest Trase beef and Trase emissions data alongside our new Floresta 250 - Cattle assessments, and our finance sector roadmap.

This podcast is a recording from the official Blue Zone press conference we held at COP30 in Belém.