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COP15 biodiversity wish list for the private sector

The Private Sector’s COP15 Biodiversity Wish List | Suntory Livestream | GZERO Media

What does the private sector expect from the ongoing COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, Canada? Eurasia Group’s Franck Gbaguidi asked three experts during the livestream discussion "Time for nature: Turning biodiversity risk into opportunity," hosted by GZERO in partnership with Suntory.

Vian Sharif, head of sustainability at FNZ Group, wants the finance sector to get a set at the table.

Ingrid Kukuljan, head of impact and sustainable investing at Federated Hermes, would like to tweak subsidies and get started on regulation.

Katie Critchlow, CEO of NatureMetrics, hopes that COP15 will be the North Star for nature-positive


Learn more about this GZERO Media live discussion: https://www.gzeromedia.com/sustainability

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