Get Nature
Positive is an
Exchange for Biodiversity
Companies, public authorities and private individuals can use it to offset their negative impact on biodiversity.
From Concrete
to Biodiversity
Throughout Switzerland, 0.7 square meters of nature disappear every second under a new road, a residential building, an office complex, a production hall or a data centre. This process is one of the main drivers ofbiodiversity loss.
We enable you to make up for your negative impact on nature. This is how it works:
You have your property analysed by us and then acquire our ‘Get Nature Positive’ certificate for offsetting the sealed surfaces. The money for acquiring the certificate is channelled into upgrading a nature area equivalent to 120% of your sealed surfaces. For example, if your company building plus car parks and access roads cover an area of 1,000 square metres, 1,200 square metres of meadow or fallow land will be upgraded to a flower meadow, an orchard, a wetland biotope or similar.
We enter into a long-term contract with our land partners, i.e. the landowners. This means that the ecological enhancement remains in place for the long term - but at least for the next 25 years.
Your certificate shows exactly where the natural area is located. This is always in Switzerland, as close as possible to your construction project.
If you also upgrade the surroundings of your property to a high value natural area, you can receive the ‘Get Nature Positive Premium’ certificate. This is the gold standard in biodiversity certification.
We are an association founded by the two foundations Pusch and Natur & Wirtschaft.
New Habitats
for Plants
and Animals
Our compensation projects create new habitats for animal and plant species. That in itself is very valuable. They also provide us humans with important ecosystem services such as clean drinking water, pollination and resilience to climate change.
Get involved
We are currently in the start-up phase and are looking for companies and landowners that we can bring together to create more nature in Switzerland.
Interested? Get in touch with us:
email: info@getnaturepositive.ch
phone 044 201 37 33.
Team
Manja Van Wezemael
The ETH-trained environmental scientist knows how to bring people together and inspire them for a cause. Always with wit, political tact and a lot of empathy. As a long-standing managing director of an environmental communications company and a national foundation for biodiversity, she is responsible for project management and customer acquisition at “Get Nature Positive”. She has two grown-up children and lives in Lucerne.
Simon Zeller
The environmental scientist with a PhD in ecology is responsible for the technical side of things. Thanks to his extensive knowledge of nature, he reads landscapes like an open book and recognizes its ecological development potential. Formerly responsible for implementing the biodiversity strategy at the canton of St.Gallen, he knows what it takes to actually create an orchard on wasteland w or restore a fen. He lives with his family in Romanshorn.