What does it take for the dairy sector to become nature-positive? And who pays for it?
This webinar brings together different perspectives – industry, research, and finance – to explore these questions together. Starting from Arla’s Nature Strategy as a real-world case study, the session moves into the science of measuring biodiversity outcomes in a way that’s scientifically robust, the financing mechanisms that do (and don’t) change behaviour on the ground, and what it actually takes to design a farm-level incentive scheme that is credible, scalable, and fair.
Date: 15th September, 2026
Time: 2pm – 3:30pm CEST
Online
September 15, 2026 | 14:00 - 15:30 (CET)
Agenda
14:00: Welcome
14:05: Case Study: ARLA’s Nature Strategy
14:20: ‘Nature-Positive’: scientific and policy perspective
14:35: Corporate incentives and the financing question
14:50: How farmers respond, and what incentive design must get right
15:05: Open discussion
15:20: Audience Q&A
15:30: End
Speakers
Ashley Marie Montcalm
Ashley Marie Montcalm: Ashley Montcalm is a Senior Sustainability Specialist in the Global Agriculture Sustainability Team at Arla Foods. Ashley is Arla’s content lead for Nature, leading and supporting on measurements and creating a farm roadmap, thereby, having direct insight into how nature-related outcomes (soil health, water quality, biodiversity, climate, etc.) are embedded in real farm operations across the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Prior to working for Arla Foods, Ashley was a Senior Agriculture Consultant in the Plant and Environmental Innovation Department at SEGES Innovation, DK. With ~9-years of experience as an agronomist, Ashley has a practical understanding of what is feasible, measurable, and scalable at farm level in diverse production systems (dairy, mixed farming, arable), including the operational constraints and enablers for nature-positive practices.
Emilie Weynants
Emilie Weynants: Emilie Weynants leads ILSI Europe’s communication strategy and outreach activities and is involved in several EU-funded projects. She holds master’s degrees in Bioengineering and Communications from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. Previously, she worked as a communication officer for a Belgian nature protection organization and the European Commission’s Joint Research Center in the Directorate for Sustainable Resources.
