Listen in as Alex Cameron joins Bart de Groot, Sustainability Lead at Siemens Industry Software, to explore how process industries are navigating the complex landscape of decarbonization in 2025. Against a backdrop of volatile energy prices, shifting regulations, and supply chain disruptions, Bart reveals highly practical strategies companies are using to reduce emissions while maintaining profitability.
From cement manufacturers exploring carbon capture to chemical companies revolutionizing how they calculate and share product carbon footprints, this conversation offers a clear-eyed view of what's actually working in industrial low carbon strategy. Bart breaks down his three-tier framework for decarb - from operational efficiency wins that pay for themselves in months, to established complementary technologies, to breakthrough process innovations that could reshape entire industries. Whether you're leading sustainability initiatives or simply curious about how heavy industry is tackling climate change, this episode delivers actionable insights and real-world examples that cut through the hype.
Key Benefits for Listeners
• Dig into the three-tier framework for prioritizing decarbonization investments, from quick wins to long-term transformation
• Discover real examples of companies achieving 5% additional energy savings even at already-optimized facilities, with projects paying for themselves in months
• Understand how AI and digital tools are enabling demand-side management and short-term energy price forecasting to reduce both costs and emissions
• Gain insight into emerging collaboration models like Together for Sustainability, where 50+ major chemical companies are creating standardized approaches to Scope 3 emissions
• Explore cutting-edge innovations in cement production, direct air capture, and bio-based feedstocks that could reshape carbon-intensive industries
• Get practical perspective on navigating uncertainty in 2025, including how to build business cases when market conditions are volatile
• Hear why combining fundamental process knowledge with modern digital tools outperforms purely data-driven approaches for continuous operations
Useful Links
· Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
· Follow Decarb Connect on LinkedIn to stay up to date with news and events
· Interested in accessing more insights? We also run a webinar series produced in collaboration with leaders in industry - Watch past and upcoming webinars here
· Join Alex and 150+ industrial leaders, innovators, investors, and policymakers in Toronto for Decarb Connect Canada (October 28-29 2025)
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
We provide insights and introductions that derisk decision-making and support industrial leaders in deploying decarbonization and low carbon product strategy. Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support commercial decarb planning and business models around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
In this episode, Simon Smith from Frazer-Nash Consultancy joins the Podbite series to discuss the realities of industrial decarbonization. The conversation explores the role of small modular reactors (SMRs), the opportunities and limits of existing carbon technologies, and the commercial hurdles facing heavy industry as it moves toward net zero.
Simon shares both technical insights and industry perspectives from their roundtable discussion held at Decarb Connect UK in Manchester.
Why Tune In
Recorded live at Decarb Connect UK Summit, March 2025.
Show links:
- Connect with Simon Smith and the team at Frazer-Nash Consultancy
- Follow Melissa Chew on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
We provide insights and introductions that derisk decision-making and support industrial leaders in deploying decarbonization and low carbon product strategy. Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support commercial decarb planning and business models around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
Recorded live at the Decarb Connect UK Summit in March, this episode features guest host Tom Angus, Senior Conference Producer at Decarb Connect in conversation with Eoin Bailey, Innovation and Circular Economy Manager at 7 Steel UK. Eoin shares his journey from automotive design engineer to steel industry innovator, and unpacks how 7 Steel is embedding circular economy principles to deliver more sustainable steel solutions for the UK construction sector.
*Please note: At the time of recording, 7 Steel UK was operating as Celsa Steel. Throughout the episode, you’ll hear it referred to by its former name.
Highlights from the conversation:
Please note: this podcast was recorded at Decarb Connect UK in March 2025
Show links:
- Connect with Eoin Bailey and the team at 7 Steel UK (formerly Celsa Steel)
- Follow Tom Angus on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Join the Decarb Connect Team and a network of hardtech investors and series B+ tech disruptors at Decarb TechInvest in Boston (September 2025)
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
We provide insights and introductions that derisk decision-making and support industrial leaders in deploying decarbonization and low carbon product strategy. Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support commercial decarb planning and business models around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
Welcome to Podbites - short, sharp episodes designed to give you digestible insights on industrial decarbonisation.
In this episode, Tim Atkinson (Director, Sales & Trading at CFP Energy) joins guest host Melissa Chew (VP, Product at Decarb Connect) to explore why UK industrials must act now to build a resilient carbon strategy.
