TNC’s Impact Finance and Markets Division
Market leaders and policymakers understand the critical role of the private sector in achieving a nature-positive, net-zero future. In line with this vision and the growing demand for conservation expertise, TNC established the Impact Finance and Markets division (IFM) in 2021. IFM unites experts from across the organization to work with companies and investors to make a compelling business case for nature.
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Check out our latest thinking and real-world solutions to some of the most complex challenges facing people and the planet today.
Corporate Engagement
We work with industry-leading companies across the globe to help them integrate sustainability into their business models, create more resilient supply chains, and ultimately change how companies value nature.
Impact Investing
We help source, structure, fund, and close investment deals that aim to generate environmental, social and financial returns. To date, our portfolio represents over $3.5 billion in impact capital across multiple asset types and geographies.
Carbon Markets
We are working to scale natural climate solutions as a crucial component of the world achieving net-zero. Our aim is to create a global portfolio of high-quality carbon projects and drive systemic improvements across the carbon markets.
Sustainable Debt
We help governments refinance national debt, creating sustainable funding to support conservation and climate commitments. To date, we’ve helped unlock an estimated $400 million for conservation in six countries, and more opportunities lie ahead.
IFM Leadership Team
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold is Global Head, Impact Finance & Markets at The Nature Conservancy. Matthew oversees The Nature Conservancy’s NatureVest, Corporate Engagement, and Carbon Markets teams, collectively working to deliver impactful conservation outcomes to achieve The Nature Conservancy’s 2030 goals.
Campbell Moore
Cam has worked on Natural Climate Solutions and conservation from Central Africa to the Central Appalachians. As TNC’s Managing Director of Carbon Markets, he works with a global team to ensure integrity in nature-based carbon market projects and to implement a strategy to accelerate the power of nature to mitigate climate change.
Slav Gatchev
Slav Gatchev leads The Nature Conservancy’s Sustainable Debt team, which deploys Nature Bond transactions to mobilize capital for marine, terrestrial, and climate projects in emerging markets. The team closed three large-scale sovereign financings (Belize, Barbados, and Gabon) which unlocked an estimated $400 million for marine conservation.
Mary Wenzel
Mary Wenzel is Managing Director of Corporate Engagement at The Nature Conservancy. Prior to joining TNC, Mary was EVP and head of sustainability and ESG integration at Wells Fargo. She led the development of the company’s climate commitment that set a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, including in its financed emissions, by 2050 and deployment of $500 billion in sustainable finance by 2030.
Melissa Weigel
Melissa works across the Impact, Finance and Markets division within The Nature Conservancy to oversee all capital raising efforts. She is responsible for working with product leads and colleagues across The Nature Conservancy to source the capital for NatureVest’s conservation impact investment products, as well as raising philanthropic capital to support the division’s operations. She has extensive experience in nature-based solutions, corporate sustainability efforts, and structuring investable products.
Catherine Burns
Dr. Catherine (Cat) Burns is the Interim Managing Director of NatureVest at The Nature Conservancy. Cat provides strategic leadership, overseeing NatureVest’s Impact Investing Team, post-close Impact Management Team and Financial Advisory Team. Collectively, these teams, under Cat’s guidance, enable NatureVest to offer a broad suite of financial solutions that yield impactful conservation outcomes in alignment with TNC’s 2030 goals. Cat’s leadership is pivotal in advancing the organization's mission by integrating sustainable financial practices and innovative conservation strategies.
Zoe Kant
Zoe Kant is the Deputy Director of Impact Finance and Markets at The Nature Conservancy. She is responsible for providing leadership in the areas of program management and growth, strategic and organizational planning, and oversight of financial and operations management.
IFM Advisory Board
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Stewart Lindsay
Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Campbell Soup Company
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Kathleen McLaughlin
Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Walmart Inc; President, Walmart Foundation
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Bruce McNamer
President, The Builders Initiative
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Jennifer Morris
Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy
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Liesel Pritzker Simmons
Co-Founder and Principal, Blue Haven Initiative
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David M. Rice
Founder, New Home Star
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Christine Anderson
Global Head of Corporate Affairs, Blackstone
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Tom Patterson
Managing Partner, Madrone Capital Partners
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Ian McIntosh
Former Chief Executive of Netherlands-based Louis Dreyfus Co
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Kent Thiry
Former Chairman and CEO, DaVita
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Matt Arnold
Chairman of the Board, Global Head, Impact Finance and Markets, The Nature Conservancy
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Neel Broker
Chief Operating Officer, The Nature Conservancy
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Jason W. Haggins
Sall Family Foundation, Executive Director
IFM Advisory Board Directory
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Meet the Advisory BoardIFM’s Advisory Board is composed of distinguished professionals who bring a wealth of experience and expertise to guide IFM’s strategy.
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Our Goals for 2030
TNC has set ambitious goals over the next decade to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. Achieving these goals is a massive undertaking that requires the collaboration of countless partners, communities, funders, governments, and businesses. We use scientific and market expertise to develop innovative conservation approaches, which can be scaled up to achieve system-wide change.
How Can IFM Help You?
Business operations have a huge impact on our planet. Whether you're an investor, business owner, policymaker, or market influencer, IFM can help you incorporate nature-positive solutions into your decision-making. Let's work together for nature.