Event Details: What if regenerating nature was also good for business? Discover how biodiversity credits are creating a bold new future where enterprise and ecosystems grow together. With Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Ekos Kāmahi Ltd.
What if protecting nature could also create measurable value for your business?
In this timely and visionary session, you’ll be introduced to the emerging world of biodiversity credits, a new financial mechanism designed to reward and accelerate the protection and restoration of native ecosystems. Led by Ekos Kāmahi Ltd, one of Aotearoa’s most pioneering environmental market developers, and the team from Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, one of the largest mainland ecological restoration projects in New Zealand, this session brings to life the concept of a market for nature.
As climate and biodiversity crises converge, forward-thinking businesses and organisations are exploring ways to go beyond carbon. Biodiversity credits offer a pathway to support high-integrity, place-based conservation outcomes while meeting brand, regulatory, and ESG goals. But what exactly are these credits? How are they measured? Who can create them—and who should buy them?
This session unpacks the nuts and bolts of how biodiversity credits work, how they differ from carbon credits, and the opportunities and risks they pose for landowners, businesses, investors, iwi, and community groups alike.
Whether you’re in business, tourism, finance, conservation, agriculture, or governance, this is an invitation to step into a future where nature and enterprise grow together—not at the expense of one another.
What to Expect / Key Takeaways:
Learn what biodiversity credits are and how they’re being developed in Aotearoa as part of a high-integrity, voluntary market for nature.
Understand the role of business and investors in driving nature-positive outcomes—and how this can align with ESG, brand, and impact strategies.
Explore real-world examples from Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Ekos, and discover how to participate in this emerging opportunity as a buyer, partner, or landholder.
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Cost: $25 or included in your Better Summit Pass or Better Business Pass.