Recorded live at Decarb Connect UK in Manchester in March, the conversation unpacks the changes underway in carbon markets and why the firefighting of the 2022 energy crisis has shifted into an era of forward-looking strategy.
What You’ll Hear
Please note: this podcast was recorded at Decarb Connect UK in March 2025*
Show links:
- Connect with Tim Atkinson and the team at CFP Energy
- Follow Melissa Chew on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Join Mel and a network of hardtech investors and series B+ tech disruptors at Decarb TechInvest in Boston (September 2025)
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
We provide insights and introductions that derisk decision-making and support industrial leaders in deploying decarbonization and low carbon product strategy. Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support commercial decarb planning and business models around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
In this episode of the Decarb Connect podcast, Alex Cameron speaks with ClimeCo’s Emily Damon (Chief Growth Officer) and David Prieto (VP of Sustainability Advisory) to explore the rise of insetting as a tool for accelerating corporate decarbonization—especially across complex value chains. Unlike carbon offsets, which involve emission reductions outside a company’s operations, insetting delivers reductions within a company’s value chain, enabling both Scope 1 and Scope 3 progress.
You’ll hear how insetting fits into existing GHG accounting frameworks, why market-based accounting is gaining traction, and how buyers and sellers are structuring deals today—from bundled agreements to complex multilateral transactions. With rising consumer willingness to pay and emerging buyer alliances, insetting is positioned to become a core pillar of corporate climate strategies—if companies can navigate risk, tracking, and stakeholder scrutiny effectively.
Top 5 Takeaways from the Episode
Useful Links
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
We provide insights and introductions that derisk decision-making and support industrial leaders in deploying decarbonization and low carbon product strategy. Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support commercial decarb planning and business models around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
In this episode of the Decarb Connect Podcast, Alexandra Cameron is joined by Garrett Boudinot, climate scientist and CEO of VyCarb, a Brooklyn-based startup pioneering a novel approach to carbon dioxide removal (CDR). VyCarb’s technology harnesses the natural carbon cycle of water to convert CO₂ into stable bicarbonate, offering a verifiable and permanent storage pathway that bypasses the geographic and infrastructure limitations of conventional geologic storage.
Garrett shares how his background in ocean carbon chemistry led to the development of a modular, sensor-integrated system that operates at low CO₂ concentrations and near industrial emitters. The conversation explores how VyCarb's solution is being piloted with major industrial players like Rio Tinto and BlueScope Steel, and how the technology could support both voluntary carbon markets and direct decarbonization across sectors.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
· How VyCarb mimics ocean chemistry to convert CO₂ into stably stored bicarbonate
· Why low-purity CO₂ streams—common across industry—are a key focus for deployment
· The limitations of geologic CO₂ storage and how VyCarb overcomes them
· How integrated sensing enables real-time verification and control of the carbon conversion process
· Practical implications for cement, steel, aluminum, and oil & gas emitters
· How existing wastewater discharge permitting can support project rollout
· Insights into VyCarb’s current pilot in Brooklyn and its industrial integration roadmap
· What scale-up looks like and why the economics could reach below $100/ton
Show links:
- Connect with Garrett Boudinot and the team at VyCarb
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Join Alex and a network of hardtech investors and series B+ tech disruptors at Decarb TechInvest in Boston (September 2025)
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
We provide insights and introductions that derisk decision-making and support industrial leaders in deploying decarbonization and low carbon product strategy. Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support commercial decarb planning and business models around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) projects are critical to scaling breakthrough decarbonization technologies, yet they don’t fit neatly into traditional funding models. Investors, developers, and strategic partners need to navigate a complex ecosystem to make these projects bankable and viable. In this episode, I talk with David Yeh, a veteran climate tech investor and one of the key voices from our TechInvest event last autumn. He’s been at the forefront of FOAK investing and is here to share what he’s learned over the past year about getting these projects off the ground.
David was previously featured on the Catalyst podcast discussing the challenges of funding and scaling FOAK projects. This episode builds on that conversation, covering the rapid changes in the sector and how investors and innovators can ensure their projects get the financing, partners, and expertise they need to succeed.
Key Takeaways
• FOAK’s Core Goal: Developing bankable projects from pilot to scale, ensuring they attract investors, customers, and suppliers.
• Bankability Defined: Investors need stable returns, customers need reliability, and suppliers need to be paid on time. Strong teams and risk mitigation are non-negotiable.
