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Global Nature Positive Summit 2026

Save the Date: July 14–16, 2026, Kumamoto, Japan

Set Sail Together: Be Part of the Nature-Positive Journey

The 2030 deadline to halt and reverse nature loss is fast approaching.

The Summit will showcase bold examples from around the world, charting a path toward a nature-positive future in business, finance, and governance.
Hosted in Japan — a country with a deep connection to nature
— the second GLOBAL NATURE POSITIVE SUMMIT 2026 in Kumamoto invites us all to join this journey toward a safer, more equitable, and thriving world.

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Program

＊Please be advised that the program—including themes, schedules, and venues—is subject to change without prior notice. We appreciate your kind understanding.

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Day1 7/14
Main Hall
Room A1
Room A2
Room A3
Room A4
Room B
Side Event＜Small＞
Side Event＜Middle＞
AM

  • 9:00-10:05

    Opening Ceremony

    The opening ceremony will feature welcome remarks from the organizers and distinguished guests, sharing the vision and international significance of advancing the Nature Positive agenda. Building on a common understanding of what “Nature Positive” means and why its realization is important for society and the economy, the session will highlight the need for transformative change toward coexistence with nature and a sustainable future. It will also position the Summit within the broader international momentum leading such as CBD-COP17 and GREEN EXPO 2027.

  • 10:05-10:30

    【Keynote】
    Introduction to Nature Positive: the imperative of our time

    An overview of what Nature Positive means, why it is crucial to address the biodiversity crisis, and how it can be delivered in practice across sectors and geographies.

    • Convener and Executive Chair,
      Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

      Marco Lambertini

    • Director of the Human Development Report Office
      UNDP

      Pedro Conceição

  • 11:00-11:45

    【Plenary panel】
    The Business and Social Case for Nature Positive

    Exploring the value proposition of a nature-positive transition for economies and societies, including resilience, competitiveness and wellbeing.

    • Moderator

      Executive
      CEO
      Capitals Coalition

      Mark Gough

    • Mayor of Kumamoto City

      Kazufumi Onishi

    • President and Representative Director
      The Higo Bank, Ltd.

      Yoshihisa Kasahara

    • Representative Director, President & CEO,
      MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

      Shinichiro Funabiki

    • Managing Executive Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer
      SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED

      Jun Asaki

    • Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

      Grethel Aguilar

  • 11:45-12:30

    【Plenary panel】
    The Role of Business

    Exploring how companies can drive nature-positive transitions through strategy, operations, value chains and innovation, and why business leadership is essential.

    • Moderator

      Asia Lead for Business for Nature
      Conservation International (APAC)

      Pallavi Kalita

    • Representative Director and President, Chief Executive Officer
      The Norinchukin Bank

      Taro Kitabayashi

    • President and Representative Director
      Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

      Toshiro Mitsuyoshi

    • Representative Director & Executive Chair
      Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

      Junro Ito

    • Chief Sustainability Officer
      City Developments Ltd.

      Esther An

    • Managing Director and CEO
      Australian Agricultural Company

      Dave Harris

  • 12:30-13:00

    【Fireside Chat】
    Nature Positive Leadership

    A high-level conversation with global nature-positive thought leaders, reflecting on leadership, responsibility and long-term vision to conclude the morning plenary.

    • Convener and Executive Chair,
      Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

      Marco Lambertini

    • Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

      Astrid Schomaker

  • 13:00-14:00

    Lunch

    ＊Complimentary lunch boxes will be available during the lunch break, limited to one per person.
    Please note that quantities are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until supplies run out.
    ＊A variety of restaurants are also available in the surrounding area for your convenience.
    ＊One of the following venues will be open for lunch.

  • ＊Complimentary lunch boxes will be available during the lunch break, limited to one per person.
    Please note that quantities are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until supplies run out.
    ＊A variety of restaurants are also available in the surrounding area for your convenience.
    ＊One of the following venues will be open for lunch.

