Helen Avery
2025
Helen Avery leads the Green Finance Institute’s Nature Programmes, focusing on mobilising private sector investment into environmental outcomes. Over her five years with GFI, she and her team have supported the establishment of the UK’s Investment Readiness Funds, working with farmers on access to nature markets, as well as supporting UK firms to identify investment opportunities into sustainable farming practices for broader business resilience.
My Sessions
Nature Markets Update – where are we now?
Susan Twining
Helen Avery
Alex Begg
Ivan de Klee
We will look at the latest developments in government and the market that influences the environmental funding opportunities for regenerative farming and nature-based projects. It will cover – back to basics on types of funding available (government, offsetting, corporate/supply chain and charity); update on latest policy changes; update on the private sector market opportunities, including […]
How to build a movement of community nature recovery
Helen Avery
Ben Goldsmith
Charlotte Hollins
Christoph Warrack
Mark Walton
Nature recovery projects are now more investable with the integrity of local participation. A movement of community land initiatives is gathering pace around the world, of which those in the British Isles are pioneers. Can farming and communities together turn the tide on nature decline? With blended finance, ownership and management, its now possible to […]