The Nature+Energy project is founded on the idea that wind farms have the potential to provide so much more than renewable energy. If managed properly, the biodiversity on onshore wind farms has the potential to not only take even more carbon out of the atmosphere, but also to improve the resilience of ecosystems to climate change and to enhance the provision of ecosystem services, such as pollination, water filtration and habitat provision. There is much potential to enhance nature’s contributions to people through improving our understanding of how habitat quality, diversity and connectivity can be enhanced by wind farm land-management for conservation.

NeighbourWood Communities (NWC) is developing Ireland's first net-zero woodland communities — residential developments permanently linked to native broadleaf Woodland Banks through a binding legal covenant under Irish property law. This research is carried out in collaboration with industry and is exploring what approach would be best to measure and report the return (social, economic and environmental) from woodland creation. 

UNPplus project will address the need for coordinated top-down and bottom-up initiatives, engaging city- and community-driven efforts to complement national sustainability plans. Specifically, 11 academic partners and 5 European cities will explore innovations and barriers related to Urban Nature Plans.

GoNaturePositive! is a collaborative initiative backed by the European Commission dedicated to accelerating awareness and transformative action towards a nature-positive economy among policymakers, investors, businesses and the society.  Our partners have come together to address key systemic challenges through research, demonstration and transformational leadership.

Developed under the theme of Nature-based Solutions, this Trinity Research Doctorate Award (TRDA) funded by the AIB Trinity Climate Hub of PhD students will carry out inter-disciplinary research to understand biophysical and socio-economic process for a case study river catchment located in Co. Wicklow. Each PhD student will focus on one of four intertwined pillars (the “4Ms”), all designed as an integrated system: Monitoring (current dynamics and climate and nature related risks); Modelling (pathways to future climate and nature resilience); Memory (how vulnerability arose, what historical records are available); and Management (a decision framework for evidenced trade offs). The primary supervisors are Professor Mary Bourke (Geomorphology, Geography), Associate Profs John Gallagher (Environmental Engineering) and Francis Ludlow (Environmental Humanities), and Assistant Professor Catherine Farrell (Business School), respectively.

NetworkNature is a resource for the Nature-based Solutions (NbS) community, creating opportunities for local, regional and international cooperation to maximise the impact and spread of Nature-based Solutions.

The Valuing Nature research project is part of a trans-disciplinary research programme to increase capacity and expertise in natural capital accounting and advance approaches to assessing ecosystem stocks and flows in an Irish context. The research will focus on identifying the status of monetary and non-monetary valuation approaches used in Ireland, the EU and internationally and applying valuation approaches.

• Hired Assistant Professor in Business and Nature in TBS (Catherine Farrell) and new Assistant Prof in Social Innovation (Maria Gallo)
• Renamed the UG programme Global Business to Global and Sustainable Business as of 2027/28 to better reflect the content being taught across all years. 
• Introducing ‘Slow Erasmus’ for coming academic year where students are provided with funding from TBS if they travel by boat and train to their Erasmus exchange (where feasible) 

• Enacting Sustainable Development 
• Organisational Change for Sustainable Futures
• International Governance and Sustainable Business
• Business in Society 
• Social and Environmental Innovation
• Sustainable Finance
• Nature literacy for business and society
• The Business of Nature Positive 
• Sustainable Marketing
• Persuasive Communication For Sustainable Impact
• Supply Chain Design and Planning for Sustainability
• Natural Capital Approaches
• Global and Sustainable Business (2027/2028)

• Plants and the Planet
• Global Environmental Change
• Restoration Ecology and Rewilding
• Environmental Monitoring
• Spatial Analysis Using GIS
• Conservation and Wildlife Management
• Tropical Ecology and Conservation
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Governance 1
• Environmental Governance 2

• MSc in Responsible Business & Sustainability (TBS)
• MSc Biodiversity and Conservation (SNS)

• Postgraduate certificate in Climate (and Nature) Entrepreneurship

• Global Bioeconomy Summit Workshop: Supercharging a nature-positive blue bio-economy

         Tuesday, 20th October, 16:00 – 17:30

The EU Bioeconomy Strategy highlights that scaling bio-based technologies remains highly capital-intensive and risky. Many start-ups struggle to survive two critical “Valleys of Death”: the Viability Gap between demonstration and first commercial production, and the Industrial Scale Gap, where companies transition from market entry to full industrial-scale production. For bioeconomy enterprises seeking to balance profitability with environmental and social impact, attracting private investment is particularly challenging. 

Supported by the EU Horizon project GoNaturePositive! and their pilot in Ireland, this workshop aims to unlock knowledge and insights from around the world to address key financing challenges hindering the scale-up of the nature-positive bioeconomy, with a specific focus on the blue bioeconomy. 

Link for more information and registration: https://gbs2026.org/registration

• Global Bioeconomy Summit Workshop: Empowering Primary Producers in Bio-based Value Chains: European Practice and Global Lessons for Nature-Positive Value Chains 

         Tuesday, 20th October, 11:15 – 12:45 

Primary producers are central to sustainable bioeconomy transitions, but they often remain too weakly positioned in bio-based value chains, business development and decision-making. This interactive workshop brings together two emerging European practice examples. The WGPP Action Plan, supported by RootLinks, focuses on empowering farmers, foresters, fishers and aquaculture producers through business model uptake, knowledge sharing and collaboration, and stronger advisory support. ReFarm adds a complementary perspective on scaling nature-positive farming solutions, including the regulatory, policy and financial conditions needed to move promising practices beyond pilot level. 

Together, these inputs will open a global practice exchange on how primary producers can become stronger partners in bioeconomy value chains. Participants will contribute examples from their own regions, including what has worked, what has failed, and what should be considered when designing support actions. The session will generate practical lessons for European and international cooperation on producer empowerment. 

Link for more information and registration: https://gbs2026.org/registration

• “Business and Nature: the Imperative for Action”, an Associated Event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

         Monday, 16th November, 09:00 – 15:30, Trinity College Dublin

Environmental security is a priority of the Irish Presidency of the EU with climate and biodiversity challenges recognised as central to strengthening economic, health and food security. 

A key message of the landmark IPBES publication on Business and Biodiversity (2026) is that all businesses depend on and impact biodiversity and can be agents of positive change. As biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse is deemed a significant risk to national resilience, security and prosperity, this issue is of concern for all of society. 

In this event, government and researchers engage with business and financial leaders to identify the imperatives for business action on nature and tease out some of the key challenges faced and solutions emerging. 

Link for more information and registration: https://ti.to/trinity-business-school/business-nature-the-imperative-for-action 

• Natural Capital Accounting training day, June 2026
• Climate and Nature Forum participation, April 2026
• Presentation on FOREST to the Department of Food, Agriculture, and the Marine, March 2026
• Presentation on Natural Capital Accounting to the Department of Finance, Dept of Public Expenditure, and the Central Bank of Ireland in 2025
• Oireachtas Committee presentation on Natural Capital Accounting in 2024

• Working with: Business for Biodiversity Ireland, Natural Capital Ireland, All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (which has a specific Business module)
• Ongoing collaboration through the Nature Finance Research Group (All Ireland network)

• Energy Canvas podcast: https://podfollow.com/celticdynamics/view
• Forestry Now Podcast about FOREST: https://forestrynow.eu/episodes/barriers-to-afforestation-in-ireland