Nature Positive Podcast
At Svarmi, we enjoy learning about how organisations around world are taking tangible steps towards a nature positive future. This podcast contains our discussions with leaders across different fields, where we learn about their plans for aligning their business with existing and emerging nature-related disclosure frameworks, stakeholder engagement and management of risks and opportunities. Intro/Outro Music: Limbo by Hakon.
Episodes
13 episodes
Drones, nature data & the origin of Svarmi with Tryggvi Stefansson
Svarmi's founder & CTO FINALLY joins me for a chat, hopefully not the last one. We talk about how he started Svarmi, how drones proved useful for nature/environmental data collection and how things evolved from there as well as some of the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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50:49
Macro Cycles with Marco
Marco Hirsbrunner, Co-Founder & COO of Terra Ventures and Co-Founder & former COO of South Pole, tells us about his experience in building and running a sustainability-focused company in different macro environments.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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38:13
Deforestation Regulation
Snjolaug & Kolbeinn discuss existing and emerging requirements for corporates to demonstrate they are not contributing to deforestation, including the EU Deforestation Regulation, and how companies can tackle this topic.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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33:45
Building Blocks of a Good Nature Strategy
Snjolaug & Kolbeinn discuss the building blocks of corporate nature strategies.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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31:34
Rene Velasquez on Carbon Markets & Nature
Rene Velasquez, managing partner at Valeterra, shares his extensive experience in carbon markets, emphasizing the importance of both avoidance and removal credits to meet climate goals. He discusses the need for trust and integrity...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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50:54
2023 Overview
Dr. Snjólaug Ólafsdóttir and Kolbeinn Hilmarsson go through 2023 highlights in the field of corporate sustainability...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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24:58
James d'Ath - Data and Analytics Technical Lead at the TNFD
Mini-cast from COP28 in Dubai when Kolbeinn met with James d'Ath to discuss the intersection of nature and climate and the role of the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and its Data Catalyst initiative to help companies e...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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8:04
Aravind Ravichandran on the role of earth observation in nature assessment
In the Nature Positive Podcast, the team at Svarmi brings in sustainability experts to learn about the intersection of business, nature and climate and how organisations around the world are preparing to mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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36:31
Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir on re-framing and rethinking systems
In the Nature Positive Podcast, the team at Svarmi brings in sustainability experts to learn about the intersection of business, nature and climate and how organisations around the world are preparing to mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:27
Loic van Cutsem, International Partnerships Director at BeeOdiversity
We talk to Loic, who heads up international expansion and partnerships of BeeOdiversity, which has over the past 10 years built and applied its bee-based environmental monitoring system to support action for nature for both private and public a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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37:05
Dr. Snjolaug Olafsdottir, Head of Climate Change & Sustainability Services at EY Iceland
The Nature Positive Podcast recently welcomed Snjolaug Olafsdottir, Head of Climate Change and Sustainability Services for Ernst & Young (EY) Iceland, where she brought her experience and knowledge with new sustainability reporting framewor...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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35:26
Adalheidur Snaebjarnardottir, Sustainability Manager at Landsbankinn
What is the role of banks in the transition towards Net Zero and Nature Positive? In this episode, we speak with Adalheidur Snaebjarnardottir about how climate and nature impact are becoming an integral part of financial reporting ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:14
Pilot Episode: Gunnar S. Magnusson, Head of Sustainability, Deloitte Iceland
In the Nature Positive Podcast, the team at Svarmi brings in sustainability experts to learn about the intersection of business, nature and climate and how organisations around the world are preparing to mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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36:03
