Between March and May this year, Capitals Coalition, in partnership with GlobeScan, gathered responses from senior decision-makers across business, government, and the third sector (including 41% C-suite). The aim was to understand whether current decision-making practices are considered fit for purpose. We thought they would have asked for better tools, instead, they are asking for system change.
Welcome to the second of the Leaders Interview series, where we dive into conversations with some of the innovators shaping the impact valuation landscape. With the new consultation on the Exposure Draft of the Waste Methodology just opened, we invited George Serafeim, Professor at Harvard Business School and Chair of the Impact Value Standards Board (IVSB). He worked with Sir Ronald Cohen on Impact Weighted Accounts, sharing the same profound belief in the importance of impact measurement and valuation, and he explores the challenges and opportunities in profitable purpose-driven organizations.
Two themes have dominated nature and finance conversations over the past month, and together they reveal just how much ground remains to be covered: the tension between data, knowledge and wisdom in nature-related decision-making, and the need for more predictable and stable policy signals to help investors embed nature and society into their strategies.
Sustainability has been on a journey. True sustainable outcomes rely on outcomes that work on a financial, environmental, and, most importantly, human level. Placing people at the center of decision-making is no longer optional: it is a strategic necessity, because if people and communities are not brought along, outcomes simply won’t stick.
In recent weeks, we’ve been tracking a growing debate around the mismatch between modeled and real climate and nature risk facing portfolios — and the hidden systemic risks that sit beneath it. The HSBC convening of major UK banks brought this tension into sharp relief. As we see it, this isn’t primarily a disclosure problem — it’s a measurement and application problem.
Welcome to the first of the Leaders Interview series, where we dive into conversations with some of the innovators shaping the landscape. Launching this series is Eelco van der Enden, CEO of Accountancy Europe. He is a true trailblazer in the ecosystem, who joins us to break down his unique approach to the future of accountancy and beyond.
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Explore our upcoming events, regularly updated with the latest opportunities to connect and participate.
Join A-Track, the Nature Positive Initiative and Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) on 15 October 2026 for a webinar exploring the latest globally agreed metrics for measuring nature and how these metrics can support businesses to understand their nature-related issues and transform business models towards nature-positive outcomes.
We are not attending COP17, but supporting the following sessions:
Information flows to scale finance for biodiversity | 20 Oct | Dutch Pavilion Blue Zone
Leveraging the power of business networks to help companies embed nature into internal decision-making | 23 Oct | Business and Finance Hub Blue Zone
IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment | 23 Oct | Action Zone
Scaling up business action for biodiversity | 23rd Oct | Ljevan – GRULAC Meeting room Blue Zone
Scaling transformation in business practices | 24 Oct | Nature Positive Pavilion
Business and Biodiversity Initiatives: Scaling Private Sector Action for Transformative Change | 24 Oct | Business and Finance Hub Blue Zone
Public Procurement as a Biodiversity Lever: True Cost Accounting and True Pricing in Food Systems | 26th Oct | Dutch Pavilion Blue Zone
This webinar marks the public release of the first-of-its-kind Forestry Natural Capital Report, the culmination of the Forestry Natural Capital Project, an ambitious and collaborative 18-month project led by the Capitals Coalition and the International Sustainable Forestry Coalition (ISFC), with support from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). This webinar will unpack the project’s process and discoveries and examine what that means for stakeholders.
The Global Banking Summit will examine the forces reshaping global finance in 2027 and beyond, from macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical fragmentation to rapid technological change. How should leaders respond to uneven growth, diverging monetary policies and a more contested global order? What are the implications of renewed trade tensions, shifting regulatory priorities and sustained pressure on profitability as interest rates fall? And as AI and digital infrastructure become central to competition, how will these technologies alter risk, resilience and the economics of banking?
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