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Episode Synopsis
Continuing the EO Summit coverage, another attendee was Alex Logan, co-founder and CEO of Cecil. This is a nature data platform which began with trees. They focus on metadata, more here. It was a fascinating discussion. I am new to this space and there is a strong overlap with those in carbon credit and biodiversity markets. What I appreciate the most is the emergence of financial materiality. For example, The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is taking care of the US. In the EU things are more advanced, Nature Restoration Regulation. There is also the EU’s Regulation on Deforestation-free Products. All of this means an exciting data and app ecosystem is flourishing. For example, I was invited to join Cecil’s Slack. A torrent of founders joined, one after the other introducing exciting new software facilitating the progress and insight intended by these disclosure frameworks and regulations. It is also a space filled with optimistic, conscientious people with the right future in mind. I am happy to have found them as these are my people. This is where I come from. This is the future I was brought up to build. Podcasting like this is a high paced, enticing discovery experience. I keep talking with inspiring people. Each episode is a small practice session on a possible future. Thanks for being our guide for nature data Alex, thanks also for sponsoring the Nature Data for Finance meetup on the EO Summit sidelines.
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