Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability

Deanna Reitman welcomes Rori Cowan, a seasoned expert in carbon accounting and environmental markets, to share her insights on advancing sustainable assets. Rori discusses her journey from carbon verification to protocol development, highlighting the importance of robust accounting principles and transparent methodologies to ensure credibility and legal viability in environmental projects. As the...

Deanna Reitman talks with Sarah Beth Aubrey, founder of the Agvocacy Coalitions and CEO of the Envoy Group, to discuss the intersection of agriculture, energy, and climate sustainability. Sarah Beth shares her journey in building grassroots alliances that unite stakeholders from farming communities, nonprofits, and agricultural companies, with a focus on finding common ground and innovative soluti...

Deanna Reitman talks with Tom Bowker and Irfan Verjee of Shomax to discuss how innovation in green ammonia and fertilizer is transforming agriculture and environmental markets. Tom and Irfan share how their proprietary additive enables plants to absorb nitrogen more efficiently through their leaves, improving yields while directly removing potent nitrous oxide greenhouse gases from the ambient air...

In this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, Deanna Reitman welcomes Jason Dodier, co-founder of Grain Ecosystem, for a deep dive into how circular economy solutions are transforming waste into climate assets. Jason shares his path from energy infrastructure to climate innovation and explains how Grain's AI-powered platform helps municipalities, companies and developers...

In this episode, Deanna Reitman welcomes Mat Yarger, founder of Demia, to discuss the transformative role of secure data in scaling sustainability solutions. Mat shares his journey from military intelligence and digital forensics to leading innovation in carbon markets, drawing on his experience with cybersecurity and blockchain to build trust and transparency. The episode highlights the importanc...

In this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, Deanna Reitman welcomes Sargon Daniel, CEO and founder of Nexus Renewable Power, to explore the evolving intersection of law, renewable energy and carbon sustainability. Sargon shares his unique journey from energy law and finance to entrepreneurship, offering insights into the challenges and opportunities of developing renew...

In this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, Deanna Reitman interviews Joshua McGuire, an innovative entrepreneur whose journey in sustainable concrete began with experiments in his father's factory and culminated in the creation of Builder's Crete — a concrete product that utilizes sawdust waste to replace traditional stone aggregates.

On this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, please join us as we talk with Eric Rubenstein, CEO of New Climate Ventures, to discuss how his venture capital fund is investing in innovative carbon reduction and avoidance technology companies. Additionally, Eric will discuss how his background and the background of his team in energy, food/ag tech, climate tech, tradition...

On this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, we talk with Michael Vigario, U.S. finance director at ACT Commodities. Deanna asks about Mike's career in environmental and sustainable commodities finance, the evolution of ACT Commodities, and the crucial role of education in the renewable energy sector. Their discussion covers innovative project financing, risk management...

On this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, we talk with Anuj Kapoor, founder and developer of Green People Earth, to discuss how his technology helps organizations and corporations to organize and manage their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data, and track their GHG emissions, including reductions, for stakeholder reporting — and possibly commodity asset creation. Add...

The voluntary carbon market allows companies to purchase carbon credits to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, promote sustainability and attract environmentally conscious consumers (unlike mandatory carbon markets, which are required by law). The main focus of this podcast is a discussion of how blockchain and digitization technology is used in the voluntary carbon markets, and Ant Stevens dis...

On this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, host Deanna Reitman sits down with Marian D'Auria, the global head of risk and sustainability at GFG Alliance, to discuss her responsibilities as the champion of sustainability for the Alliance — a metals, critical minerals and renewable energy group. Join us as Marian takes us through a typical day of heading risk and sustai...

"Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability" explores the intersection of law, carbon sustainability, and commodities markets. In this episode, host Deanna Reitman sits down with Rhina Granados, a carbon consultant with environmental services firm 1PointFive, to discuss her passion for carbon markets and how she utilizes her experience and knowledge to assist with the development of grou...