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Unlocking deal flow: COP17
Monday, 26 October 2026 11:55 a.m. AMT

In-person

26 Oct. 2026

Monday, 11:55 a.m. AMT

Unlocking deal flow: COP17

Aligning supply-side and demand-side data, integrity, and assurance for emerging biodiversity markets

Location: COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia

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Climate change and biodiversity loss are interconnected and accelerating, yet the nature finance gap remains a significant barrier to action.

Biodiversity markets have the potential to help close that gap by mobilising private capital towards conservation, restoration, and wider climate and nature outcomes. Realising this potential, however, will require stronger alignment between buyers, investors, project developers, and market enablers, supported by credible data, robust integrity frameworks, and trusted assurance.

This interactive COP17 session will bring together demand-side and supply-side perspectives to explore the conditions needed for biodiversity deals to be successfully developed, financed, and transacted. Through expert insights and facilitated breakout discussions, the session will examine current market barriers, emerging opportunities, and the practical actions needed to support credible and scalable biodiversity markets.

Designed for organisations involved in developing, financing, purchasing, or enabling biodiversity outcomes, the session will bring together buyers, investors and corporates; project developers and intermediaries; governments and policymakers; assurance and verification providers; NGOs, standard setters and market infrastructure organisations.

Participants will gain:

  • A clearer understanding of the emerging biodiversity market landscape and the challenges affecting deal flow
  • Insights into buyer needs, project developer challenges, integrity initiatives, and assurance expectations
  • Opportunities to identify and prioritise the most significant barriers and enablers influencing biodiversity transactions
  • Perspectives from stakeholders across different markets and jurisdictions
  • Greater clarity on the roles of buyers, developers, governments, assurance providers, and market facilitators
  • Practical priorities for strengthening market integrity, mobilising capital, and scaling biodiversity outcomes.

By bringing together diverse perspectives from across the ecosystem, the session aims to help shape the pathways needed for credible, investable, and scalable biodiversity markets.

Please note, this session will be held as part of the official COP17 programme in Yerevan, Armenia.

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Rikki Stancich

Rikki Stancich

Deloitte - New Zealand
Rikki leads Deloitte New Zealand’s Non-financial Reporting Advisory and Climate Risk & Resilience service offering. She has 20+ years of experience in leading and delivering climate risk and resilience assessments, emission abatement strategies, and non-financial reporting for public and private sector entities in UK, France, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
Louise Aitken

Louise Aitken

Deloitte - New Zealand
With over 25 years’ experience working across corporate and public sectors, my driving passion is to support organisations to advance our collective ambition for an inclusive, sustainable world. By building nature and people into the foundations of an organisation's vision and strategy, I help drive innovation, action and progress towards net zero, contributing to an economy where people and the planet can thrive. Our children will be the future guardians of our planet, and with bold ambition, we can be proud ancestors and restore our relationship with Papatūānuku for generations to come.
Kristen Sullivan

Kristen Sullivan

Deloitte - United States
Kristen B. Sullivan is an Audit & Assurance partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and serves as its Sustainability Services – Market Insights leader. She also serves as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s Global Audit & Assurance Sustainability Services – Marketplace leader and Integrated Reporting Community of Practice leader. Kristen brings extensive experience in sustainability risk assessment, governance, strategy alignment, measurement, reporting, and assurance services, providing leading client services as an Audit & Assurance partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Kristen chairs the American Institute of Certifed Public Accountants ( AICPA) Sustainability Advisory and Assurance Task Force and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)/AICPA Task Force. She also represents Deloitte & Touche LLP on the GHG Protocol Donor Council, serves as the Deloitte & Touche LLP representative on the TNFD (Task Force on Nature Related Financial Disclosure), and previously served on the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Working Group. Kristen has authored a number of publications around the importance of sustainability disclosure and assurance. She was recognized as a 2024 Women in Sustainability Leadership Awards (WSLA) recipient and #10 on the 2020 Top 100 Corporate Social Responsibility Influence Leaders list. Kristen has more than 29 years of experience with Deloitte & Touche LLP, beginning her career in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Audit and Advisory Services, working in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s National Office in several capacities, and working with the deputy CEO of Deloitte LLP focused on regulatory and public policy matters. Kristen is a CPA (CT, MO) and CGMA and earned IFRS Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) Credential. Kristen completed the Berkeley Law Executive Education Certification: ESG: Navigating the Board’s Role and the Diligent Institute Climate Leadership Certification.

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