Sustainable Views: Meet the green tech activists

In the next few episodes, Silvia Pavoni, your host, will introduce you to some of the most inspiring entrepreneurs creating solutions and galvanising efforts to address climate change. There are more than 800 of them in Europe alone!In this episode, you will hear from Mathias Wikström, the founder of Doconomy, a Swedish start-up that, among other things, helps consumers measure the carbon footprint of the products they buy through their credit cards. Since it was launched in 2018, Doconomy has grown rapidly, partnered with MasterCard as well as with the United Nations, and secured relationships with banks that, combined, reach about 850mn potential users of Doconomy’s varios ‘calculators’.Have a listen. And if you’d like to find out your carbon footprint number (like Silvia did), the link to Doconomy’s “lifestyle impact calculator” is in the show notes.-Want to find out what your number is? https://doconomy.com/lifestyle-impact/More on green tech companies here: https://www.sustainableviews.com/climate-tech-sector-fills-carbon-reporting-gap-for-smaller-companies/And here: https://www.sustainableviews.com/meet-the-esg-disruptors/And you can read about “competence greenwashing” here: https://www.sustainableviews.com/demand-for-esg-expertise-reveals-competence-greenwashing-risk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Confused about sustainability? You’re not alone. Environmental, social and governance factors, or ESG, are increasingly a headache for business, finance and world leaders alike. Now even policymakers are creating rules to govern this space. It’s hard to keep up and make sense of it all. So let us help you by sharing some of the most interesting views shaping this space. Join your host, Silvia Pavoni, as she talks to the people living and breathing sustainability – and a few critics too. (We can’t promise this will be a completely jargon-free space, but we shall try!)Want to talk to us directly? Email sustainable.views@ft.com. Want to find out more about Sustainable Views? Visit www.sustainableviews.comSustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.