https://simplecast.com Dare to Green A podcast with the business leaders who are decarbonizing our planet. en Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:13:33 +0000 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 16:56:14 +0000 https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com Dare to Green https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/e3614187-e009-4662-aa0c-af8fd6a1ca3b/8fdf4bd5-8a04-4def-9b76-a550decde7ae/3000x3000/daretogreen.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com episodic A podcast with the business leaders who are decarbonizing our planet. Liana Frey false https://feeds.simplecast.com/BoGYzT0v businessforgood, climatechange, dartmouth, netzero Liana Frey liana.sust@gmail.com c8af5cb7-7d71-4a93-ade0-148b5d29cad1 Financing the Green Transition: Andrew Marino, Summa Equity and Calvert Impact 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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]]> Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:13:33 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Andrew Marino, Liana Frey) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/financing-the-green-transition-with-andrew-marino-summa-equity-and-calvert-impact-MrS1s4p7 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 the Green Transition: Andrew Marino, Summa Equity and Calvert Impact Andrew Marino, Liana Frey 00:19:15 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. 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. calvert impact, green bonds, summa equity, pe investing in climate false full 8 1 cb630c83-1e9a-437c-a186-d62c3183416b Financing Carbon Removal: Martin Kessler and Caroline Klatt from Flowcarbon 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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]]> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 01:15:05 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Martin Kessler, Caroline Klatt, Liana Frey) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/financing-carbon-removal-flowcarbon-Xk3UMRqk 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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]]> Financing Carbon Removal: Martin Kessler and Caroline Klatt from Flowcarbon Martin Kessler, Caroline Klatt, Liana Frey 00:26:38 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. 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. financing carbon removal, carbon removal, carbon finance false full 7 1 e78750ec-455e-492e-bebe-1571c98d2eae Advanced Geothermal: Sarah Jewett, VP of Strategy at Fervo Energy 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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]]> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:50:50 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Sarah Jewett, Liana Frey) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/advanced-geothermal-sarah-jewett-vp-of-strategy-at-fervo-energy-Pkw3q55d 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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]]> Advanced Geothermal: Sarah Jewett, VP of Strategy at Fervo Energy Sarah Jewett, Liana Frey 00:27:47 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. 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. advanced geothermal, mega geothermal project in utah, fervo energy false full 6 1 087bd3d2-1cb1-4472-8639-55d9865f4ac5 Hard-to-Decarbonize Industrial Sector: Christina Chang's Insights from Lowercarbon 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.  

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]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Liana Frey, Christina Chang) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/hard-to-decarbonize-sectors-christina-changs-insights-from-lowercarbon-Ut4tsdLX 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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]]> Hard-to-Decarbonize Industrial Sector: Christina Chang's Insights from Lowercarbon Liana Frey, Christina Chang 00:26:11 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 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. hard-to-decarbonize industrials, hard-to-abate industrials, lowercarbon capital, green chemistry for blue skies false full 5 1 4376bd54-1e8c-47d7-b8d8-0fb53d19ddc2 Soccer and Sustainability: Jordan Enke, SVP Stadium Operations, Austin FC 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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]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:45:00 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Jordan Enke, Liana Frey) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/sports-and-sustainability-jordan-enke-svp-stadium-operations-austin-fc-7PvtqL7j 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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]]> Soccer and Sustainability: Jordan Enke, SVP Stadium Operations, Austin FC Jordan Enke, Liana Frey 00:26:01 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. 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. sustainable soccer, austin fc, q2 stadium austin, sports sustainability false full 4 1 ef66fd2a-509a-4f94-b302-925afa8fd254 Creating and Shaping a Market for Carbon Removal: Chris Snyder and Nan Ransohoff 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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]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:00:00 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Chris Snyder, Nan Ransohoff, Liana Frey) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/shaping-new-markets-for-carbon-removal-DbtxhKAO 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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]]> Creating and Shaping a Market for Carbon Removal: Chris Snyder and Nan Ransohoff Chris Snyder, Nan Ransohoff, Liana Frey 00:25:42 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. 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. carbon removal alliance, carbon removal, advanced market commitments, market shaping accelerator false full 2 1 1917fe6b-0010-4c05-9799-c94dccde2873 Business and Nature: Evan Paul, Senior Director at Salesforce 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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]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:00:00 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Evan Paul, Liana Frey) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/business-and-nature-evan-paul-senior-director-at-salesforce-du20UQRV 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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]]> Business and Nature: Evan Paul, Senior Director at Salesforce Evan Paul, Liana Frey 00:22:12 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. 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. nature tech, biodiversity, science based targets for nature, task force on nature related financial disclosures, climate impact on ecosystems false full 3 1 0988f0a3-ede1-4604-b48e-5671ffad5965 Boardroom Climate Conversations: Mekala Krishnan from the McKinsey Global Institute 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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]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:00:00 +0000 liana.sust@gmail.com (Mekala Krishnan, Liana Frey) https://dare-to-green.simplecast.com/episodes/boardroom-climate-conversations-with-mekala-krishnan-from-mckinsey-85Rjvi0l 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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]]> Boardroom Climate Conversations: Mekala Krishnan from the McKinsey Global Institute Mekala Krishnan, Liana Frey 00:25:37 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. 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. climateadaptation, decarbonization, climate national security risks, net zero, road to net zero false full 1 1