Edwina McKechnie is Executive Vice President, Corporate Engagement at Emergent, a non-profit scaling high-integrity tropical forest conservation through jurisdictional REDD+ and corporate partnerships. She leads private sector engagement for the LEAF Coalition, mobilizing blended finance transactions between companies and forest governments to reduce tropical deforestation. Edwina has 15+ years of experience helping companies integrate sustainability into business operations, advance nature-positive supply chain strategies, and finance landscape-level conservation solutions. She previously worked at BSR leading collective action efforts for supply chain transparency and holds a Master's in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics.