The challenges and opportunities of considering nature and biodiversity in making decisions in the private sector are becoming ever more urgent. At this panel discussion, co-organised by the Oxford Martin School and the Saïd Business School, Professor Mette Morsing (Interim Dean of Saïd Business School) moderated a discussion amongst Oxford researchers and senior executives from the private sector to explore these issues.

This was the third of a series of events marking the International Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services plenary meeting in Manchester in February at which a major report on biodiversity and business was launched. 

Panellists:

Professor Mette Morsing (Chair), Interim Dean, Saïd Business School

Professor Baroness Kathy Willis, Professor of Biodiversity, Department of Biology and Principal of St Edmund Hall

Mary Johnstone-Louis, Senior Fellow in Management Practice, Saïd Business School

David Craig, Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Jakob Stausholm, Former Chief Executive, Rio Tinto and Leadership Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government

James Airton, Estates and Land Manager, United Utilities