Middlemarch and Birmingham Botanical Gardens are pleased to invite you to an exclusive evening for business leaders exploring a critical question facing organisations today:
How can the safe limits of the natural world be made visible, actionable and strategically relevant within mainstream business decision‑making.
Supported by Rebuilding Nature and the University of Birmingham’s Business School, this focused session brings together business leaders, academics, and practitioners to move beyond sustainability rhetoric and examine how nature, risk, and value are currently understood – and overlooked – in organisational planning, investment, and operations.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The evening is designed as an informal but structured conversation, with visual feedback throughout. Guests will move between discussion points, using simple visual markers to highlight what resonates most, creating a shared picture of priorities, challenges and opportunities.
When: Thursday 12 February 2026, 4-6pm
Where: Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Overview:
- Part 1: Making the Invisible, Visible | Led by Birmingham Botanical Gardens and the University of Birmingham’s Business School
- Part 2: Protecting and Rebuilding Nature | Led by the Rebuilding Nature Alliance
- A Special Experience: Guests are invited to experience Luke Jerram’s Tipping Point installation which provides a powerful artistic frame to the questions explored during the evening.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This event is designed for senior leaders, decision‑makers, and practitioners who want to better understand how nature, risk and long‑term value intersect in modern business strategy and are ready to rethink how they are understood in today’s organisations.
This event has now closed.
