Announcing the members of the Nature Markets Dialogue Strategic Steering Group. 

The Nature Markets Dialogue is Broadway's new initiative to build a consensus around the detailed steps needed to scale up high-integrity nature markets. The Steering Group brings together experts from the business, finance, NGO and policy communities and we are delighted to be working with such a distinguished group of colleagues on such an important issue.

The Dialogue will work with stakeholders and experts on three critical issues, each central to the success of these markets: the governance and market oversight arrangements needed; the scaling up of demand in these markets; and creating a cross-party consensus on the way forward to ensure policy continuity. 

These priorities reflect the conclusions (pp32-33) of Broadway’s report State of UK Nature Markets 2023.  Each priority will be explored in a specific workstream of the Dialogue with the Steering Group maintaining an overview of the project as a whole.

Steering Group Members: 

• Peter Young (Chair), Broadway Initiative 
• Helen Avery, Green Finance Institute 
• Richard Benwell, Wildlife & Countryside Link 
• Bal Dhoot, Food & Drink Federation 
• Rosie Hails, ,National Trust
• Judicaelle Hammond, Country Land & Business Association 
• Rohit Kaushish, National Farmers' Union 
• Emily Norton, Environmental Markets Board
• Mark Reed, Scotland's Rural College
• George Sethia, The British Standards Institution 
• Rachel Solomon Williams, Aldersgate Group
• James Stevens, Home Builders Federation 
• Dan Walker-Nolan, Water UK
• David Young, Broadway Initiative 
• Liam McAleese (observer), Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Liam Stokes, Director of Nature at Broadway Initiative, will act as Secretary to the Steering Group.