  • 13:00-14:00

    • Implementation of Nature-Positive Renewable Energy in Japan

      Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies

      This session presents a concrete vision of "nature-positive renewable energy" in Japan, centered on the synergies between climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. Renewable energy deployment and nature conservation have traditionally been framed as being in conflict, but community-led design is giving rise to projects and concepts in which power generation contributes to maintaining and enhancing ecosystem services. Drawing on leading examples and institutional frameworks from abroad, the session will also deepen the discussion on the sustainability of business models and on scientific monitoring methods.

    • Turning Setouchi's Natural Capital into Local Economic Power

      Setouchi Nagisa Forum

      Hosted by the Setouchi Nagisa Forum—an industry-government-academia-finance collaboration platform for the Setouchi region—this session focuses on supporting local companies and regional banks in their transition to nature-capital-based business. It introduces approaches for reframing environmental action not as a "cost" but as "earning power," that is, as a new market. The session shares real-world examples of "cross-sector technology transfer (a reverse LEAP approach)," in which the advanced manufacturing technologies held by local companies are applied to solving marine challenges such as the decline of seagrass and seaweed beds.

    • The Role of Youth in Driving Nature Positivity

      IFSAQ(International Forestry Students' Association Local Committee Kyushu)

      This session discusses the role and potential of youth in achieving nature positivity in the forestry sector. It shares the activities of international student networks such as IFSA, along with examples from abroad (including pre-recorded interviews and podcasts), and organizes a comparative understanding of the challenges and approaches relative to Japan. Through a panel discussion among companies, researchers, and youth organizations, as well as participatory dialogue, the session will examine concrete ways of engaging in forest management, supply chains, and regional collaboration, and will present directions for actions that youth can realistically take.

  • 13:00-14:00

    • Environmental Conservation with Sustainable Livelihood Improvement

      Japan Environmental Education Forum

      In Indonesia and Bangladesh, we have spent more than a decade implementing community-led initiatives that seek to balance environmental conservation and restoration with sustainable improvements in local residents' livelihoods through ecotourism and other means. This session introduces concrete examples of these initiatives and organizes the success factors and challenges identified through our practice. To achieve nature positivity and make it sustainable, we will consider together with participants what is needed at the field level, and deepen the discussion on practical approaches.

    • TBC

      ICLEI

      To be updated

PM

  • 14:00-14:45

    【Plenary panel】
    The Role of Finance

    Examining how financial institutions, investors and insurers can shift capital flows toward nature-positive outcomes and manage nature-related risks and opportunities.

    • Moderator

      Head of Insurance
      United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

      Butch Bacani

    • Executive Officer and Group Chief Sustainability Officer
      Daiichi Life Group, Inc.

      Yukiko Sakai

    • President & CEO
      Oji Holdings

      Hiroyuki Isono

    • Head, Africa Nature-based Solutions Alliance (ANCA) Secretariat

      Dorothy Maseke

    • Member of International Sustainability Standards Board, IFRS Foundation

      Hiroshi Komori

    • Special Advisor to the Commissioner on Biodiversity and Inclusive insurance at the California Department of Insurance
      State Government of California

      Deborah Halbertstadt

  • 14:45-15:30

    【Plenary panel】
    Nature-Positive Strategies

    How organisations can design and implement credible and effective nature-positive strategies, from commitments and targets to delivery and accountability.

    • Moderator

      Chief Executive Officer, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

      Tony Goldner

    • Executive Officer Human Resources and Sustainability
      AEON CO., LTD.

      Naoya Okada

    • CSO Executive Officer
      Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.

      Shougo Ohishi

    • Managing Executive Officer
      Responsible for Individual Insurance Business
      Chief Sustainability Officer（CSuO）
      Nippon Life Insurance Company

      Shinichiro Kashima

    • Operating Officer
      Sustainability Promotion Department
      Corporate Communication Department
      Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation

      Yumi Nakano

    • Executive Director
      Nature Positive Landscapes Initiative

      Stuart Anstee

  • 16:00-16:45

    【Plenary panel】
    Nature Positive, Net Zero and Circularity

    Examining the interlinkages between nature-positive action, climate mitigation and adaptation, and circular economy approaches.

