Plenary session I
Day 1 – Thursday 23rd – 10:30 – 11:30
How to enable and accelerate credible business action and transformation?
Organiser: European Business & Biodiversity Platform
Business Action
Location: Room 2 - Recording
Session description:
Halfway to 2030, the call to action is louder than ever. New global realities are intensifying pressure on our ambition to halt and reverse nature loss. Yet the rationale remains unchanged, restoring nature is both an environmental and economic imperative.
This opening plenary will spotlight the Summit’s core theme: nature as a strategic ally for business resilience and competitiveness, now and into the future. Leaders from business, policy, and civil society will share insights on how they are enabling and accelerating credible and collective business action to unlock nature-positive business transformation.
Speakers will demonstrate how integrating nature into business strategy to strengthen resilience and boosts competitiveness is not only possible, but already underway. They will also emphasise the need for credible, time-bound and measurable targets, challenging business to adopt ambitious objectives and deliver impact.
Moderators
Emma Kari - CEO, One Planet, Former Minister of the Environment of Finland
John Sabet - Founder, Antenna
Speakers
Eric Mamer - Director-General for Environment, European Commission
Adriëlle Dankier - Chief Executive Officer, Nature’s Pride
Klaus Luetzenkirchen - Corporate Vice President Environmental Protection, Siemens AG
Alexandre Marty - Head of Climate and Natural Resources, EDF
Marco Lambertini – Convener, Nature Positive Initiative
Plenary session II
Day 1 – Thursday 23rd – 16:30 – 17:50
From pledge to action: Advancing finance for biodiversity
Organiser: EU B&B Platform & Finance for Biodiversity Foundation
Biodiversity Finance
Location: Room 2 - Recording
Session description:
This high-level dialogue will spotlight how the finance sector can move beyond pledges to deliver measurable impacts on biodiversity. It will explore strategies to both reduce harmful financial flows and activities that drive biodiversity loss and increase capital and financial activities directed toward restoring and protecting ecosystems. The session will discuss approaches for transforming portfolios, investment decisions, and finance actvities, aligning them with global biodiversity goals, and fostering systemic shifts in the real economy. It will also highlight enabling policies, regulatory frameworks, and public and private collaborative efforts needed to mobilise and scale finance, ensuring that commitments are translated into concrete, positive outcomes for biodiversity.
Moderators
Emma Kari - CEO, One Planet, Former Minister of the Environment of Finland
John Sabet - Founder, Antenna
Speakers
Anita de Horde – CEO, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation
Jan Erik Saugestad – CEO, Storebrand AM
Michèle Lacroix - Group Head of Sustainability, SCOR
Gautier Queru - Director, Mirova
Jaanni Pietikäinen - Head of EIB Group Office in Finland
Plenary session III
Day 2 – Friday 24th October - 10:00 – 11:00
Circular & Bioeconomy as a transformative force for nature and society
Organiser: Sitra
Circular & Bioeconomy
Location: Room 2 - Recording
Session description:
This session explores how circular and bioeconomy can serve as a transformative force for nature and society.
Part I: Business Action — This section will showcase innovative strategies and real-world examples of how companies are driving circularity to regenerate ecosystems and unlock new value.
Part II: Policy Action — This section will examine the EU’s forthcoming policies and how they can be harnessed to accelerate the transition. Special focus will be placed on leveraging the EU Single Market as a catalyst for European competitiveness and resilience.
Moderators
Emma Kari - CEO, One Planet, Former Minister of the Environment of Finland
John Sabet - Founder, Antenna
Speakers
Sari Multala - Minister of Climate and the Environment of Finland
Jessika Roswall - Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy
Rolf Ladau – CEO, Paulig
Jussi Vanhanen – CEO, Metsä Group
Heather Grabbe - Senior Fellow, Bruegel
Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea - Director for Competitive Circular Economy & Clean Industrial Policy, DG ENV, European Commission
Emmanuel Normant - VP Sustainable Development, Saint-Gobain