The Switch - to a green economy

What role do oil and gas companies have in the green transition? For the new episode of The Switch - Not Another Podcast, we met with Matthew Harwood, Vice President of Business Strategy for OGCI Climate Investments. This Oil and Gas Climate Initiative brings together worlds biggest oil and gas companies that work together towards response to climate change. We talked with Matthew about the main a...

How can we make geothermal energy part of the dialog, scale it and make it global? The man on a mission to change the world for the better by doing exactly that is John Redfern, one of the founders and CEO at Eavor Technologies Inc., a technology-based Energy company dedicated to creating a clean, reliable and affordable energy future on a global scale. In The Switch special CERA Week episode we t...

This time we have something special for you! The Switch traveled to Almedalen Week, a democratic arena and Sweden's most influential conference, only to bring you a special Almedalen episode! In this episode of Not another Podcast we gathered a remarkable list of distinguished guests that will give you their vision for the Green transition: journalist Frida Boisen, Mats Nilsson (electricity Market...

A defense company is not the first thing that comes to one’s mind when sustainability goals are being discussed. However, leading defense and security company Saab is showing that this industry certainly has a seat at the sustainability table, and it is setting the bar high. Saab has a mission of becoming climate neutral by 2050, and at the forefront of company’s sustainability efforts is Eva Axel...

How can a small company that offers green solutions scale-up if it doesn’t already have assets needed to obtain financing from traditional banks? Meet the man with the answer – Trond Moe, Managing Director of Nefco , the Nordic Green Bank. Before joining  Nefco  in 2018, Trond worked for 30 years in emerging markets, in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa, including 15 years in Ukraine finan...

If everyone depends on energy, why do we waste most of it? To be precise, why do we waste up to 50 % of original energy before it even gets to the demand side? In the midst of Europe’s energy crisis, we sat down with Jonathan Maxwell, CEO & Founder of Sustainable Development Capital LLP., to talk about the investor side of sustainable energy. With over 20 years experience in international fina...

Karl-Oskar Tjernström is a former Marketing executive turned cleantech entrepreneur. Karl-Oskar spent 25+ years in B2C marketing, of which almost half at Samsung Electronics, working mainly on smartphones and digital transition. In 2019, Karl-Oskar founded Fossil Free Marine in his spare time, together with his co-founder Niklas. In June 2020, amidst a blazing pandemic, Karl-Oskar left his role as...

Did you know that around 90 percent sustainability managers consider data as one of the top three pain points in their day to day work? This piece of information revealed a systemic problem that intrigued Maria Svantemark, and encouraged this former sustainability manager to solve some of the blockers for the sustainability transition she experienced in her role. Today, she is CEO and Co-founder o...

One of the world’s leading oil and gas companies in the same sentence as sustainable energy? Exactly. If you’re wondering how is this even possible, meet Jeff Gustavson, president of Chevron New Energies, an organization launched in 2021 to accelerate the company’s energy transition strategy by growing lower carbon businesses. After spending 24 years in Chevron, holding positions in Finance, Merge...

Stefan Ytterborn is the founder and CEO of CAKE, the Swedish maker of premium lightweight electric motorcycles. Stefan has a long background as entrepreneur, promoter, and strategist within contemporary and industrial design and communication, covering all segments of the value chain when being responsible for developing more than 2,000 consumer products. CAKE combines all of Stefan’s experiences...

Meet Joseph Scherer, CEO of GreenFire Energy - company that develops and implements innovative geothermal technology in a mission to accelerate the transition to clean, renewable energy. After 33 years working as an attorney in project financing, the path led mr. Scherer to geothermal energy. And now, he is the superstar of geothermal. In conversation with mr. Scherer we found out how this switch...

For the latest episode of The Switch podcast we had the pleasure of talking to Ajit Menon and Taylor Mattie from Baker Hughes, one of the world’s largest oil field services company. Ajit Menon spent 25 years at Baker Hughes, holding various senior management positions in operations, sales, marketing, technical development, and business management. Now, he is vice president of geothermal at Baker H...

This time, we are taking you to the 2022 CERAWeek, the world's largest and most prestigious energy conference. CERAWeek brings together global leaders from the oil and gas industry, and we had the privilege of talking to some of them who are turning things around. In this special episode we are presenting you the best moments of CERAWeek - you will see the highlights of the interviews with some of...

The Switch is a podcast about sustainability, but we intend to make it more than a podcast. We want to create a fast-paced, broad, and entertaining show with a wide range of guests, clever conversation, and a few laughs. We want to educate, entertain, and strengthen green partnerships. Our aim is to make The Switch the number one hub for knowledge exchange on the topic of renewables and green tran...

We couldn’t let him go! We just started the discussion and there was so many topics we wanted to continue so we asked him to stay for a follow up episode. We are off course talking about Daniel Akenine, National Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft. In this episode we discuss if the Meta-verse will accelerate the green transition or not. We talk about if the change will challenge our reality as w...

On this episode of The Switch we welcome Daniel Akenine, National Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft. Daniel has a long celebrated career in Information Technology, and during this episode he and Kristina discuss Microsoft's goal to not just be 'carbon-neutral', but actually be carbon negative by 2030. The podcast is a collaboration between Baseload Capital, DNB Sverige and Panc Productions

On this episode of The Switch we welcome Frida Berry Eklund, Co-founder of Our Kids' Climate, a global network of parent-focused climate organizations. Frida is also the author of the book "Prata med barn om klimatet" (Talk to Children About Climate) and Head of Operations at Våra barns klimat, a Swedish network of over 26,000 parents mobilizing together for stronger climate action.    ...

Jenny Keisu has positioned herself in the very forefront of accelerating the green transition. As part of the founding team behind purpose driven investment firm Summa Equity she has been a leading force in increasing capital flow towards companies creating a positive environmental and social impact on society.  Today, as CEO of electric boat manufacturer X Shore, she aims to combat climate c...

We are proud to present the investor, entrepreneur and green tech queen of Sweden, Boel Swartling as the guest in the latest episode of The Switch - #notanotherpodcast. She is the driving force that connects clean tech investors to companies through the Sweden Sustaintech Venture Day-platform and we are eager to hear more about her journey, her inspirations and her predictions for the future. We w...

Welcome to join The Switch – a platform for everybody involved in and interested in the switch towards a green industry. https://diversitycharter.org/ Brene Brown's Ted talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability The Switch is a podcast about sustainability, but we intend to make it more than a podcast. We want to create a fast-paced, broad, and entertaining show with a...

Welcome to join The Switch – a platform for everybody involved in and interested in the switch towards a green industry. In todays episode you will meet Holly Ransom, Holly is a globally renowned keynote speaker, disruption strategist and advocate for social and economic inclusion. Her mission is to connect people with the decisions that affect their lives. Whether interviewing world leaders or ta...

The Switch is a podcast about sustainability, but we intend to make it more than a podcast. We want to create a fast-paced, broad, and entertaining show with a wide range of guests, clever conversation, and a few laughs. We want to educate, entertain, and strengthen green partnerships. Our aim is to make The Switch the number one hub for knowledge exchange on the topic of renewables and green tran...