Episode 20: Anne-Laurence Roucher, Deputy CEO, Mirova

Financing Nature is a podcast from GFI Hive showcasing practical solutions to mobilising private sector finance into the restoration of nature and nature-based solutions for a greener, more resilient and inclusive global economy.

Hosted by the Green Finance Institute’s Helen Avery, each episode features an interview with leading practitioners from finance and the environment discussing solutions happening across the globe to drive private capital into nature.

We also host Special Series such as our COP28 and COP15 episodes with UNEP, and our Farming Toolkit episodes.

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Episode 20: Anne-Laurence Roucher, Deputy CEO, Mirova

How can private equity investments in early stage technology firms support large-scale land restoration projects? And, what do investors in each look for? In this episode, Anne-Laurence Roucher, Deputy CEO of Mirova, shares her firm’s approach to natural capital in both land and marine restoration and through private equity investments, as well as touching on the barriers and solutions to driving greater private capital into nature.

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Helen Avery

Director of GFI Hive and Nature Programmes

Helen leads the Institute’s nature team, whose work supports the transition of the economy to one that values and invests in nature. The team...