RAO Europe 2025 - NATURE-POSITIVE FINANCE:
Guiding this first important panel of the day, moderator Jane Wadia, Head of Sustainability, Core Products & Clients at AXA IM Core was joined by a powerhouse panel: Clara Barby (Senior Partner, Just Climate), Menka Bajaj (Sustainability Strategist, Bank of America), David Craig (Co-chair, TNFD), and Eli Kreiger (Investment Analyst, Lansdowne Partners). Together, they debated:
What makes nature projects bankable—from MRV and permanence to community benefit and FPIC?
Which instruments—blended finance, sovereign/nature deals, credits, real assets—offer the best risk/return today?
How will TNFD and new deforestation rules change issuer behaviour, stewardship asks, and capital costs?