• How to Build Bankable FOAK Projects: Expertise is more critical than capital
• The Role of EPCs & Strategic Partners: Success depends on having the right engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) teams and industry partners—not just big brands, but the right people.
• Coachable Founders Matter: FOAK success isn’t just about having great tech; founders must understand commercialization, risk, and capital strategy.
• Proven Models for FOAK Success: Companies like Fervo, Infinium, and Heirloom are demonstrating that FOAK projects can attract significant investment—if structured correctly.
• Why Now is the Time to Build: Economic downturns can be an opportunity for resilient companies to thrive, as seen in past recessions with companies like Uber and Airbnb.
Top 3 Reasons to Listen to This Episode
· Get Inside the Mind of a FOAK Investor: David Yeh shares firsthand insights into what makes a FOAK project investable, based on real-world deals.
· Learn What’s Working Now in Climate Tech: Discover how companies are securing billion-dollar funding rounds and making first-of-a-kind projects viable.
· Understand the Key to Bankability: Whether you're a startup, investor, or policymaker, this episode breaks down how to de-risk projects and bring them to market successfully.
Show links:
- Connect with David Yeh, Founder, Precursor
- Connect with Alex Cameron, Decarb Connect (and maybe even suggest a podcast discussion theme)
- If this conversation resonated, join us at Decarb TechInvest in London in June 2025 – find out more here.
- If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why hundreds of members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to find their peers, identify the right solutions and to create high value collaborations that will deliver co2 reductions in our most critical industries. It’s the fastest growing network of its kind, so come and find out why
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Learn more about Decarb Connect
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. We have events coming up in London, Amsterdam, Boston, Toronto and Dallas and the opportunity to find the biggest brains in carbon management and your future collaborators. For year-round introductions and meanginful insights, get in touch about your membership of the Decarbonization Leaders Network – so many benefits, hundreds of people equally focused on decarbonization – find out more and talk with Jack Figg, Community Director.
Who will pay for industrial products with low or no carbon footprint?
Received wisdom is that people won’t pay a green premium, and yet consumers and many manufacturers further down value chains are keen to have access to products that don’t carry high co2 intensity and see value in the environmental benefits of those products. So where these markets exist, albeit nascent, what levers exist that can help it take shape and come to scale?
Join Alex Cameron, CEO of Decarb Connect and Jakob Krummenacher, Vice President of Clean Energy at LSB, for a discussion about how LSB is working both directly with existing clients and through extended value chains to create certified products that have a value and a client base willing to pay it.
Here’s just some of the discussion highlights;
Jakob Krummenacher brings many years of experience in chem and fertilizer markets and in this video podcast we think you’ll also see the trader’s brain that he developed in his early career as an oil trader.
If you’re looking for inspiration and insights into how we get past the mental block of marketing a green premium, especially in industrial products, then this is the conversation for you.
Show links:
- Connect with Jakob Krummenacher, LSB
- Connect with Alex Cameron, Decarb Connect (and maybe even suggest a podcast discussion theme)
- If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why hundreds of members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to find their peers, identify the right solutions and to create high value collaborations that will deliver co2 reductions in our most critical industries. It’s the fastest growing network of its kind, so come and find out why
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Learn more about Decarb Connect
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. We events coming up in Houston, London, Amsterdam, Boston, Manchester and the opportunity to find the biggest brains in carbon management and your future collaborators.
With 2025 underway, we are midway through what is the most significant decade in tackling climate and the energy transition. Listen in to this conversation between Alex Cameron, Founder of Decarb Connect, and Ben Moens, Managing Director of Engie Impact, as they explore the progress, headwinds and tailwinds impacting industrial decarb.
You’ll get insights into 5 key technologies still set to impact industrial decarb, and also the route forward and expectations of where we will be by 2030.
Key Takeaways:
· How the shift in delivery and attitudes around industrial decarbonisation will shape the next 5 years
· The impact of the unforeseen crises of the 2020s and how we have responded to them
· How a growing need to focus on climate economics is driving tech adoption and strategy
· Renewables & electrification: there are strong fundamentals and momentum, but how can industrials manage market volatility?
· Nuclear: a clear shift in sentiment but when will meaningful contributions be possible?
· Biomethane – a critical tool for many, but what active sourcing approaches will be needed?
· Hydrogen – how has the hype bubble and contraction redrawn the future market?
