Welcome to Carbon13's podcast "Climate Takes" where we ask special guests for their "takes" on their industry and climate challenge, as well as setting a call to action, asking what will it take to solve the climate emergency?

This episode takes a look at the role retail giants are taking in climate in Europe. Our special guest Georg Reifferscheid leads the REWE Group Climate Tech Ventures team, driving climate tech innovation and startup collaboration within one of Europe’s largest retailer & tourism companies - their annual revenue tops €94 billion. They’re fully committed to their SBTI and achieving Net Zero as a Group by 2050.

Together with Carbon13’s Sara Jones, we take a look at corporate venturing through the lenses of investor, founder and corporate innovator. Georg shares the differences between VC and CVC, details how founders can build successful pilot relationships with corporates, and shares his leading lessons on how corporate innovators can operate within their organisations to bring change for impact and for their customers.