Gail Gallie of THE NAT on their inaugural gala and the need to focus on galvanizing global capital to close the nature finance gap

About this episode

Kestrel Jenkins interviews Gail Gallie about THE NAT's mission to close the nature finance gap and the intersection of finance and fashion.

In Episode 337, Kestrel welcomes Gail Gallie, the founder of THE NAT, to the show. A new convening force for Nature, THE NAT is primarily focused on galvanizing the private capital needed to close the nature finance gap; they just held their inaugural NAT Gala "Night For Nature" in September 2025. From working in advertising to co-leading the creation of the UN Global Goals Campaign, Gail has an extensive background in global advocacy and campaigning. "I was pretty blown away that you could quantify the amount of money that was needed to fix where we are now to where we need to get to in order to be in harmony and sustainably working with the planet's resources…and then she said the number and it was $711 billion a year. And I was like, OMG that's enormous…And at the same time, this guy next to me lent in and he said, did she just say the nature finance gap is $711 billion? I said, yeah, I had like sad face, like boo, thumbs down, it's loads. And he said, no, he said, that's like not that bad." -Gail THEME — BRINGING NATURE BACK INTO THE FASHION FOLD In our last episode, I talked about how this 2-part episode theme – BRINGING NATURE BACK INTO THE FASHION FOLD – was inspired by…

People in this episode

Host: Kestrel Jenkins

Guest: Gail Gallie

Topics covered

• nature finance
• global advocacy
• fashion and nature
• private capital
• sustainability
• luxury

Keywords

• nature finance gap
• sustainability
• private capital
• fashion
• global advocacy
• NAT Gala
• luxury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: THE NAT, UN Global Goals Campaign

Books & works: The Nature Of Fashion

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