Episode 42: Beyond the bees and the birds – The business case for nature
From Sustainable connections by ERM
June 4, 2026 · 50 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the business case for integrating nature into corporate decision-making and explores emerging challenges and opportunities in the nature market.
In this episode of the Sustainable Connections podcast, Sebastian Leape, CEO at Natcap, Nadine McCormick, Senior Manager at WBCSD (the World Business Council for Sustainable Development), and Daniele Strippoli, EMEA Nature Lead at ERM, join Mark Lee to explore the emerging challenges in the nature market, the opportunities for companies to accelerate solutions, and what embedding nature into decision‑making could look like by 2030. Drawing on examples from supply chains, finance, and operatio...
People in this episode
Host: Mark Lee
Guests: Sebastian Leape, Nadine McCormick, Daniele Strippoli
Topics covered
- nature market
- business opportunities
- decision-making
- supply chains
- sustainable development
Keywords
- nature
- business case
- sustainability
- decision-making
- supply chains
- finance
- opportunities
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Natcap, WBCSD, ERM
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