GREEN RETURNS

Green Returns – Investing in the Earth’s Balance Sheet

5 March 2026 | Montreal | 18:30–20:30

Hosted by KPMG in partnership with Bright Tide and BizNis International, Green Returns is an exclusive, invitation-only reception.

This high-level gathering will bring together 60 senior leaders including diplomats, institutional investors, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and blue economy innovators from across Canada, and internationally. The evening will explore how capital markets, public policy, and science can better align to address systemic environmental risk and unlock regenerative economic growth.

The programme features:

• Keynote: Dr. Ralph Chami, Founder & CEO, Blue Green Future, former IMF Assistant Director

• Opening Address: Ian McFadzen, CEO, Ocean Conservation Trust (UK)

  
  

Dr. Chami will discuss - From planetary Tipping points to economic Turning point – a virtuous path for nature, people, and economy

We are living through a profound asymmetry! The science is clear: seven out of the nine planetary boundaries have been breached. Yet, our economies, markets, and financial indices still tell us everything is fine.  That gap, between planetary reality and economic signals is now one of the greatest sources of systemic risk.

In this talk, Dr. Chami will focus on the reasons behind the gap and showcase the solution to pivot to a regenerative economy with living nature and people at its core.

Mr. McFadzen will discuss - From Ocean Literacy to Ocean Assets: Investing in Nature’s Living Infrastructure

I could explore how the UK, with Plymouth as a leading hub, is emerging as a global leader in science-led ocean recovery, demonstrating how ocean literacy, public advocacy and large-scale habitat restoration can unlock regenerative finance and deliver measurable ecological, societal and economic returns. Drawing on the Ocean Conservation Trust’s #ThinkOcean, Motion for Ocean, and seagrass restoration programmes, I will outline how marine ecosystems can be repositioned as productive natural assets within national and corporate balance sheets. I’ll explain the value of connecting people to the ocean and touch on why investing in ocean recovery is not philanthropy, but infrastructure for planetary stability.