Lauren Weatherdon

As Technical Director, Lauren leads our support to companies with minerals-based value chains—including manufacturing, automotive and technology sectors—helping them to understand how nature is material to their business.  

Lauren has over 12 years of experience advising governments and businesses on nature, supporting the design of biodiversity strategies that mitigate potential risks and harness opportunities. She has worked with clients internationally, including projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Africa and Europe. She is passionate about translating complexity into pragmatic solutions that meet businesses' needs, and that move the needle towards a more sustainable, value-generating future.  

Prior to joining us, Lauren was an Associate Director at KPMG in London, working on nature-related reporting, risk and strategy projects with clients across sectors, from banking and private equity to hospitality, energy and defence. Before joining KPMG, Lauren worked for eight years at the UN Environment Programme's biodiversity specialist centre, UNEP-WCMC, where she contributed to more than 50 projects, including leading the development and translation of biodiversity data, metrics and tools into decision-useful information. During this time, she oversaw UNEP-WCMC's marine biodiversity data portfolio and supported leading energy and mining clients as part of the Proteus Partnership. 

Over the past few years, Lauren has gained a strong understanding of the quickly evolving nature-related reporting and regulatory landscape, including the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), and can support businesses with navigating these complexities and setting the foundations for integrating nature into their risk management and wider business strategies.   

Lauren has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and white papers, spanning climate change, marine conservation, natural capital and biodiversity data and metrics. For her MSc in fisheries science, she studied the projected impacts of climate change on coastal First Nations' fisheries in British Columbia, Canada.