What does it actually take to build first-of-a-kind climate projects inside some of the world’s most risk-averse industries?

In this episode, three leaders share how they’re scaling climate hard tech in the real world.

Saad Dara from Mangrove Lithium, on scaling electrochemical lithium refining and standing up their first commercial plant

Sean Lowrie from Arca shares how they’re deploying carbon mineralization at active mines and integrating carbon removal into mining operations

Jonathan Rhone from CO280 on partnering with pulp and papers mills to scale carbon removal and building a pipeline of billion-dollar projects across North America.

Recorded live at Converge 2025, hosted by NorthX.

Three home-grown leaders building the next generation of industry in Canada and around the world.

In this episode, we cover:

• The real challenges of moving from lab validation to commercial scale
• How to work with large industrial partners and navigate risk-averse industries
• Tactical lessons from building pilot plants and hundred-million-dollar projects
• The economic edge for Canada to transform existing industry

If you’re building in climate tech - or trying to understand how hard-tech companies actually scale - this episode offers three grounded, first-hand perspectives from the people working to transform industry and move the needle on climate change.

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