The EU CircHive Investor Hub Stakeholder Day was hosted on 21 May 2026 by the University of Edinburgh Business School and the School of GeoSciences, and supported by the Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations (ECFI) and its Nature Finance Lab (NFL).

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CircHive is a Horizon Europe project strengthening the evidence base for nature-positive decision-making in business and finance. Our consortium develops standardised approaches combining biodiversity footprinting and natural capital accounting to make these tools credible and impactful for financial decisions.

The programme brings together academics, investors, policymakers, and practitioners across two connected themes:

  • Greening Finance / Financing Green — engagement drivers, finance innovation, and high-integrity nature markets
  • Data, Finance & Accounting — metrics, risk assessment, and ecosystem accounting for decision-making

Agenda and Speaker Details: CircHive Investor Hub – Stakeholder Day 2026