    • Moderator

      Founder and Managing Director
      Alopias Earth

      Eleanor Whittle

    • Representative Director, Executive Vice President,
      Chief Financial Officer
      Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

      Yuji Saito

    • Managing Executive Officer
      Group Chief Sustainability Officer
      Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

      Mika Nabeshima

    • CEO and Co-founder
      Attero Recycling Pvt Ltd

      Nitin Gupta

    • Managing Director, Global Sustainability
      Eurasia Group

      Franck Gbaguidi

    • VP Corporate Partnerships
      Conservation International

      Marielle Canter Weikel

  • 16:45-17:15

    【Fireside Chat】
    Inspiring Landscape & Community-centred Nature Positive action

    This session will explore successful governmental integration of Nature Positive actions.

    • Moderator

      Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (GASP)

      Satya Tripathi

    • Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

      N. Chandrababu Naidu

    • Governor
      Kumamoto Prefecture

      Takashi Kimura

    • Special Envoy,
      Head of Negotiating Team for CBD COP 17
      Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

      Mher Margaryan

    • Special Envoy for Climate Change, Nordic and Arctic Affairs
      Government of Québec

      Jean Lemire

  • 17:30-18:40

    Business Leaders Speak: The Nature Positive Journey

    Nikkei BP

  • 17:30-18:30

    Delivering Nature Positive at Scale
    Solutions from Japan for Asia and the World

    Tohoku University

  • 17:30-18:30

    Discussion on Nature-Related issues Facing the Technology Sector and How to Address Them

    Summit Founding Partners Committee

  • 17:30-18:30

    What “Nature on the Balance Sheet” means to business and investors in Asia?

    Tokyo University GCC

    This session explores how “Nature on the Balance Sheet Initiative (NBI)” can shift natural capital from a free good to an investable asset. Bringing together Japanese companies, Asian investors, and global experts, it examines business use cases and a sector approach to accelerate the system change through the NBI roadmap.

  • 17:30-18:30

    Mobilising Finance for Nature Positive Action

    IUCN

  • 17:30-18:30

    • Balancing Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation

      Keio University, Keio STAR / Center for Sustainable Finance Research, JSA

      This session discusses, from the perspectives of both academia and industry, the key issues involved in shaping international rules for balancing biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. It reports on the discussions held at a biodiversity study group—centered on participants from industry and academia—that has been meeting since November 2025, and, together with the panelists and the audience, examines the elements required for shaping international rules that reconcile biodiversity conservation with climate change mitigation.

    • Kyushu Model for Seagrass Bed Restoration and Blue Carbon

      BLUE BEVIVE

      This session shares practices in seagrass and seaweed bed restoration and blue carbon led by fishers and fisheries cooperatives in four regions of Kyushu (Saga, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, and Miyazaki), and presents an implementation model for marine nature positivity. The applicant is a fisher from Karatsu City, and from the perspective of those standing at the front line of environmental change, the session shows how they have balanced ecosystem recovery with the sustainability of the local economy.

    • Youth-Led Nature-Positive Activities in Japan's UNESCO Biosphere

      Japanese Biosphere Reserves Network

      This session aims to share the practical knowledge of nature-positive activities led by young people who will carry the next generation in Japan's UNESCO Biosphere Reserves (BRs), and to further accelerate their participation. At present, each BR has made commitments such as nature-positive declarations, and there is active movement toward realizing sustainable local communities. This side event introduces initiatives from a diverse range of groups—from forest-making by junior high school students and the branding of traditional industries by university students, to the building of wide-area networks by youth organizations based in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.

  • 17:30-18:30

    • Sustainable Forest Management and the Provision of Ecosystem Services

      Forestry Agency

      We are promoting policy measures that guide forest management toward enhancing biodiversity through the conservation of secondary ecosystems that have been sustainably maintained by human activity, while also studying indicators and methods for assessing forest biodiversity in light of the natural characteristics of Japan's forest ecosystems. This side event introduces such initiatives and, together with experts on forest ecosystems and on building a nature-positive society, discusses the potential for transitioning to a nature-positive society through the use of forests.

