Welcome back to Climate Tech Spotlight 💡 Hosted by Lewis Martin, a climate tech talent specialist passionate about building industry-defining teams across niche and global enterprises.

In this episode, Lewis speaks to Mike Wallace, Chief Decarbonization Officer at Persefoni AI, about the importance of transparency in climate action and carbon accounting. Persefoni is changing the game for carbon management, using AI and automation to analyse scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon footprints for businesses of all sizes and complexities.

The discussion covers measuring and managing carbon emissions, the regulatory developments in different countries, and the growing demand for carbon accounting in supply chains, as well as the reality of taking on the role of the Chief Decarbonization Officer and the challenges and opportunities in the field.

They also discuss:

• Why transparency is crucial for climate action.
• How carbon accounting plays a vital role in measuring and managing carbon emissions.
• Regulatory developments around the world driving the need for companies to understand and report carbon footprints.
• The demand for carbon accounting within supply chains.
• The reality of revolutionizing the market with new tech.
• Compliance and regulations as a significant role in carbon accounting, and the importance of accurate reporting.
• The future of carbon accounting, including automation, satellite technology, sensor technology, and nature-based solutions.

Plus, we discuss Mike's advice for starting a career in climate as someone with an impressive history in the space.

About Persefoni:

Persefoni's platform uses a range of technologies to track and measure carbon emissions, including its own integrated AI platform for anomaly detection and on-demand technical carbon accounting support. Supporting companies to replicate their organizational structure and gather data on carbon emissions from different sources, includes key factors such as buildings and travel.

It integrates with expense systems to pull in travel data and has a proprietary CO2 activity ledger for tracking emissions at a granular level. Adaptable for global usage, considering regional differences in units and calculations, this tool really is the future of carbon accounting, encompassing automation, satellite and sensor technology, and nature-based solutions.

The Persefoni Academy aims to democratise carbon accounting by enabling everyone with the education necessary to be successful on their net zero journeys, with a library of lessons covering everything from carbon footprint and climate risks to and decarbonization to support the need for upskilling and education to reach a truly sustainable future.

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Welcome back to Climate Tech Spotlight 💡 Hosted by Lewis Martin, a climate tech & talent specialist building industry-defining teams and solutions across niche and global enterprises.

In this conversation, Lewis speaks with Maria Atkinson and Nikhil Choudhary from Nirman Ventures, about just why the VC landscape in Climate Tech is thriving right now and their investment strategy, which focuses on early-stage startups in the construction and clean tech industries.

Maria is an experienced and internationally recognised sustainability strategist with credentials gained in corporate, not-for-profit, government and professional organisations. Nikhil is the founder and former CEO of Zenith Engineers, an AECM firm that was ranked as the #1 fastest growing design company in America by Inc 5000 in 2019. He scaled the company by over 100% year over year without any external funding, and remains an active board member and shareholder. Now, they are partners in Nirman Ventures, a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm that invests in technologies shaping the future of construction.

The pair emphasise the importance of sustainability and operational skills in their investment decisions, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by the construction industry, including inefficiencies and the need for innovative solutions.

The discussion space insight into the value of founders with industry experience and the importance of providing support and advice to early-stage startups, as well as the need for chemistry and expertise, and the value of angel investors.

They also explore the current fundraising landscape, including impact of legislation on innovation, and the exciting technologies in construction and clean tech, particularly AI and data analytics and other key trends they're watching right now.

The pair share an insane amount of knowledge and insight from their industry experience, but more importantly, a clear focus on the current opportunities available in the space. If you're a founder or leader, or an innovator seeking your next move, in climate tech, then this is a must-listen to see how truly exciting the industry is right now.

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Welcome back to Climate Tech Spotlight 💡 Hosted by Lewis Martin, a climate tech & talent specialist building industry-defining teams and solutions across a range of niche and global enterprises.

In this conversation, Lewis speaks with Josh Hacker, a climate scientist with an extensive background in research and science management. His experience spans from laboratory to university, but most recently in leading an exciting startup, Jupiter Intelligence, in the journey to fulfil private sector needs for rigorous and reliable information quantifying the costs of climate change on companies and market sectors.

The conversation explores:

• Allowing the economy to start pricing in physical climate risk
• The maturity of climate modelling, cloud computing, and machine learning for risk analysis.
• The level of maturity and challenges for climate risk in the current market.
• Being open to the limitations of current science in regards to climate risk, including data reliability.
• Starting the climate risk management journey early and finding trusted partners.
• Regulatory changes and their material impact on climate risk management.

and loads more!

Josh is a scientific genius and true industry innovator with a very real perspective on the impact we can have today. If you're interested in understanding the future of our market, this is a must-listen.

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