SUSTAINABILITY SUPERHEROES

EPISODE 10

Turn sustainability into profit: Generate and sell BNG units

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You will learn:

How to set up your habitat bank to generate BNG (biodiversity net gain) units.

What to know about the process for selling BNG units to the market.

Why meeting regulations is critical to achieving your revenue potential and environmental goals.

Where to find fresh insights into fulfilling monitoring obligations that will ensure your long-term success.

Who is it for

Developers, to learn to create BNG units on legacy sites to use or sell.

Landowners, to learn to create BNG units for offsetting or for sale.

Environmental consultants, to see how to expand their service offerings.

Sustainability professionals, to consider innovative BNG solutions.

Speakers:

Henry Parkinson

Project Lead
Langley Abbey Environment Project

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Henry Parkinson

Project Lead
Langley Abbey Environment Project

Henry’s role as Project Lead for Langley Abbey Environment Project role involves engaging stakeholders, securing financial investments through the sale of biodiversity net gain (BNG) units and nutrient neutrality credits, and leveraging natural capital markets to support developers. Henry fosters partnerships across private, public, and third-sector organizations to promote nature conservation and public involvement in landscape recovery.

Previously, as a specialist Planning & Infrastructure lawyer at CMS, he advised on projects for achieving "net zero" emissions and handled significant developments in the UK. Henry earned his BA degree from Newcastle University, LPC from Northumbria University, and GDL from the University of East Anglia, and is active in environmental law associations.

Stephen Marland

Host and Director of Innovation,
AiDash

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Stephen Marland

Director of Product Innovation and Strategy
AiDash

Stephen is a resilient and entrepreneurial leader with expertise in strategy and innovation delivery. Based in London, he has more than 20 years’ experience at National Grid PLC. There, he specialized in business development, energy system analysis, and scenario planning across gas, power, and system operator utility functions. More recently, he was Director of Innovation at National Grid Partners, the venture capital and innovation arm of National Grid. He was also project lead for a land sustainability management concept developed with AiDash. Stephen is a Chartered Engineer with a BEng and PhD in Chemical Engineering, and an MBA from Warwick Business School (UK).