    • The Potential of Corporate Biodiversity Conservation

      JBIB & ABINC

      JBIB (the Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity), which has approached biodiversity from the perspective of corporate management, and ABINC (the Association for Business Innovation in harmony with Nature and Community), which has led the promotion of biodiversity maintenance and restoration on the ground at sites such as corporate green spaces and multi-unit residential buildings, will jointly discuss the realization of nature positivity in cities. How can the recovery of biodiversity be expanded, particularly in urban areas, and how can it be linked to business viability and value creation? Drawing on Japan's practical knowledge, we hope to make this a venue for envisioning a new relationship between cities and companies going forward.

  • 18:40-19:40

    【Film Session】
    Becoming Nature Positive

    Screening of a 30-minute film produced by the Nature Positive Initiative, followed by a short discussion.

    • Moderator

      Head of Communications
      Nature Positive Initiative

      Gemma Parkes

    • Convener and Executive Chair,
      Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

      Marco Lambertini

    • the Executive Director of the Villars Institute

      Lee Howell

Evening

  • 19:40-20:40

    Evening Gathering and Networking
    ※Participation is limited to invited guests (authorized persons) only.

Day2 7/15
Main Hall
Room A1
Room A2
Room A3
Room A4
Room B
Side Event＜Small＞
Side Event＜Middle＞
AM

  • 9:00-9:45

    【Plenary panel】
    Measuring Nature Positive

    How to credibly and practically measure nature-positive outcomes, sharing experiences, methodologies and lessons learned.

    • Moderator

      Executive Director
      Nature Positive Initiative

      Gavin Edwards

    • CSV Strategy Department
      General Manager
      Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

      Kenta Oshima

    • Operating Officer／ Head of Environment Improving Department
      SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.

      Yuki Isaka

    • Convener and Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat

      Yana Gevorgyan

    • Executive Secretary
      GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility

      Joe Miller

    • EVP Sustainability
      Vale

      Grazielle Parenti

  • 9:45-10:30

    【Plenary panel】
    The Interoperability of Standards, Measurement and Guidance Frameworks for Nature Positive Outcome

    This session aims at highlighting the growing collaboration and interoperability occurring among the world's leading framework bodies to prove how guidance is converging to provide clarity and build business confidence.

    • Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader
      EY

      Alexis Gazzo

    • Fellow
      Daiichi Life Group

      Hirotaka Hideshima

    • Director, Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement
      World Business Council for Sustainable Development

      Clea Kaske-Kuck

  • 11:00-11:45

    【Plenary panel】
    Nature Positive Technology and Innovation

    Exploring technological innovation and digital solutions that support the delivery, measurement and scaling of nature-positive action.

    • Moderator

      the Executive Director of the Villars Institute

      Lee Howell

    • Corporate SVP and CBXO
      NEC Corporation
      ※CBXO：Chief Business Process Transformation Officer

      Shinichiro Ide

    • Sustainability Advisory Leader
      Senior Officer, Partner
      PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC

      Hidetoshi Tahara

    • Senior Director of Conservation
      Ai2

      Ted Schmitt

    • Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (GASP)

      Satya Tripathi

    • Sustainability Department
      General Manager
      Umios Corporation

      Yusuke Sato

  • 11:45-12:15

    【Fireside Chat】
    Political and Economic Headwinds

    A conversation on whether current geopolitical, economic and political challenges are slowing or reshaping progress toward Nature Positive.

    • Moderator

      Convener and Executive Chair,
      Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

      Marco Lambertini

    • Business Leader, Investor, and Philanthropist
      Net Positive

      Paul Polman

    • Special Presidential Envoy for Global Commons,
      The University of Tokyo

      Naoko Ishii

  • 12:15-13:15

    Lunch

    ＊Complimentary lunch boxes will be available during the lunch break, limited to one per person.
    Please note that quantities are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until supplies run out.
    ＊A variety of restaurants are also available in the surrounding area for your convenience.
    ＊One of the following venues will be open for lunch.

