SBS academics awarded KTP project focused on natural capital 

Strathclyde Business School is partnering with Nature Broking on a two year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) funded to the value of over £200,000 which will focus on advanced financial modelling and AI within the natural capital market.

Dr Kyung Yoon Kwon, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Deputy Director of the Responsible Business Institute (ReBI), is leading the project - funded through Innovate UK and Nature Broking - in collaboration with Professor Dimitris Andriosopoulos and Dr James Bowden from the Department of Accounting and Finance.

Dr Kwon said, "Natural capital has long been absent from financial markets, despite underpinning the global economy. That is now changing: tightening net-zero commitments, biodiversity net gain regulation, and a flight to quality in voluntary carbon markets are transforming nature into a tradeable asset class."

Nature Broking is a fast-growing natural capital and carbon credit brokerage - its revenue has increased by over 500% in a single year - which builds and manages tailored portfolios of natural capital including carbon offsets and whole environment restoration projects.

The project aims to integrate advanced financial modelling, risk and scenario analysis, and emerging AI-enabled analytical techniques within the rapidly developing natural capital market. This project aligns closely with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and reflects Strathclyde Business School’s commitment to responsible, impact-driven innovation.

A KTP Associate is now in the process of being recruited to take the project forward, supervised by the Strathclyde Business School academic team, who will be responsible for building the pricing, risk and analytical models that financialise natural capital, creating the infrastructure needed to unlock institutional capital for nature. 

Published: 6 May 2026