UK Special Series, Episode 2: Jack Spees, CEO, Ribble Rivers Trust

In this second episode of the GFI's special series on UK nature finance, host Phoebe Tucker is joined by Jack Spees, CEO of the Ribble Rivers Trust, to talk about how we can unlock investment into nature-based solutions from the UK's water industry. The discussion centres around the Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions (MNBS) Programme, a collaborative partnership between 23 organisations that is supported by the Ofwat Innovation Fund to test solutions across eight regions in the UK. Here we talk about the water industry and their recent pressures, regulatory constraints, explorations and potential solutions in scaling investment into nature – and what is needed to unlock this opportunity amid wider water industry reform. For listeners who want to learn more about the MNBS Programme, you can visit its official website.