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#ClimateWeekNYC is behind us — pragmatic action is ahead. Here's what you can expect to see from the sustainability leaders who attended Rebalance/Recharge — our executive summit designed to prime decision makers for action on AI, business, and climate to accelerate their impact in 2025 and beyond. While the contents of the day's sessions and workshops were shared under Chatham House Rule, we wanted to share a few broad and general takeaways without attribution. Take a look at the highlights from the panel sessions and fireside chat featuring: Bee Hui Yeh Joe Speicher Jessica Hyman Shyla Raghav Brennan Spellacy Suzanne DiBianca Nat Bullard Jenny Roy Sophie Graham Chelsea Mozen Matthew Bell Thank you to all our attendees and partners!

Our own Dan Wesche, PhD sat down with Kirsten Love to talk about what makes high-global warming potential greenhouse gases so important to keep out of the atmosphere and why big buyers are increasingly focused on funding the projects that find them and destroy them. CFC-12, also known as Freon, used to be widely used in car air conditioners. Properly disposing of just three small cans is equivalent to avoiding the emissions of a Ford F150 for a year. Watch the rest of Dan's interview and reach out to Patch for a consultation with Dan or another expert on our team today.

Great to connect with CSOs from different industries as we’re trying to address complex challenges. Thanks for bringing us together Patch and Pachama!

We've written extensively about the need for the demand side of the voluntary carbon market to scale up quickly. The barriers to that kind of acceleration aren't a secret — leaders at the company level need to bake carbon credit purchasing into their climate strategies as one way to create short and long-term impact. But why? And just as importantly, how? Sustainable Markets Initiative has created an invaluable demand mobilization guide for CEOs to build the case for carbon markets as a complement to aggressive decarbonization. It also contains insights for doing it effectively and with integrity. We were proud to be a part of putting this together alongside SMI, EY, Climate Asset Management, and Bank of America.

Prior to the workshop sessions at Rebalance/Recharge, all our attendees (every one a sustainability leader with decision-making capability) set an intention for action. In one of these workshops, the output was focused specifically on the strategic use of AI in service of the climate. In another, it was focused on expanding the organizational impact of the sustainability function. While the contents of these discussions were secret under Chatham House Rule to encourage candor, Patch recently published a guide that includes real-world playbooks touching on both those topics in the context of carbon credit procurement. You'll find learnings from experts at Bain & Company, Docusign, Etsy, and Nokia — some of whom were in attendance at Rebalance/Recharge. If you were unable to attend this closed-door event, this guide is the next best thing. If you were there, some of the ideas (as well as unique content) are already crystalized in the pages. Access the guide here: https://lnkd.in/gAsQ-ttS

That's a wrap on the "Rebalance" part of today's event at #ClimateWeekNYC — time to "Recharge." Thanks to Sam Israelit, Hannah Simons, Jane Abernethy, Michelle Lapinski, Isabelle Schuhmann, and Tenika V. for being our resident experts for the workshop portion of the day.

Our final panel session of Rebalance/Recharge before our workshops, and the perfect note to set us up for real-world decision making. Sustainability is one of the functional roles with the shortest history of tactics and playbooks — especially at the C-level. Sophie Graham, Chelsea M., and Matthew Bell shared their deep expertise and experience building tactics with concrete, positive results. #ClimateWeekNYC

It's critical for the climate that we get #AI right. That's going to require leaders across sectors taking action together — which is why this is such an important topic here at Rebalance/Recharge and at #ClimateWeekNYC generally. There's no one more equipped to guide the conversation than Suzanne DiBianca and Nat Bullard.