Speakers

Gemma is the Director of Building with Nature (BwN), a national benchmark and accreditation system setting the industry standard for high-quality green infrastructure. She is a planner specialising in the design, delivery, and aftercare of development that puts nature at the heart of its decision-making. 
BwN is the UK’s first Standards Framework for green infrastructure and provides industry with how-to guidance to create places that work for people and wildlife. She co-chaired the British Standards Institute panel for the BS8683 Biodiversity Net Gain standard and has acted in an advisory capacity on various Government and industry roundtables directing design quality and placemaking. 
Gemma became a Fellow of the Landscape Institute in 2021, in recognition of her services to the landscape profession, acting as a bold ‘voice’ for nature in the planning and development sector.