Financing the Planet: Capital, Regeneration & Real-World Transition | Milan Longevity Summit 2026

*We know we need to regenerate the systems that sustain us. But how do we finance the transition at the scale and speed required?* In this fireside chat from the *Milan Longevity Summit 2026*, *Daniela Ibarra Howell*, Founder and Managing Director of the *Savory Foundation*, joins *Sharon Cittone*, CEO of *Edible Planet Ventures* and the *Milan Longevity Summit*, to explore one of the critical challenges facing the regenerative transition: connecting capital with real-world change. Regeneration is increasingly part of the conversation across agriculture, food, climate, biodiversity, and finance. But transforming landscapes and food systems requires more than ambitious commitments. It requires investment models capable of supporting farmers, land managers, businesses, and communities through transitions whose value may not fit neatly into conventional financial metrics or short-term investment horizons. Drawing on the Savory Foundation's experience with regenerative land management around the world, Ibarra Howell explores what regeneration looks like in practice and what is needed to move from promising pilots to transformation at scale. The conversation examines the relationship between *capital, land, food systems, biodiversity, climate resilience, and human wellbeing*, asking how investors and businesses can better recognise the value created by healthier living systems. What needs to change in the way capital is deployed? How do we measure outcomes that extend beyond financial return? And how can finance support those doing the work on the ground rather than becoming another barrier to transition? *Participants:* • Daniela Ibarra Howell – Founder and Managing Director, Savory Foundation • Moderated by Sharon Cittone – Chief Executive Officer, Edible Planet Ventures and Milan Longevity Summit Ultimately, financing regeneration is not simply about directing more capital towards sustainability. *It is about rethinking what we consider valuable, how we measure return, and how finance can become an enabler of healthier landscapes, communities, economies, and people.* The Milan Longevity Summit brings together global leaders across science, policy, business, technology and society to explore longevity through a *One Health* perspective — connecting the health of people with the health of our societies, economies, and planet. *Learn more about the Milan Longevity Summit:* hhttps://www.milanlongevitysummit.org/it/speakers26/daniela-ibarra-howell #MilanLongevitySummit #RegenerativeFinance #RegenerativeAgriculture #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #FoodSystems #Regeneration #ImpactInvesting #NaturalCapital #SustainableFinance