  • ＊Complimentary lunch boxes will be available during the lunch break, limited to one per person.
    Please note that quantities are limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis until supplies run out.
    ＊A variety of restaurants are also available in the surrounding area for your convenience.
    ＊One of the following venues will be open for lunch.

  • 12:15-13:15

    • How Can Media Change Biodiversity?

      Rooting Our Own Tomorrows

      This session visualizes the impact that media have on biodiversity from the perspective of "behavioral change," and discusses the roles of science, industry, and civil society in an integrated manner. Media representations of animals and nature exert both positive and negative effects on biodiversity through people's perceptions, emotions, and behavior. Connecting insights from behavioral science, the realities of media practice, and the work of NGOs across disciplines, this session presents a new approach—the "design of the information environment"—for achieving nature positivity.

    • Turning Local Wildlife Observations into Global Biodiversity Data

      Regional Environmental Policy Laboratory, Azabu University

      Azabu University has worked to visualize the full picture of regional biodiversity by holding workshops that use iNaturalist and GBIF in partnership with Ebina City, Sagamihara City, prefectural parks, museums, and high schools. In April, the university will take part in "City Nature Challenge 2026"—a wildlife observation event held simultaneously in more than 1,000 cities worldwide—representing the "Central Kanagawa Region." We hope to share with participants the insights and know-how we have gained through our practice.

    • Youth Nature Innovation

      Team Umi-tsunagi

      Youth members who grew up in regions living in harmony with nature, mainly in Kyushu, have each been building up activities and research in marine and coastal settings, and they will share the results of this work internationally together with their peers. "Kyushu University Umi-tsunagi" and "Team Umi-tsunagi" have worked on marine and coastal biodiversity conservation, marine litter countermeasures, regional revitalization, and more—together with high schools, universities, and environmental organizations centered in northern Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki). With the cooperation of the Japan Water Forum, they have also exchanged with organizations and researchers from Asia and Africa whom they met at the World Water Forum.

  • 12:15-13:15

    • Envisioning an Ideal Ecosystem of Water and Business

      River Basin Digital Twin 2026

      Creating the future from water is a growth strategy for the age of climate change. As the natural resource most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, water is also the foundation of ecosystem services that support a wide range of fields, including agriculture, industry, cities, power generation, the environment, and disaster prevention. This forum brings together operating companies, government agencies, and financial institutions involved in river basin water management, and—through networking—aims to advance river basin partnerships that support "the creation of a nature-positive water environment," "the planning and management of sustainable water use," and "resilient measures against water-related disasters."

    • TBC

      ICLEI

      To be updated

PM

  • 13:15-14:15

    From Kumamoto to COP17: What’s next for global Nature Positive action

    Nature Positive Initiative

  • 13:15-14:15

    A Landscape Approach in Watersheds: How Can “Watershed-Based Flood Control” Achieve Both Endangered Species Conservation and Disaster Risk Reduction, and What Is the Key to Attracting Financial Institutions?

    Summit Founding Partners Committee

    This session explores practical approaches to achieving Water Positive outcomes through watershed-scale collaboration. Drawing on experiences from business, technology, and local partnerships, it highlights how innovation, stewardship, and collective action can strengthen freshwater ecosystems and advance Nature Positive futures.

  • 13:15-14:15

    Moving from nature-related risks to opportunities: Characteristics and examples of nature-related opportunities for business and finance

    TNFD

  • 13:15-14:15

    RHINO/IBAT

    IUCN

  • 13:15-14:15

    Nature as Infrastructure: A Deep Dive into Role Models and International Standardization

    Summit Founding Partners Committee

  • 13:15-14:15

    • The co-benefits of tropical forests: NbS to circular bio-economies

      ITTO

      The concept of enriching forest biodiversity and livelihoods through circular bio-economies based on sustainably managed and used forest resources is gaining global traction in international trends. This concept is particularly significant for tropical forests and those who depend on them for their livelihoods. Accounting for 45% of global forests, tropical forests, terrestrial and coastal, host biodiverse ecosystems, contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation while enhancing livelihoods, reducing poverty. This event will showcase the value and future importance of these forests as a critical nature-positive initiative for life on earth.

