Nature for Everyone: Why Biodiversity Matters to Business, Communities, and You with Helen Avery
Fri Feb 06 2026
About this episode:
Biodiversity loss isn't just an environmental issue—it's a financial, social and business risk that affects us all.
In this episode of The Business Elevation Show, Chris is joined by Helen Avery, Director of Nature Programmes at the Green Finance Institute (GFI), to explore how private sector investment is being mobi-lised to restore nature and why this matters for leaders, organisations and communities worldwide.
Helen leads the team overseeing GFI's work on supporting the UK Government's investment readiness funds, the UK's National Consultation Group for the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and an international nature investment programme with UNEP FI and UNDP Biofin. She shares how finance, gov-ernment and business are working together to turn ambitious nature goals into real-world action.
Together, they discuss why biodiversity is rising rapidly up the global agenda, how nature risk shows up in sup-ply chains and communities, and what "high-integrity" nature investment really means. They also explore how we can make nature inclusive and relevant for everyone—not just policymakers, investors and NGOs—and how systems change actually happens on the ground.
This is a conversation about hope, system change and the role we can all play in creating a nature-positive fu-ture—because good matters.
More about Helen Avery:
Helen Avery is Director of Nature Programmes at the Green Finance Insti-tute (GFI) where she focuses on unlocking private sector investment into nature-based solutions and nature restoration.
Helen leads the team that oversees GFI's work on supporting the UK Gov-ernment's investment readiness funds, as well as the UK's National Consul-tation Group for the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures. The team also oversees an international nature investment programme with UNEP FI and UNDP Biofin.
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About this episode: Biodiversity loss isn't just an environmental issue—it's a financial, social and business risk that affects us all. In this episode of The Business Elevation Show, Chris is joined by Helen Avery, Director of Nature Programmes at the Green Finance Institute (GFI), to explore how private sector investment is being mobi-lised to restore nature and why this matters for leaders, organisations and communities worldwide. Helen leads the team overseeing GFI's work on supporting the UK Government's investment readiness funds, the UK's National Consultation Group for the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and an international nature investment programme with UNEP FI and UNDP Biofin. She shares how finance, gov-ernment and business are working together to turn ambitious nature goals into real-world action. Together, they discuss why biodiversity is rising rapidly up the global agenda, how nature risk shows up in sup-ply chains and communities, and what "high-integrity" nature investment really means. They also explore how we can make nature inclusive and relevant for everyone—not just policymakers, investors and NGOs—and how systems change actually happens on the ground. This is a conversation about hope, system change and the role we can all play in creating a nature-positive fu-ture—because good matters. More about Helen Avery: Helen Avery is Director of Nature Programmes at the Green Finance Insti-tute (GFI) where she focuses on unlocking private sector investment into nature-based solutions and nature restoration. Helen leads the team that oversees GFI's work on supporting the UK Gov-ernment's investment readiness funds, as well as the UK's National Consul-tation Group for the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures. The team also oversees an international nature investment programme with UNEP FI and UNDP Biofin.