· Carbon capture - a niche solution which has gained substantial financial support
· End-to-end economics in a value chain, and ways to manage the transition through the downstream willingness-to-pay and transition risks
Show Links:
- Connect with Ben Moens and the team at Engie Impact
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
In this episode, Eva Musso – Head of Sustainability and Government Relations for BASF Canada, talks with Alex about why BASF Canada has had such a strong focus on employee and supply chain sustainability engagement programmes and the value of this activity to the business.
Sustainability cannot be the remit of just one person, but many companies find the scale of the issue and the busyness of staff can be a block to meaningful engagement. So have Eva and her team achieved great results?
We explore:
· How employee-driven programs shift the culture of sustainability within a global corporation
· How partnering with external organizations like Bull Frog Power & Iron and Earth, link to sustainability objectives
· How to engage suppliers to align with BASF’s decarbonization targets – and the role of BASF’s digital application for calculating the cradle-to-gate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)
For further links and information, check these links out:
Show links:
- Connect with Eva Musso on LinkedIn and explore the BASF Canada sustainability site
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Join Eva and Alex in Toronto where she will be speaking at Decarb Connect Canada (Toronto, November 2024)
Recommended Links from BASF Canada:
Bull Frog Power
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
In this episode Peter Dushenski, Managing Director of GlasCurtain (building materials producer), talks with Alex about the role that nimble and innovative companies can play in driving innovation and decarb activity by larger players.
If you’re someone working in a start up or SME you’ll enjoy this as a clarion call for your work in the climate space – and if you’re working in a larger business, its worth listening in to hear examples of how nimble companies are adapting products for the low carbon market.
The conversation explores what it will take to see more take up of greener/lower co2 materials in construction, how some of the seen and unseen barriers can be managed and GlasCurtain’s own growth in this space.
Show links:
- Connect with Peter Dushenski and the team at GlasCurtain
- Learn more about range of projects Peter is involved in
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Hear Peter as he speaks at Decarb Connect Canada (Toronto, November 2024)
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, find out about our portfolio of events in US, Canada, UK and Europe – or explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and learn why more than 200 members from the energy-intensive sectors have joined to share insights, meet partners who can accelerate their net zero plans and why it’s the fastest growing network of its kind.
1:15 Intro
2:34 Who is Peter Dushenski and his journey into the sustainable building with GlasCurtain
6:26 How GlasCurtain’s system reduces both operational and embodied carbon, contributing to decarbonization in building projects
8:39 Why startups are crucial for industry transformation
15:27 How do we help disruptive start-ups survive the early stages of business development?
18:30 The significance of critical mass and infrastructure in driving innovation
21:32 Creating Markets for Lower CO₂ Products
25:58 Balancing Aesthetics, Functionality, and Sustainability in building design
29:32 Integrating Carbon Reduction with the Value Proposition
32.34 The Value Chain Challenge for Green Materials
38:03 Influencing the Decision Makers: Architects and Beyond
43.41 How do we keep the momentum behind decarbonisation
46:44 Collaborating across industries at Decarb Connect Canada 2024
48:36 Closing remarks
Carbon Capture Utilization is a growing category of tech and in this episode Alex Cameron, CEO of Decarb Connect, talks with one of the most advanced disruptors in the space about how they have created a commercial business model for co2 recycling that creates real financial as well as climate value.
Seeing waste (in the form of co2 in particular) as a solution vs problem is the starting point – right now the team uses carbon dioxide emissions from any industry to lower the carbon intensity of concrete and more low-co2 materials are being unlocked through their work. Listen in to hear about their journey and these key takeaways:
Here are some links and resources to enjoy as you listen to the conversation:
- Connect with Apoorv Sinha and the team at Carbon Upcycling
- Learn more about the tech, projects and plans of the team
- Connect with Alex Cameron, CEO of Decarb Connect and suggest a podcast guest or theme
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. And while you’re at it, explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), and see if this high-value membership could conntect you to the partners and answers you need in industrial decarbonisation.
Listen in to this conversation between Fred Clerc, Interim MD of Urban Future Lab (part of NYU Tandon School of Engineering), and Alex Cameron, Founder of Decarb Connect as they talk about the accelerator program UFL runs and its outsized performance results. UFL has welcomed 170 companies into its accelerator programs the last few years, and these have gone on to raise more than $2.5bn and have an 85% success rate.. great stats by anyone’s measure.
