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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 in Kumamoto invites us all to join this journey toward a safer, more equitable, and thriving world.

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Featured Speakers

Speakers

We will be updating continuously going forward.

  • Kazufumi Onishi

    Mayor of Kumamoto City

  • Representative (TBC)

    Ministry of the Environment

  • Kaori Fujita

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

  • Shinichiro Funabiki

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

  • Naoko Ishii

    Special Presidential Envoy for Global Commons,
    The University of Tokyo

  • Hiroyuki Isono

    President & CEO
    Oji Holdings

  • Junro Ito

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

  • Shinji Matsuoka

    Chief Sustainability Officer, Managing Executive Officer
    Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.

  • Toshiro Mitsuyoshi

    President and Representative Director
    Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

  • Mika Nabeshima

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

  • Yuji Saito

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

  • Kayoko Sakai

    Chief Human Resource Officer & Chief Culture Officer, Managing Executive Officer
    Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

  • Yukiko Sakai

    Executive Officer and Group Chief Sustainability Officer
    Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

  • Masayuki Takanashi

    Group Chief Sustainability Officer(CSuO)
    SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP

  • N. Chandrababu Naidu

    Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

  • Astrid Schomaker

    Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

  • Peter Thomson

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

  • Paul Polman

    Business Leader, Investor, and Philanthropist

  • Grethel Aguilar

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

  • Yana Gevorgyan

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

  • Romie Goedicke den Hertog

    Head of Nature Impact, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

  • Tony Goldner

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

  • Mark Gough

    Chief Executive Officer, Capitals Coalition

  • Marco Lambertini

    Convener and Executive Chair,
    Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

  • Dorothy Maseke

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

  • Satya Tripathi

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

  • Lee Howell

    the Executive Director of the Villars Institute