December 3, 2021

Voices from the Festa community


Það er dýrmætt fyrir samfélagið sem heild þegar fulltrúar fyrirtækja og stofnanna láta sig samtalið og framþróunina varða og deila þekkingu sinni og sýn með skrifum og fræðslu.Hér höfum við tekið saman greinar og umfjallanir sem koma frá aðildarfélögum Festu og hafa verið birtar á opinberum vettavangi.

Festa's member associations are a unique, powerful and diverse group, and they now number 163.

Below this post you can access direct links to articles from representatives of our member associations during the period September to November 2021. You can also access links to articles that Festa staff have published during the period.


Festa has shared them on the club's social media over the season. It can be assumed that this is not an exhaustive list and that we have missed something, we accept all suggestions with great gratitude.

Greinar og fréttir

* note that there is a direct link behind the title of each article

  • 152 reasons for optimism
  • Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir, Festa


  • Sustainability reporting and stranded assets


  • Elections 2021: Need for motivation, clear messages and more focused work
  • Eva Margrét Ægisdóttir, LEX Law Firm


  • Will we see chicken steps or leapfrogs at COP26?
  • Kristrún Tinna Gunnarsdóttir, Islandsbanki


  • We declare support for bold action
  • Árni Oddur Þórðarson, Birna Einarsdóttir, Margrét Kristmannsdóttir, Margrét Pétursdóttir, Sæmundur Sæmundsson and Ægir Már Þórisson


  • We know more than enough.
  • Gudbjörg Lára Másdóttir, Festa


  • Practicing Kintsugi
  • Maarit Kaipainen, Festu


  • A recovering earth is the best place to live.
  • Gudbjörg Lára Másdóttir, Festa


  • Reykjavík Energy's green bonds named after IESE in Barcelona
  • Gudrun Erla Jonsdottir, OR



  • The companies we invest in need to change
  • Tómas N. Möller, Merchants' Pension Fund


  • Sustainability and profit maximization
  • Helga Melkorka Óttarsdóttir og Arnar Sveinn Harðarson, Logos


  • Can carbon markets save Iceland's climate goals?



  • Opening the gates to the changing economy of the future
  • Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir, Festa




  • Food carbon footprint – a solution to support a sustainable food system and improved health?
  • Alma Stefánsdóttir and Stefán Örn Snæbjörnsson, Young Environmentalists


  • The Emperor's New Clothes
  • Maarit Kaipainen, Festu





Loftslagsráð

  • The climate crisis and expectations for COP26
  • Climate Council | COP26 progress discussed in new interview episode (loftslagsrad.is)
  • Climate Council | Negotiations in Glasgow this week (loftslagsrad.is)Negotiations in Glasgow this week
  • Climate Council on Vimeo


Festa Newsletter

  • https://samfelagsabyrgd.is/frettir/