    • A Bucket of Water Can Change a Community's Future

      Tohoku University COI-NEXT Nature-Positive Sustainable Development Hub

      This session takes up "ANEMONE," a Japan-born biodiversity observation network that uses environmental DNA and is one of the largest of its kind in the world, to discuss how observation data that captures biodiversity and changes in nature can be applied to companies' business strategies, local governments' policies and plans, and collaboration with communities. At the same time, it explores how observation networks can be nurtured within a region, and how citizen surveys and multi-stakeholder participation can be connected to raising local interest, fostering collaboration, and generating social impact.

    • Operationalizing Nature Positive Finance through Blue Carbon

      Future Earth Finance and Economics KAN/Nagasaki University

      This side event aims to discuss current challenges and future directions for achieving nature-positive outcomes through blue carbon, with a particular focus on financial perspectives and by bringing together experts from the finance sector. The discussion will focus on practical issues in linking carbon sequestration and biodiversity co-benefits in coastal ecosystems—measured, reported, and verified (MRV)—to carbon markets and sustainable finance. In addition, the session will examine the conditions under which blue carbon can become an investable asset, including market credibility, data requirements, and institutional frameworks.

  • 13:15-14:15

    • Toward Putting Nature-Positive Procurement into Practice

      Ministry of the Environment

      We would like to hold a panel discussion on the theme of "Toward Putting Nature-Positive Procurement into Practice," with the aim of providing participants with clues for incorporating a nature-positive perspective into procurement and reducing pressure on natural capital across the entire supply chain. The discussion will deepen the sharing of knowledge and dialogue on the aims of the guidelines, examples of corporate practice, and financial institutions' assessment of nature-related risks and opportunities and its linkage with investment and lending.

    • Integrating Nature into Corporate Strategy for Business Success

      Nature & Biodiversity Peer Group

      This session brings together leaders and stakeholders in sustainability and the natural environment from Japanese companies to discuss the key challenges in accelerating the "nature" dimension in corporate decision-making. It shares practical solutions and insights for business leaders to place nature and biodiversity at the heart of corporate strategy, and to achieve more resilient supply chains and operations as well as long-term commercial benefits.

  • 14:15-15:15

    Business Leaders Speak: The Nature Positive Journey　Part2

    Nikkei BP

  • 14:15-15:15

    Water Positive in Action（TBC）

    Alliance for Water Positive/ WWF Japan

  • 14:15-15:15

    Nature Positive Food Systems :Transforming Agriculture, Water Stewardship and Blue Economy for a Resilient Future

    Summit Founding Partners Committee

    As climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource constraints intensify, food systems must be redesigned to restore nature and strengthen resilience. This session explores how regenerative agriculture, water stewardship, the blue economy, innovative finance, and enabling policies can drive food system transformation while sustaining local economies.

  • 14:15-15:15

    The missing layer: the data you need to measure the state of ecosystems

    GEO

  • 14:15-15:15

    Ecosystem restoration: private sector and innovative finance

    Conservation International

  • 14:15-15:15

    Insurance

    UNEP－FI

  • 14:15-15:15

    • The Role of Nature-Related Data in the Private Sector

      CDP Worldwide-Japan

      This session examines how the disclosure of nature-related information by the corporate and financial sectors can help national and local governments implement their biodiversity strategies. In a multi-stakeholder discussion involving international frameworks, policymakers, local governments, and the business and financial communities, participants will address key themes such as the standardization and interoperability of data, the alignment of national targets with corporate strategies, and the roles of the private sector and local governments in implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

    • The World's Largest Citizen Science Project eBird

      Wild Bird Society of Japan

      By introducing the overview of eBird—the world's largest citizen science project and a biodiversity database—and how its accumulated data can be used, this session proposes applying it to "measuring nature positivity," while also helping to broaden the base of participation and promote its use in scientific research and conservation activities. For general visitors, using eBird as an entry point, the session aims to give them a sense of how to take part in citizen science starting from familiar birdwatching. For corporate representatives, it shares examples of citizen science projects supported by companies, and aims to give them a sense of how the data can be applied to monitoring company-owned forests, OECMs, and other sites.

