ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS CONFERENCE 2025
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Global-Vision-Together

Driving progress for meaningful environmental outcomes.

This global summit connects voluntary, regulatory, and program-driven markets across carbon, water, biodiversity, and finance around the world.

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Find your path forward

Discover Nature-based Solutions (NbS) across industries and resource agencies in carbon, water and biodiversity.

Gain insights on how to leverage private and blended finance.

Learn about current market mechanism trends, risks and rewards.

Understand applications of technology and data across multiple markets and the measuring of environmental outcomes.

Hear about successful models that translate across markets.

Find solutions for carbon, water, biodiversity, ESG and/or investment goals.

Gain clarity in developing and implementing practical policy.

Find your path forward

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Environmental markets operate because of you.

These markets are innovative private sector approaches to leverage scale and funding with economic and social benefit to preserve, protect, conserve, mitigate or restore the earth’s natural assets.
Connecting across three main market types.

Connecting across the markets for these primary classes of natural assets.

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EMF connects high-level leaders of change and implementation in sustainability, climate, resiliency, and other function areas that involve carbon, water, biodiversity, and finance.  Learn More

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Discover Nature-based Solutions (NbS) across industries and resource agencies in carbon, water and biodiversity.

Gain insights on how to leverage private and blended finance.

Learn about current market mechanism trends, risks and rewards.

Understand applications of technology and data across multiple markets and the measuring environmental outcomes.

Hear about successful models that translate across markets.

Find solutions for carbon, water, biodiversity, ESG and/or investment goals.

Gain clarity in developing and implementing practical policy.

OPENING KEYNOTE

EDWARD B. BARBIER

Author & University Distinguished Professor

FEATURED SPEAKERS

AMY BOURNE

Director, Global Sustainability, Marriott International

DAVID HILL

Chairman, The Environment Bank, UK

MATHEW NESPECA

Head of ESG and New Business Models, Envu

LAURA GRANT

Biodiversity Net Gain Market Policy Lead, UK Defra

KATIE WU

Director, Global Impact, KKR

CHARLES BEDFORD

Chief Impact Officer, Carbon Growth Partners

JODY BICKEL

Chief Executive Officer, Creekbank Associates

ELLIOTT BOUILLION

Founder and Vice Chairman, Resource Environmental Solutions (RES)

BRETT BOVEE

President, WestWater Research

ANGELA BRICMONT

Chief of Finance, Denver Water

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Edward B. Barbier

Author and University Distinguished Professor

Edward B. Barbier is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Colorado State University and a Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. His main expertise is environmental and resource economics as well as international environmental policy. He has consulted for a variety of national, international and non-governmental agencies, including many UN organizations, the World Bank and the OECD. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, written or edited 27 books, and published in popular journals and social media. Barbier is a Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and is a highly cited scholar on global environmental and sustainability issues.

His latest book is Economics for a Fragile Planet, Cambridge University Press. 

www.edwardbbarbier.com

Amy Bourne

Director, Global Sustainability, Marriott International

Amy Bourne is the Director, Global Sustainability, at Marriott International. In this role she develops and manages global programs in areas such as responsible sourcing, food waste reduction and climate action for 8,300+ hotels in 130+ countries. Previously, Amy managed sustainability programs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the General Services Administration (GSA) where she focused on high performance and healthy buildings, sustainable building operations and waste diversion. Amy holds an MA in Energy and Environmental Analysis from Boston University and earned Certified Energy Manager (CEM), LEED Green Associate and TRUE Zero Waste Advisor credentials.

David Hill

Chairman, The Environment Bank, UK

With a doctorate in ecology from the Department of Zoology at Oxford, David brings an abundance of ecological expertise to the table. A passionate conservationist, he was a founding member of Natural England, a member of the Government’s Ecosystem Markets Taskforce, and a Commissioner with the independent Food Farming and Countryside Commission. When it comes to implementing BNG, there’s nobody better. In fact, he introduced the concept to the UK in 2006 and his unparalleled work has now been embedded into the Environment Act.

Mathew Nespeca

Head of ESG and New Business Models, Envu

Matt Nespeca works for Envu as the head of ESG and New Business Models, with a focus on delivering global solutions related to environmental and social outcomes.  Matt previously worked as the global marketing manager for Vegetation Management for Bayer Environmental Science, which includes segments such as industrial vegetation management, forestry and range & pasture.  Before he took the global role, Matt Nespeca spent 8 years launching and managing the US Vegetation Management business for Bayer.  In previous years, Matt held marketing, sales and technical service positions with Nufarm, BASF and American Cyanamid, mainly working in industrial vegetation, forestry and aquatics markets.  Matt also spent 4 years working as a project manager for the South Carolina Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, where he worked on land conservation and invasive plant control projects.  Matt has an MS from Virginia Tech in Forest Biology, and a BS from Auburn University in Forest Resource Management.  Currently, Matt lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife and two children.