Where Nature Meets Procurement: How Can the Private Sector Create Value from Biodiversity Conservation in Sourcing Landscapes?
Guildhall, Gresham Street, EC2V 7HH
About this Event
Despite rising corporate sustainability commitments, biodiversity loss persists due to fragmented finance and climate-centric frameworks like carbon markets and SBTi. Businesses face challenges integrating biodiversity into procurement strategies and delivering measurable, relevant outcomes. This session explores how companies can become long-term partners in conservation finance, using innovative models like the Rimba Collective to link biodiversity action to sourcing and supply chains. Panellists from Nestlé, P&G, Lestari Capital, and Wildlife Conservation Society will discuss practical approaches to procurement-linked finance, blended capital, and bundled outcomes, highlighting how to align biodiversity goals with business value and scale impact across sectors and geographies.
Rimba Collective, Lestari Capital
Founded in 2017, Lestari Capital is a pioneering natural capital asset management company dedicated to mobilizing finance for the protection and restoration of biodiversity-rich ecosystems. Inspired by the Indonesian word lestari—meaning sustainable or everlasting—we are shaping the future of nature-based finance in Southeast Asia and beyond.
At Lestari, we bridge the gap between corporate sustainability commitments and on-the-ground conservation efforts, ensuring long-term funding for high-quality, community-led initiatives. Our projects go beyond ecosystem restoration—they support rural communities, improve local livelihoods, and promote sustainable land-use practices.
With 40 staff, 20 active projects, and more than 25-year commitments from major global
companies, we are strengthening the emerging ecosystem services marketplace by aligning corporate investments with impactful conservation and reforestation projects.
Our flagship initiative, The Rimba Collective, is transforming corporate sustainability by linking agricultural purchases to tangible impact for biodiversity conservation and restoration, and for the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. With 20 projects across Indonesia and plans to expand into Malaysia and the Philippines, we have already committed over 245,000 hectares to conservation and restoration and aim for 550,000 hectares by 2026.
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