Pitching Progress

<p>India’s thriving quick-commerce industry has led to an explosion of two-wheeled vehicles criss-crossing the streets of large cities, delivering everything from bananas to AC units within minutes. But some local...

<p>To limit the release of pollutants onto nearby communities, The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has strict guidelines around ships powering themselves at port. That means large vessels must either connect to...

<p>Most businesses want their suppliers to operate ethically and sustainably. But even mid-sized companies might be dealing with thousands of vendors spread across the globe, and getting an accurate sense of what’s...

<p>Tom O’Leary is the CEO and Co-founder of JetZero, a company trying to get so-called ‘blended-wing’ aircraft into the fleets of some of the world’s biggest airlines. And with their first test flight scheduled for...

<p>Pitching Progress is back with a new slate of visionary entrepreneurs, and a host of solutions to some of the world’s most intractable climate issues. </p><p>Tune in every other Thursday as Vinay Shandal, the Global...

<p>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...

<p>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...

<p>Today’s guest runs the most important piece of infrastructure that Californians have never heard of.</p><p>Vince Godfrey is the CEO of Olympus Terminals, a company that operates a massive fuel storage facility at the...

<p>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...

<p>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...

<p>After years of skyrocketing investment, the renewables industry seems to have lost some of its lustre. With tax credits that once supercharged new wind and solar development being rolled back, and general enthusiasm...

<p>To build the low-carbon economy of the future, we’re going to need a lot more steel. But right now, most steel is produced from high-carbon-emitting blast furnaces, and there’s nowhere near enough recyclable steel to...

<p>Roughly a third of all food produced in the United States ends up in a landfill. A lot of that comes from dumpsters behind grocery stores, where food that could otherwise be marked down or donated ends up rotting in...

<p>Commercial aviation has completely altered the nature of life on Earth, and forever changed the way humans think about distance. But in 2023, the industry was responsible for 2.5% of global energy-related CO2...

<p>From turning food waste into energy, to sustainable steel and low-emission aviation fuel: Pitching Progress brings you the stories of leaders working to decarbonize the industries that power our world. On this show...