A seasoned team
Senior experts with extensive operational experience across all major industry sectors.
Advisors for a changing world
What Sets Us Apart
The Nature Collective advises public and private sector clients on integrating nature into decision-making, planning, and development. We blend operational know-how with policy expertise to tackle complex challenges through:
Clear, actionable solutions
Cutting through complexity with pragmatic strategies tailored to your organization.
Multidisciplinary insight
Merging conservation science, environmental management, and social considerations to deliver integrated approaches.
Trusted collaboration
Extensive networks across industry, development finance institutions, conservation and research organizations.
Policy-to-practice leadership
Proven success in global policy, partnerships, and negotiations in complex, multi-stakeholder settings.
Guiding Principles
We believe in the intrinsic value of nature and the inherent relationship between people and the natural world. These principles guide our work:
Responsible growth
Development thrives when nature is considered thoughtfully.
Sound judgment
Good decisions are grounded in evidence, experience, and balanced perspectives.
Simplicity with insight
The simplest approaches are sometimes the most effective.
Creativity
New ideas emerge through intellectual engagement, dedication, and open exchange.
Relationships first
Shared purpose and trust are foundational to every client engagement.
Areas of Expertise
We help organizations succeed where development and nature meet—delivering practical solutions in some of the world’s most complex markets.
Practical solutions for managing biodiversity at the project level
Biodiversity Risk Management
From low-impact areas to highly sensitive ecosystems, we design fit-for-purpose mitigation and management strategies for every stage of project planning and development. Our work includes:
- Conducting biodiversity assessments aligned with good international practice and evolving global standards
- Designing practical and proportionate mitigation and management programs
- Supporting the design and implementation of on-the-ground conservation actions to meet global biodiversity goals
Our perspective is broader than compliance—working alongside clients to deliver outcomes that are grounded in ecological, social, and political realities.
Shaping global policy through real-world experience
Policy, Facilitation and Negotiation
We shape global biodiversity policy. From developing international standards to navigating multi-stakeholder negotiations, we help clients align technical integrity with political reality.
Our work includes:
- Developing policies and guidance that balance technical integrity with practical implementation
- Facilitating stakeholder processes and dialogues
- Leading negotiations on environmental and social topics with senior decision-makers
Coordinated approaches that improve outcomes and reduce costs
Sector and Landscape-Scale
Coordinated approaches across sectors or landscapes can lower risks, strengthen environmental and social performance and reduce costs. We help clients identify opportunities for collaboration and bring them to scale across geographies and industries.
Our team has deep experience working across geographies and industries:
- Identifying strategies to manage cumulative impacts through assessment, management and partnership-building
- Advising companies on supply chain risks and opportunities through the development of sourcing policies, environmental and social management systems and sensitivity mapping
- Collaborating with government and industry to incorporate environmental and social aspects into sectoral planning and spatial, early project development, public procurement and tender documentation
Applying biodiversity and social expertise to nature-based investments
Impact Investing
The Nature Collective advises investors, developers, and project sponsors seeking to deliver nature-based projects and align with good international practice. We help clients meet the requirements of international financial institutions and the expectations of stakeholders in complex environments.
We also work with community-based organizations and local partners to strengthen reporting, governance, and transparency, shaping investments that balance biodiversity, land use, and community considerations.
Integrating biodiversity across your organization
Strategy and Training
We help organizations cut through complexity—embedding biodiversity into systems, developing approaches that respond to rapidly evolving requirements, and training leaders and practitioners to act with confidence and purpose.
We support organizations by:
- Integrating biodiversity into existing corporate policies and programs
- Developing bespoke strategies for biodiversity-related reporting and disclosure
- Designing and delivering targeted training for senior leaders and technical teams ensuring consistent application of commitments across organizations
Our Work
The Nature Collective, LLC is a collaborative model
The Nature Collective designs every engagement to deliver exactly what each project needs. We operate through a flexible, collaborative model built on decades of global expertise and an exceptional network of trusted experts.
Our lean core team is composed of senior specialists with the skills to tackle complex challenges in diverse contexts. When projects call for additional expertise, we assemble tailored teams—partnering with leading biodiversity, environmental, social, and industry specialists and groups—to deliver solutions for our clients.
Our Team
Lori Anna Conzo
Founder
With more than two decades of experience in over 60 countries in emerging markets, Lori has advised on some of the most complex infrastructure, extractives, renewable energy, and agribusiness projects globally. She works at the intersection of conservation, industry, and finance, helping clients navigate trade-offs and integrate nature into development in line with international standards.
As the lead author of the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Performance Standard 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources (2012) and architect of its biodiversity practice, Lori established the framework that shaped how lenders and industry approach biodiversity risk globally. She built and led the institution’s biodiversity team, directing biodiversity strategy and approaches to nature-related risk across IFC’s global portfolio. She also co-authored the World Bank Group’s Nature Finance Tracking Methodology and advised on its application across the institution.
Lori brings deep experience in stakeholder engagement and facilitation, bridging perspectives across conservation, industry, government, and finance to find common ground. She was an early pioneer in developing private sector focused landscape-scale and sectoral initiatives, integrating biodiversity and social considerations into spatial and sector planning in Jordan, Serbia, Pakistan, and Ethiopia. She also led IFC’s Global Landscape Advisory Program and co-developed its Scaling Wind initiative.
Through The Nature Collective, she supports clients in aligning development goals with conservation priorities, bringing practical judgment and a balanced perspective to decision-making in high-stakes environments.
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