Amidst the excitement at the opportunity presented by natural capital investment and the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF), is the daunting prospect of actually getting nature-based solutions to the point of investment readiness. How will you do it? What skills are needed and who needs to be involved? How will you create the financial and environmental returns in a reasonable time frame to satisfy investors and your own aims? How will you demonstrate the environmental benefits? There are scant examples to learn from – true innovation and brave hearts are required. As you plan for how to make your project investment ready, you will no doubt be lining up the very best and most creative environmental experts, project managers and specialist financiers that you can. But there is one other critical, but perhaps unexpected area you need to consider – and that is communications. With your stakeholders, and with potential investors.