Fresh from the momentum of London Climate Action Week, we’re heading to Edinburgh next week to co-deliver Biodiversity + Business Live: Leaders Accelerating Action alongside our partners JNCC and NatureScot.
The summit will convene CEOs, senior executives and sustainability leaders from FTSE100 organisations, finance, NGO leaders and Government to address business impacts and dependencies on biodiversity.
Read on for a preview of the Edinburgh Summit, key updates from the forum, a new member spotlight, and the latest headlines from across the business and biodiversity sector.
Preview: Biodiversity + Business Live: Leaders Accelerating Action
More than 100 business leaders from across the UK will gather in Edinburgh next week to turn ambition on biodiversity into action.
Co-delivered by JNCC, UKBBF and NatureScot, our joint aim for the summit is clear: to translate global scientific insight into tangible action to build long-term business resilience across the UK economy.
The day will consist of morning technical and practical Working Dialogue sessions led by the UKBBF. In the afternoon, we will collectively examine how nature-positive leadership can create long-term value and resilience, inform strategic decision-making and enable collaboration at scale.
The expected outcomes are:
- Strengthened cross-sectoral UK leadership narrative towards CBD COP17
- Progress on the UKBBF’s Working Dialogues and agreed priority areas for next steps
- Momentum towards establishing a Business Leaders Forum
- Increased visibility and uptake of UKBBF’s Nature Positive Business Pledge
- which aims to help businesses halt and reverse biodiversity loss
- Strengthened Scottish business support for nature positive action
- Business reflections for UK Government ahead of CBD COP17, through
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➡️ Follow our LinkedIn page for live updates, and keep an eye out for key takeaways and outputs in the weeks following.
Introducing new Chair of the UKBBF, Paul Harrison
Last month we formally welcomed our new Chair, Paul Harrison, who succeeds our co-founder Mark Johnston in the role. Paul brings over 25 years’ experience at the intersection of international biodiversity policy, conservation finance, and nature-positive enterprise. A conservation strategist with a career spanning 37 countries, he has mobilised more than US$500 million in conservation finance and previously held a senior global role at the United Nations.
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UKBBF Biodiversity Summit: Early bird tickets on sale now
3rd & 4th November | London
Join us for the definitive 2026 gathering for UK business leaders ready to translate global biodiversity commitments into tangible action, following COP17 in Armenia.
Opening with an evening reception at the Palace of Westminster, and followed by a full day of technical panels, workshops, discussions and networking. The Summit will help align leadership, capital and innovation behind the delivery of nature‑positive outcomes through 2030 and beyond.
Early bird tickets include a 25% discount off the full price, plus a complimentary full year of UKBBF membership – only available until 3rd August.
Don’t forget: UKBBF members receive an exclusive 50% off tickets. Use the code in the Members’ Area.
Member spotlight
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Sector news
🌍🔗 Biodiversity net-gain scheme closes in on £100m milestone [Edie]
England’s Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) market has tripled compared to 2025 levels, with more developers, investors and local authorities expected to prioritise habitat restoration moving forward.
Commissioned by the RSPB, Eftec’s recent report shows how addressing the £56bn nature finance gap will help meet the government’s economic objectives.
🌍🔗 Eight businesses join UK’s first rewilding buyers club [BusinessGreen]
Nature Broking and Nattergal forms buyers’ club bringing together QBE Europe and seven firms from its supply chain to take collective action to support nature recovery.
🌍🔗 Little Blue Research & Biodiversify launch survey for sustainability professionals [SurveyMonkey]
The joint survey explores how businesses are integrating nature into decision-making: what’s working, where the barriers lie, and how the field is evolving. For every completed survey, £5 will be donated to an environmental charity (up to a maximum of £1000).
🌍🔗 UK launches first ever taskforce to strengthen climate security [DESNZ]
Leading security, military and academic experts have joined forces with the government to boost the UK’s preparedness for the security impacts of climate change and nature loss.
🌍🔗 New cohort of companies steps up for nature [Science Based Targets Network]
Companies including Adidas, Arla Foods, Danone and H&M Group are preparing to set expanded freshwater science-based targets using SBTN’s updated technical guidance. Nine other companies, including Fairphone and John Lewis Partnership, will participate as observers.
🌍🔗 Business Case for Nature: Green Finance Institute launches new resources for boardrooms [GFI]
New resources from the GFI in collaboration with other leading organisations look at how targeted nature-positive action can strengthen resilience and commercial performance in three key areas: managing risk, reducing costs and creating growth.
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