Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation now rank among the most severe long-term threats to the global economy. Yet, unlike climate risk, nature risk remains poorly understood, inconsistently measured and too often ignored in corporate decision-making. Why has action lagged so far behind awareness? This fireside chat will examine how nature risk differs fundamentally from climate risk, why carbon metrics alone are insufficient, and how exposure plays out across both direct operations and global supply chains. The discussion will focus on making nature risk legible to executives and investors alike, translating ecological dependency into financial materiality and outlining practical steps companies can take to identify, manage and mitigate risks that are fast becoming impossible to ignore
Supported by Natcap
Moderated by
Emily Jackson-Keßler, senior vice-president, sustainability, The Economist Group
Speaker
Beccy Wilebore, chief science officer (CSO), Natcap
Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation now rank among the most severe long-term threats to the global economy. Yet, unlike climate risk, nature risk remains poorly understood, inconsistently measured and too often ignored in corporate decision-making. Why has action lagged so far behind awareness? This fireside chat will examine how nature risk differs fundamentally from climate risk, why carbon metrics alone are insufficient, and how exposure plays out across both direct operations and global supply chains. The discussion will focus on making nature risk legible to executives and investors alike, translating ecological dependency into financial materiality and outlining practical steps companies can take to identify, manage and mitigate risks that are fast becoming impossible to ignore
Supported by Natcap
Moderated by
Emily Jackson-Keßler, senior vice-president, sustainability, The Economist Group
Speaker
Beccy Wilebore, chief science officer (CSO), Natcap