You’ll hear about the hardtech landscape that Fred and team focus on and what they have learned in the last few years about the drivers of success for climatetech. UFL works with early stage companies helping hem scale both the tech/IP of their solution, but also the commercial partnerships and business models they need to scale essential climate tech through series A, B, C and beyond.
Key topics:
Show links:
- Connect with Fred Clerc and the team at Urban Future Labs
- Learn more about the portfolio of tech companies working with UFL
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Connect with Urban Future Labs across their social links: Newsletter Sign Up • Linkedin • Instagram
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
If you enjoyed this conversation, join us at Decarb TechInvest in Boston (September 10-11, 2024) or take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series..
Join Eduardo Gomez Mendoza, SVP and Head of CRH Ventures as he shares his perspective on how we can scale the most-needed hardware tech to deliver industrial decarbonisation.
Welcome to this special edition of the Decarb Connect podcast featuring one of the 50+ speakers at Decarb Techinvest. We will be exploring, through a few conversations, how we scale up (beyond series B) and truly commercialise the hardware tech that transform our most essential, but co2 intensive, sectors.
Eduardo Gomez Mendoza, SVP and Head of CRH Ventures, took on the mission to launch and grow CRH Ventures back in 2022 – in this conversation we talk about how his and the team’s focus has developed, along with his view of how we can scale the most-needed hardware tech to deliver industrial decarbonisation. We take a look at CRH Ventures’ 4 main areas of interest - Decarbonisation, Water, Circularity and Productivity… important to the core business as well as their sustainability goals. It was great to hear about the 4 announced investments in companies helping to create more sustainable outcomes for industry, there is also a a strong pipeline with more investments due to be announced this soon.
Listen in to get Eduardo’s perspective on these points:
Show Links:
If you’ve enjoyed this podcast –join us in Boston from 10-11 September 2024 for Decarb TechInvest.
Eduardo is one of over 50+ speakers from across the industrial decarb tech and investor space. This is the only event that brings both high quality investors (including Eduardo) together with best in class hardtech teams at Series B+. Join us and help drive the momentum and partnership models that will define the next decade of industrial climate tech expansion.
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Join Alex Cameron, Founder of Decarb Connect and Anne Lyck Smitshuysen, partner in DynElectro for a discussion about how scaling climate tech can make new hardware platforms cost effective and profitable, even in early stages. Anne is a fuel cell specialist and a member of the Forbes 2023 30 under 30 list – she holds a Masters in Physics and Nanotechnology and is focused on bringing unique Power-to-X technologies to market which produce carbon-neutral green fuels.
So much to check out in this conversation, including:
• How do we change and challenge the perception that climate tech can’t be economical of profitable
• What does Anne’s experience of the funding a start up tell us about how to prove to investors that new tech risk is being managed effectively and that early scale developments will be delivered on time?
• What is the market for the green fuels created by their Power-to-X platform?
• Hydrogen is a market that already sees high demand, synthetic fuels will add to this demand so what does this mean for price, risk and opportunity?
• How does DynElectro compete in the electrolyzer market – specifically, what is it about the tech that allows them to make green fuels competitively?
• What are the projects and partnerships have they formed (both with investors like Yara Growth Ventures and other stakeholders)
Show links:
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series.
If scaling essential decarb tech is something you’re focused on, join us at Decarb TechInvest in Boston from September 10-11 2024 or in Toronto (November) for Decarb Connect Canada. Keep an eye on all our meetings and events at www.DecarbConnect.com
If you’re exploring using AI to reduce energy spend and co2 output, or are investing in this space, listen in to Alex’s conversation with Clifford Federspiel, the co-founder and President/CTO of Vigilent, an AI platform focused on optimizing energy use and reducing carbon emissions in data centers. With a background in mechanical engineering and AI/control systems research and applications, Cliff and his co-founders have built a business over 20 years that now operates in 31 countries and serves mission-critical data centres in a variety of settings.
Listen in for these takeaways:
- Detail on the benefits of AI in data centre and industrial environments – manpower, power constraints, capex, water usage and energy
- How to adapt to AI systems, what’s needed in terms of controls – but also what expect and how to maximise their value
- Ensuring teams are able to work through change and overcoming sceptism about AI’s ability to optimize so efficiently and specifically
With the global data centre market expanding rapidly, and the energy usage of the average data center increasing to 50 or even 100 MW, managing the efficient use of energy (and its relative co2 output) is essential and not only to the company that owns the facility. Listen in to learn more..
