Investing for sustainable communities
summary
Investment focus targets measurable outcomes and deployable tools not vague ideals. Corporate VC Total has ~$400m in energy investments and uses assets like 17,000 gas stations and 4m retail customers to scale pilots. Examples include AutoGrid software for utilities to manage distributed rooftop solar and EV chargers, Plant Prefab: Net Zero LEED Platinum homes delivered from factory with ~40% less waste and recent Amazon financing, electrified mobility firms like Lilium eVTOL and Proterra, and demand shifts from 2% to ~50% EV sales by 2040.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Welcome and introduction
- 1:43Investor backgrounds
- 2:48Sustainability investment criteria
- 5:00Biggest sustainability challenges
- 7:23Plant Prefab and Amazon partnership
- 7:47What makes startups stand out
- 9:33Ongoing startup support
- 11:00Profit vs purpose in investing
- 13:04Big Oil’s clean tech shift
- 15:35Big Oil lessons for other sectors
- 17:20Future of sustainable cities
- 19:53Closing remarks
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