    • TBC

      ICLEI

      To be updated

  • 14:15-15:15

    • Advancing and Scaling Nature Transition Plans

      WWF Japan

      The aim of this session is to share practical approaches to the Nature Transition Plan—a concrete plan for companies to move beyond merely disclosing nature-related risks and opportunities and to transition their business activities toward nature positivity.
      In this session, international experts will introduce the global discussion and latest trends surrounding NTPs, and companies with experience implementing NTPs in Japan will share their practical experience, including the planning process and the challenges involved. Through presentations and a panel discussion, the session offers insights for companies to move from nature-related risk management to business transformation.

    • A Landscape Approach toward Nature Positive

      Sustainable Business Laboratory, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University

      This side event draws lessons from cases of productive landscapes and seascapes rooted in the sustainable use of biodiversity—as symbolized by Japan's satoyama and satoumi—to discuss solutions for harmonizing business with biodiversity conservation and for establishing sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships. Drawing on practical examples of the landscape approach, the session discusses how coordination and cooperation among actors—within supply chains and beyond them—can be strengthened, and clarifies the concrete challenges and opportunities for advancing nature positivity.

  • 15:15-16:15

    Deep Dive: Learning from the State of Nature Pilot Programme: What early insights tell us about turning science into action

    Nature Positive Initiative

  • 15:15-16:15

    Biofuels at the Crossroads: Advancing Climate Mitigation While Safeguarding Nature—Shipping Companies, Shippers, Financial Institutions, and NGOs Discuss Solutions

    Summit Founding Partners Committee

    While biofuels, which are becoming increasingly common in the transportation sector, contribute to decarbonization, they also carry the risk of deforestation associated with the development of palm oil and soybean plantations. In Europe, regulations and oversight of biofuels are becoming stricter, and even biofuels derived from waste are subject to rigorous certification requirements. As disclosure requirements under the EUDR and the TNFD disclosure advance, how should companies engage with biofuels to balance climate action with nature-positive outcomes? A fuel transition that combines multiple technologies—such as electrification, e-fuels, hydrogen, and ammonia—can lead to risk reduction and new growth opportunities. Companies and organizations across the supply chain—

  • 15:15-16:15

    Nature Positive Business Models: A roadmap for corporates to contribute materially to the global goal of Nature Positive

    Nature Positive Landscape Initiative

  • 15:15-16:15

    Nature Footprint—Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Seivices

    Waseda University

  • 15:15-16:15

    TBC

    World Climate Foundation

  • 15:15-16:15

    A Billion for Nature: How the Rubber Industry Is Leading the Way on Corporate Conservation Finance

    Mighty Earth

  • 15:15-16:15

    • A Nature-Positive Workshop Using IBAT and the IUCN RHINO Approach

      Taisho University

      A demonstration and training session on the IBAT platform, led by IUCN and IBAT (the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool). Participants will learn how to advance nature-positive efforts using existing tools such as the Species Threat Abatement and Restoration Metric (STAR) and the IUCN RHINO approach. This session takes a deep dive into world-leading tools and approaches, and also offers an opportunity for Q&A with the experts present in the room.

    • Workshop: Envisioning the Future of Coastal Regional Revitalization

      UMINEKO Sustainability Institute, NACS-J

      In this workshop, practitioners from coastal regions will share their initiatives, and participants—centered on local governments—will discuss the processes and concrete methods for envisioning the future of coastal regional revitalization in collaboration with diverse stakeholders such as companies, civil society groups, and fishers, making this an opportunity to conceive of implementation in their own regions. Starting from this point, the aim is for these efforts to spread in a chain reaction to regions across Japan.

    • Toward Creating the Next-Generation Nature Market

      Conservation International

      A session in which diverse stakeholders engage in dialogue on emerging trends in nature markets. It examines integrity, policy frameworks, demand, and pathways to scaling up. With the participation of civil society organizations such as Conservation International, the session brings together national governments, including those of Japan and Indonesia, the Biodiversity Credit Alliance, and demand-side stakeholders, and shares insights gained from pilot projects in countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia.

