Our call for Nature Positive

Prosperous societies and economies depend on thriving and resilient ecosystems. Join Mott MacDonald and leading experts for a new podcast series, Nature Positive: The Inside Story, on the role of nature in infrastructure with leading insights on emerging best practice, career paths and lasting benefits for people and planet. 

Nature positive - the inside story

Our final episode of this series is led by three Mott MacDonald early career professionals, Kieran Murnane, Amy Jones and Natalie Harvey. Combining their experiences in civil engineering, social value and environmental hydrology, they discuss their experiences of influencing and shaping the future of nature positive infrastructure.

Looking at how their different specialist skills and experiences combine and connect, they reflect on how projects and places can deliver nature positive activity that helps create better outcomes for clients, communities and the natural environment. As early career professionals, they also reflect on their own professional development, their inspiration for working in the sector and the difference they’re able to make.

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About our guests

Kieran Murnane is an environmental hydrologist for Mott MacDonald. Having started as a graduate with Mott MacDonald, Kieran is working on a range of infrastructure projects across the UK, including nature-focused activity. This has also included work around the Ofwat Innovation Fund, on mainstreaming nature-based solutions.

Amy Jones is a civil engineer degree apprentice at Mott MacDonald. Having joined Mott MacDonald in 2021, Amy is working on projects in the water sector. This includes the role of nature in projects, and the successful blending of green and grey infrastructure.

Natalie Harvey is a senior social value consultant for Mott MacDonald. Her work focuses on ensuring that programmes and projects can deliver tangible positive benefit for the communities they’re part of, including nature, environment and mitigating and adapting to climate change.

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