The Financing Nature Recovery UK initiative ran from November 2020 to June 2022 and resulted in the launch of a Roadmap and Recommendations for scaling up private investment in nature through environmental markets.

Key milestones

Development of Strategic Framework, Recommendations and Roadmap

The first phase of the Financing Nature Recovery UK Initiative was overseen by a Steering Group, with members from Broadway Initiative, Finance Earth, the Green Finance Institute and Wessex Water.

The development of the Strategic Framework, Recommendations and Roadmap was guided by a Core Group of specialists, and informed by contributions from over 300 industry leaders from the land management, business, finance, and environment sectors across the UK.

Steering Group for Recommendations and Roadmap

Ed Lockhart-Mummery and David Young (Broadway Initiative)

James Mansfield and Rich Fitton (Finance Earth)

Rhian-Mari Thomas and Helen Avery (Green Finance Institute) 

Guy Thompson (Wessex Water)

Core Group for Recommendations and Roadmap

David Young - Convenor (Broadway Initiative)

Amina Aboobakar (Rivers Trust)

Bruce Howard (Ecosystem Knowledge Network)

James Elliott (Green Alliance)

Liam McAleese (Esmee Fairbairn Foundation)

Rich Fitton (Finance Earth)

Richard Higgs (National Trust)

Ruchir Shah (Scottish Wildlife Trust)

Sophie Tremolet (The Nature Conservancy)

Susan Twining (CLA)

Tom Curtis (3Keel)

Valerie Pinkerton (Pollination Foundation)

Zoe Draisey (WWF)