Pitching Progress

Reframing Sustainable Investment with Lora Jakobsen, host of Navigating Zero

You're used to hearing Vinay ask CEOs the tough questions about paths to scalability and profitability. Today, we're flipping the script, as Vinay joins Lora Jakobsen on her podcast, Navigating Zero, to explore the challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing global trade.Vinay talks about the state of sustainable investment, and emphasizes the need for more capital to accelerate the energy transition. He also discusses the importance of changing the narrative around sustainable investments, and recognizing that they're not purely altruistic, but real drivers of profit. --------------------------------------------------------------------You can find more episodes of Navigating Zero at: https://zeronorth.com/podcast If you have any feedback on today's episode, shoot us an email at: PIPE@bcg.comFor more information on BCG’s commitment to sustainable investing, and to stay updated, visit our website at: https://www.bcg.com/industries/principal-investors-private-equity/sustainability-in-private-equity

Heating and Cooling Cities More Efficiently with Carlyle Coutinho, CEO of Enwave

Underneath the streets of downtown Toronto, there exists a massive system of pipes that use water drawn from the depths of Lake Ontario to help cool the skyscrapers above. This system, the largest of its kind in the world, is just one of a slate of creative solutions employed by Enwave, one of North America’s foremost district energy operators.Carlyle Coutinho is the CEO of Enwave, a company that works in concert with governments and real-estate developers to help Canadian cities identify more efficient and sustainable ways to heat and cool themselves.As Canada looks to build more housing to serve its growing population, finding more energy efficient ways to power these new developments will be critical. So will this focus on housing lead to new contracts for Enwave? Or could a downturn in the Canadian real estate market make governments and developers less likely to invest in new energy solutions?Let’s find out.—------------------------------------------------------------------------------To learn more about Enwave, you can check them out at: https://www.enwave.com/If you have any feedback on today's episode, shoot us an email at: PIPE@bcg.comFor more information on BCG’s commitment to sustainable investing, and to stay updated, visit our website at: https://www.bcg.com/industries/principal-investors-private-equity/sustainability-in-private-equity

Keeping California Running on Renewable Diesel with Vince Godfrey, CEO of Olympus Terminals

Today’s guest runs the most important piece of infrastructure that Californians have never heard of.Vince Godfrey is the CEO of Olympus Terminals, a company that operates a massive fuel storage facility at the Port of Long Beach. Olympus specializes in the offloading, blending, and storage of fuels shipped from overseas, including renewable diesel and biodiesel.Vince’s facility plays a vital role in Southern California, where refinery capacity is decreasing, and imported fuels will be needed to keep the people and economy moving during the transition to renewables.So how robust is the demand for renewable diesel in California? What makes the state’s energy market so idiosyncratic? And why is Olympus so well positioned to capitalize on all of it?Let's find out.—----------------------------------------------------------------------------------To learn more about Olympus, you can check them out at: https://olympusterminals.com/If you have any feedback on today's episode, shoot us an email at: PIPE@bcg.comFor more information on BCG’s commitment to sustainable investing, and to stay updated, visit our website at: https://www.bcg.com/industries/principal-investors-private-equity/sustainability-in-private-equity

How Lab-Grown Silk could Change the Fashion Industry with Ulrich Scherbel, CEO of AMSilk

What started as a group of Spider Man enthusiasts, is now a company capable of producing synthetic silk on a commercial scale. And not only does their silk feel and perform exactly like the natural material, but it can be modified to suit the needs of virtually any industrial application. Ulrich Scherbel is the CEO of AMSilk, a Germany-based company that specializes in the creation of lab-grown silk products. Their products are now in use in a range of industries, including shampoo, home care, and luxury textiles. The focus on performance and sustainability has attracted the attention of several large luxury fashion retailers, including several stores where you’ll be able to find AMSilk products this holiday season. So what makes silk such a sought-after material? Will consumers accept a synthetic alternative for a fabric that’s become synonymous with luxury? And what applications for silk exist beyond the luxury market? Let’s find out. —----------------------------------------------------------------------------To learn more about AMSilk, you can check them out at: https://www.amsilk.com/If you have any feedback on today's episode, shoot us an email at: PIPE@bcg.comFor more information on BCG’s commitment to sustainable investing, and to stay updated, visit our website at: https://www.bcg.com/industries/principal-investors-private-equity/sustainability-in-private-equity

Using 'Flexibility' to Solve AI's Energy Bottleneck with Varun Sivaram, Founder and CEO of Emerald AI

Billions of dollars are being spent on new CapEx to satisfy the growing energy needs of AI data centres. But one firm is convinced that the answer isn’t building new capacity, but being smarter in utilizing the power we already have. Varun Sivaram is the Founder and CEO of Emerald AI, a company whose software aims to make data centres more ‘flexible’, by intelligently modulating their computational load, and avoiding demand spikes that could overload the grid. So what does a truly flexible data centre look like? How much capacity could Emerald’s software actually hope to free up? And what happens to everyone who bet big on an explosion in power demand that may never materialize?Let’s find out. -------------------------------------------------------To learn more about Emerald AI, you can check them out at: https://www.emeraldai.co/If you have any feedback on today's episode, shoot us an email at PIPE@bcg.comFor more information on BCG’s commitment to sustainable investing, and to stay updated, visit our website at: https://www.bcg.com/industries/principal-investors-private-equity/sustainability-in-private-equity