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- Lydia Chen 🌿 Carbon Removal Journal 💚 Question for the new SBTi Report: Navigating Compensation vs. Contribution Claims I've been diving into the latest SBTi report, and there's a lot of buzz around the evolving standards and their implications. While the SBTi continues to uphold rigorous criteria, it's clear they're still cautious about fully integrating the latest carbon removal pathways—perhaps because these technologies, though promising, are still emerging. One of the concept standout to me revolves around compensation vs. contribution claims: 🔄 Compensation Claims (often linked with offsetting) suggest that purchasing carbon credits can neutralize a company's emissions. However, this method has faced scrutiny. Critics argue that it can sometimes create a misleading equivalence between purchasing credits and actual emission reductions, leading to concerns over the permanence and additionality of the credits used. 🌱 Contribution Claims, on the other hand, focus on supporting broader climate efforts without claiming a direct counterbalance to a company's emissions. This approach encourages companies to not only reduce their own emissions but also invest in high-quality projects that contribute to global decarbonization. This shift from compensation to contribution claims is a promising sign. It aligns better with long-term sustainability goals and provides a clearer, more honest pathway for companies to contribute positively to the climate crisis. Source: https://lnkd.in/eHmkCqar What does this mean for Scope 3 emissions and corporate strategies? Let's discuss! Do you see this as a step forward for new CDR technologies, or are there still hurdles we need to address? Share your thoughts in the comments! #Sustainability #ClimateAction #CarbonRemoval #CorporateResponsibility #SBTi #CarbonCredits #ESG #climatetech
- Will Sarni Friday Fun with Water. While the article focuses only on AI's role in climate solutions, its point of view applies to the water sector. Most importantly, the article argues that AI's footprint (in this case, carbon) is only part of the story of AI and the environment. The benefits of AI outweigh the carbon footprint. I have maintained that we need to ensure we focus on the "handprint" of digital technologies, not just the footprint. For example, consider the benefits of AI applications in the water sector. AI water technology companies such as Transcend, Kilimo, and FIDO Tech are delivering quantifiable solutions to addressing water problems. Let's think more broadly about the role of digital water tech, not just its water and carbon footprints. The Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) is a good way to consider the value of the ICT sector in solving energy, carbon, and water issues. Water Foundry Water Foundry Ventures Ari Raivetz Alexander Crowell Victoria Edwards Jairo Trad Eliza Roberts David Grant Tom Freyberg Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Imran Jaferey Rylan Dobson Alex Money Watermarq https://lnkd.in/gfkCvCr7
- Liz Walsh 🌏 Recent data suggests that VC dollars in climate is starting to rebound (Q1 Clean Energy report by PitchBook, Sightline Climate (CTVC) shared that Seed to Series B grew from 2H23 to 1H24, and IRA dollars will likely start translating to actual deployments - Rhodium Group and MIT CEEPR. Other factors at play, as Rob Day shares: 🚀 Exits are a significant hurdle. The "clean energy VC exit activity” chart shows exits falling off a cliff in 1Q24 (PitchBook). IPOs have been hard to come by for startups across ALL sectors, and especially in the sustainability sector with lower chances of the IPO "checkmarks" being ✅ (big + growing revenues, predicable profitability..) 🔷 Business models - Many venture backed startups in clean energy are considered hard-tech, and they are not #projectdeployers, but often technology developers. They are generally not putting steel in the ground, and the buyers for certain industrial innovations tends to be limited. Few focus on deployment, or developer-style business models..and successful exits in climate lean disproportionately to downstream business model innovations, not hard-tech (ie. industrial wastewater, or composting). 🔷 Of course, the election. On the plus side, big infra investors are motivated to put their 2025 capital to work. Hopefully translating to increased acquisitions. #Hardtech #VC #ClimateInvesting #Investing #Startups #IPO
- Josh Felser INVESTING IN CLIMATE TECH IS SOOO SIMPLE: PART I After a spectacular closing session to #ClimateWeekSF at 9Zero, I thought I'd share a few morsels from our sustainable VC session (organized by Niki Gastinel & moderated by Ron Erd w/ fellow panelists Joshua Posamentier Nare Janvelyan, PhD & Shaun Chaudhuri). Top 3 DD questions I seek to answer: I Would I work for this person? I've been a founder 5x (3 startups, 2 VC funds) & always seeking to grow. When I'm being pitched by a founder, I imagine what it would be like to work for them, because, while team is important, the CEO is everything. The CEOs I back have: · Command of the Market: They are intimate with & drive discourse on distro channels, market players/dynamics, the competitive landscape & where the ball is going. All about founder-market fit! · Evangelical Sales Ability: They’re always selling, intelligently, whether it’s for recruiting, fund-raising, distribution... · EQ IQ: I back intelligent founders but I want that paired with street savvy & deep understanding of what to prioritize & when, not just how to do it. I look for emotional intelligence & how they read the room & adjust comms. I look for CEOs that have done the hard work on their own personal growth & have the right lens to make big decisions. · Battle-tested: I look for founders that are resilient & risk-tolerant. They have been tested in some aspect of their lives: personal challenges (athletics, hardship, military) and/or professional challenges. II Is there a Big Accessible Market (BAM)? · Big TAM: I invest in companies seeking unicorn performance (financial & impact). Matters less where the TAM is today but more importantly where it's going. · Clear and Present Sales Channel: I want to see a beefy sales channel(s) with a clear decision maker; tangible, massive pain for this painkiller solution (not a vitamin); and an accretive path for the customer. Know who your actual buyer is. Hint: It’s not the sustainability exec! · Weighted Average Pipeline: I want to see a well thought out, organized sales pipeline that is dynamically linked to your financial forecasts & produces a justifiable exciting ARR forecast. · Product Market Fit: Because we do seed, we only see the beginnings of traction & sometimes focusing too much on fit can lead to a false negative. This is the time for risk-taking & iteration so you can learn. It’s more about DDing the product as an extension of how the team thinks & executes. III Is There Big Accessible Impact? · Paul Hawken: We have Paul & he is unabashed about rooting out pretenders when it comes to impact. If he doesn’t buy your impact, we won’t invest. It’s that simple. · Qualitative: Because we are software first & seed stage investors, we don’t do hard core quant on your impact. We do our best to gauge the potential decarbonization impact of your company at scale. You know it when you see it. What questions do you ask?
- Richard Delevan Adaptation has been the poor cousin of #climatetech for too long, but in 2024 with 1.5C in the rearview mirror we can't afford to ignore it any longer. In this Wicked Problems - Climate Tech Conversations we take you inside the first dedicated conference on climate adaptation investing - ADAPT YOUR WORLD powered by CAP in Munich last month, created by Ulrich Seitz. Listen below! We've got great interviews with Richard Youngman of Cleantech Group on their view on shifts in the landscape, #firetech pioneer Thomas Grübler of OroraTech on how they're using AI and satellite data to help tackle wildfires that are costing up to 4% of GDP each year in the US alone, and getting worse. We've also got samples from conversations featuring Ben Murphy of Kiko Ventures, Tobias Engelmeier of climate risk software strartup VIDA, Jil Lindau, CFA ESG of 2150, Robert Sunderland of climate risk data player RedLines, Fonger Ypma of Arctic Reflections, Tim P. Jungblut of Eurazeo, Helge Daebel of Emerald Technology Ventures, and more. Enjoy! Links to Apple Podcasts and Spotify in the comments.
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