Upcoming Events

Join us at our fifth seminar

Realizing the value of nature:  Corporate requirements and opportunities in tropical forests 

17th of September, from 09:00 to 12:15.

Litteraturhuset, Oslo.

In facing the dual climate and nature crises, governments and voluntary standard setting bodies are rapidly introducing new regulations and mechanisms for how corporate actors need to act to reduce their negative impact on nature. This seminar will review corporate commitments to reducing the impact on climate and nature and the influence of new emerging regulation / guidance such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). It will also present different ways corporate actors can meet this guidance to go from a nature negative to nature positive business with potential beneficial impact by contributing to ending tropical deforestation and stimulating its restoration.

During the seminar, speakers will present the state of play of the voluntary carbon market and how companies can engage, elaborate on corporate strategies to avoid deforestation in investment portfolios and supply chains, and present nature positive business cases. These topics will be covered by the following experts and engaging speakers:

Introduction

Arild Angelsen, professor, School of Economics and Business, NMBU:
Why and how should the private sector get involved in tropical forest conservation?

Carbon markets

Jon Erik Remme, SVP & Product Manager, and Petter Aspestrand, Carbon Market Analyst, Rystad Energy:

Corporate commitments to Net Zero and projections for the carbon markets

NICFI, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment: Speaker and title to be confirmed
Julia Naime, senior advisor, Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN):
Challenges and opportunities in the voluntary carbon market

Regulations and investment opportunities

Snorre Gjerde, Lead Investment Stewardship Manager, Norges Bank Investment Management:
Deforestation and nature risk – an investor viewpoint
Jennicca Gordon, Senior Associate, World Business Council Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Alliance: Buying Nature based credits. The NCS Procurement Hub

More detailed information on the program and practicalities will follow before the seminar.

If you have any feedback on the previous seminars or suggestions for topics or speakers for the upcoming ones, please reach out to info@tropicalforestarena.org!