  • 15:15-16:15

    • A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to River Basin Water Management

      Kumamoto Water Positive Design Center

      Kumamoto is an extremely rare region worldwide—a metropolitan area of about one million people that meets almost all of its domestic water needs with groundwater—while at the same time, the arrival of a world-leading semiconductor manufacturer has made it a cutting-edge industrial cluster, generating large-scale water extraction and changes in land use. Amid the tension between "conserving natural capital" and "economic growth," the session shares practices in which industry, government, academia, and citizens collaborate to reconcile the restoration of the water cycle with regional growth through green infrastructure such as rain gardens.

    • Local Ecosystem Supported by Sustainable Grassland Management

      Aso Green Stock

      The semi-natural grasslands that extend across the warm and humid monsoon region of Asia are unique ecosystems maintained through continuous human management; in Aso, practices such as controlled burning, grazing, and grass cutting have been carried on for a long time. This session organizes the structure through which sustainable grassland management has supported the local economy and ecosystem services, and introduces the governance in which grazing-land cooperatives, citizen volunteers, companies, and government collaborate, as well as the funding mechanisms that sustain it.

  • 16:45-17:30

    【Plenary panel】
    Nature Positive infrastructure in Land/Seascapes

    Defining what nature-positive infrastructure means in practice and how it can be delivered by involving business, finance, local governments and communities across land and seascapes.

    • Moderator

      Director of Strategy
      Nature Positive Landscapes Initiative

      Helen Crowley

    • Chief Culture Officer & Chief Sustainability Officer,
      Senior Managing Executive Officer
      Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

      Kayoko Sakai

    • Group Chief Sustainability Officer(CSuO)
      SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP

      Masayuki Takanashi

    • Department Manager
      Management Strategy Planning Headquarters
      Sustainability Coordination Department
      DAIWA HOUSE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

      Yutaka Yamashita

    • Director, nature and Environment
      Asian Development Bank

      Yoko Watanabe（Video）

    • Executive Officer General Manager of the Corporate Sustainability
      Corporate Sustainability Division
      MITSUI & CO., LTD.

      Chisato Onda

  • 17:30-18:15

    【Plenary panel】
    Nature Positive in the Ocean

    Exploring what Nature Positive means in the ocean context and how ocean-positive outcomes can be achieved through policy, finance and innovation.

    • Ocean Industries Lead
      World Economic Forum

      Hanh Nguyen

    • Managing Executive Officer
      Chief Executive of Sustainability & Transformation Headquarters
      Chairperson of Sustainability Strategy Committee,
      Executive Chief of Environmental Management (ECEM)
      Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line)

      Yuko Tsutsui

    • Manager, Conventions and Funds Division, GEF
      Global Environment Facility (GEF)

      Chizuru Aoki

    • Founder & CEO
      Seafood Legacy

      Wakao Hanaoka

    • Chief Sustainability and Communication Officer
      Thai Union Group

      Adam Brennan

    • Sustainability Department
      General Manager
      Nissui Corporation

      Akihiko Nishi

  • 18:15-18:45

    【Fireside Chat】
    Oceans

    • Moderator

      Senior Research Fellow
      Ocean Policy Research Institute
      Sasakawa Peace Foundation

      Masanori Kobayashi

    • United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean

      Peter Thomson (Video)

  • 18:45-19:30

    Closing Ceremony

    Summary of key messages and outcomes of the Summit, closing reflections and next steps for advancing Nature Positive globally.

    • Business leader, investor, philanthropist
      Net Positive

      Paul Polman

    • Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

      Astrid Schomaker

    • Special Envoy,
      Head of Negotiating Team for CBD COP 17
      Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia

      Mher Margaryan

    • Professor, Green Goals Initiative and Graduate School of Life Sciences,
      Tohoku University

      Kaori Fujita

    • Convener and Executive Chair,
      Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

      Marco Lambertini

    • Chair, Japan Committee for IUCN
      IUCN Japan

      Teppei Dohke