Dare to Green

Fascinating episode to explore two key areas of financing the green transition.  Andrew Marino discussed his work as Chairman of the Board at Calvert Impact, a leading impact investment firm, and his role as head of Summa Equity's US operations.  

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Financing new carbon removal projects is a challenge.  They are often large-scale, capital-intensive projects.   These projects often fall in between the world of venture capital and traditional project finance.  Flowcarbon is stepping into that gap and addressing the challenge.  Today, we'll learn more about how Martin Kessler and Caroline Klatt at Flowcarbon are solving this problem.

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Advanced geothermal...it has the potential to provide 24/7 carbon free energy.  Learn more about this topic with Sarah Jewett, VP of Strategy at Fervo Energy.  What is the potential?  What is holding it back?  What are Fervo Energy's strategic plans for growth?  Join us for a fascinating conversation.

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Christina Chang is a scientist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist at Lowercarbon Capital. In this interview, she shares her insights on what green products need to deliver to be accepted by buyers, innovation in the hard-to-decarbonize industrial sector, and how she prioritizes where she will have the most impact.  

Christina's blog post about finding your calling in climate work  "Time to Play for Team Earth"

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Jordan Enke, SVP of Stadium Operation, Austin FC, joins the podcast.  We discuss how the Austin FC put sustainability at the heart of their strategy when they brought the first professional soccer team to Austin.  They worked in partnership with the city and the community to reimagine what is possible as they designed their new stadium.  Several years later, the Austin FC have created big sustainability wins for the team and for the community.

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Chris Snyder and Nan Ransohoff join the podcast to discuss creating a market for carbon removal.  Chris, an Economics professor at Dartmouth and co-lead at the Market Shaping Accelerator, explains how economic ideas are being used to create and shape new markets to help solve big social challenges.  Nan Ransohoff, who leads Climate at Stripe and the Frontier Group, shares how she partnered with Chris to create a market for carbon removal.  The money that Frontier has raised to invest in carbon removal has catalyzed new technology and solutions. 

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Evan Paul, Senior Director of Nature at Saleforce, joins the podcast to discuss the impact of climate change on our ecosystem, such as the loss of biodiversity, water impacts, and shrinking carbon sinks.   He shares the hopeful nature of the work that he and others are doing to set goals and targets, create datasets, and build the technology tools needed to measure and track the impact from any business on nature.  We also discuss the goals and scope of new European regulations on nature disclosures.

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The Task Force on Nature Related Financial Disclosures

Science Based Targets for Nature

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Mekala Krishnan, partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, joins the podcast.  We discuss the top conversations going on in corporate boardrooms around climate.  We explore decarbonization priorities and emerging climate topics such as adaptation, nature, and national security concerns.   Mekala shares her view on why businesses are not moving faster to reach net zero and necessary skill sets and operating principals that businesses need to reach their goals.  We also touch on Mekala's  personal goals for the next several years.  

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