In this episode of the Sustainability & You podcast we speak to Dr. Francis Wedin, Managing Director of Vulcan Energy Resources Limited, an Australian listed entity. Vulcan is a generator electricity from a geothermal source of brine located in the Upper Rhine Valley region of Germany. The brine is then taken to extract high grade lithium hydroxide monohydrate for the battery EV market. The extraction process for the lithium is in the feasibility stage of development. This method of lithium extraction will be a first of its kind zero carbon extraction process, providing a critical raw ingredient for the fast growing EV sector. Francis is a founder and leader of the business having taken it from ideation through to commercialisation of the process and product. He is an example of a much needed dynamic forward thinking leader, who is both passionate about the environment and focused on delivering value to Vulcan’s shareholders. He talks about how he developed the business, what it means to be a zero carbon business, the role of the corporate in delivering net zero, his approach to risk and opportunity development as well as what it means to be an effective green leader of the future.
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*Josephine Bush is a non-executive director of Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd