One thing is clear: this movement is no longer fringe, it’s accelerating fast.

A few weeks ago, I spoke on a panel at the London Stock Exchange about natural capital investing. Sitting next to investors, landowners, and developers, one thing was clear: this movement is no longer fringe, it’s accelerating fast.

We’re not just tweaking environmental policies anymore. We’re rewriting how we value land, nature, and life-sustaining systems. Natural capital isn’t just about forests and rivers, it’s also the sun, the soil, and ecosystems’ ability to regenerate and deliver value.

In the UK, this shift is playing out in real time. The era of single-use farmland is ending. In its place? Stacked models: solar + biodiversity net gain, food + carbon storage, forestry + eco-tourism. Multiple layers of value. All measurable. All investable.

One hot topic: Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). I’ve long said it could be the UK’s best environmental export. It’s rigorous, trackable, and verifiable. You’re not selling good intentions, you’re selling quantifiable ecological uplift over 30 years. No double counting. No fluff.

The carbon market is catching up too. Integrity is way up. One panelist put it well: it’s finally functioning like a real market. Tech is helping, satellites, baseline data, certification tools. We know what good looks like now. Vague claims don’t fly anymore.

But let’s be clear: this is business. Every project I back has to stand up commercially. Climate impact is the bonus. Because without commercial returns, there’s no scale, and without scale, you can’t create lasting change.

You can feel the progress we’re making and the speed we’re going at in the full webinar here:

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