Links:
Show links:
- Connect with Clifford Federspiel and learn more about Vigilent’s case studies and climate/energy benefits
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Watch a short video about how the Brevik plant is pursuing CCS
- Read up on the latest CCS project to be launched, this time in France
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.
In 2023 the University of Cambridge published details that quantified how manure and synthetic fertilisers emit the equivalent of 2.6 gigatonnes of carbon per year which is more than the emissions from global aviation and shipping combined. Read up on that article in Nature Magazine here.
Global fertiliser production is both essential and also hugely energy-intensive, yielding around 1.5% of total global CO2 emissions. CCm Technologies is a UK-based company scaling up to provide zero carbon fertilisers by taking CO2 waste streams and combining them with organic materials. With plans to triple production in the next few years, and projects in development in India and Europe, listen in to learn more about the FMCG partners who are supporting CCm’s scale up and the opportunity for their cost-comparative fertiliser products.
Takeaways:
Show links:
- Connect with Pawel Kisielewski and follow his work
- Read a profile on CCm Technologies by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Read up on the pilot between Nestlé, Cargill and CCm Technologies to turn cocoa shells into low carbon fertiliser
- Watch CCm Technologies on the BBC’s Countryfile program
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonisation around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could join the community of leading decarbonisers this year, at conferences in Boston (Decarb TechInvest, 10-11 September), Toronto (Decarb Connect Canada, 5-7 November). Or join us next year at Decarb Connect UK, Decarb Connect North America , or Decarb Connect Europe. We also offer a number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings for you to join. Sign up to the Decarb Connect newsletter to stay updated.
Listen in to this recording with Dr. Nicola Kimm, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer at Heidelberg Materials, to learn about the strategic role that sustainability has at Heidelberg Materials and its involvement at board level, with value chain partners and across key projects.
Key Takeaways
- How involving sustainability at board level drives both the right outcomes but also ensures a business lens for sustainability activity
- Heidelberg Material’s structure for Sustainability: sustainability strategy, R&D, carbon capture, innovation scaling
- The timeline and activity that is supporting the first full-scale net-zero carbon capture cement plant
- How to create and accelerate market demand for Low-Carbon Products
- Why setting a company-wide target of 50% sustainable revenue target by 2030 has led to real engagement and strong outcomes
- Using "lighthouse" projects to showcase innovations like low-carbon wind farm bases
Show links:
- Connect with Dr. Nicola Kimm and explore the work of the Heidelberg Materials sustainability group
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
- Watch a short video about how the Brevik plant is pursuing CCS
- Read up on the latest CCS project to be launched, this time in France
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the join our community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Europe, the US, Canada and the UK or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.
In this episode we look to a very specific nuclear technology that reuses nuclear waste. You’ll hear from Andrew Murdoch, the Managing Director of UK Ops for newcleo as he talks through the structural and market changes that would support wider use of nuclear as a clean energy.
Key takeaways to listen out for:
Show links:
- Learn about newcleo’s development activities around lead-cooled fast reactors the at the ENEA-Brasimone centre in Italy (where they are working on all the non-nuclear aspects of their design)
- Find out about newcleo and its leadership team
- Get in touch with Andrew Murdoch, UK Managing Director of newcleo
- Get in touch with Alex Cameron of Decarb Connect on LinkedIn if you’d like to guest host a podcast episode
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.
Krista Johnson brings a real passion for enabling universal access to clean energy to this episode of the podcast. Listen in for a conversation that explores what it means to get true customer-driven demand for projects and how to engage authentically and positively with the neighbours and stakeholders of your projects.
Anyone working to execute major projects in decarb or energy transition knows that customer engagement is increasingly requiring a total change in approach. In the US, the incentive-based policy approach absolutely demands that projects have real customer buy-in. Early engagement is key to invite stakeholders on the transformation journey and address fears of new technologies.
Takeaways:
o Why is it so essential – commercially, ethically, strategically – to have consumer/local engagement?
o Listen to a comparison of two different project approaches to get a feel for how the landscape is changing and how different approaches yield different outcomes
o Explore how to work with communities as partners from the start to build trust and support
o What adopting a curiosity about community plans can do for your commercial project’s success.
o How is Johnson Matthey taking a lead in this space to help deliver the energy transition
Show links:
- Follow Krista Johnson on LinkedIn
- Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect?
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors.
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars.
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.
