SmarterMarkets™

Commodities in Asia Episode 10 | Svenja Telle, Director of Origination, Base Carbon

We wrap up our Commodities in Asia series this week with Svenja Telle, Director of Origination at Base Carbon. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Svenja to discuss her recent experiences visiting an agroforestry project in India and COP28 in Dubai, as well as the contributions of local communities, carbon markets, and global policy makers to making meaningful progress towards a more sustainable world.

Commodities in Asia Episode 9 | Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO, C-Quest Capital

This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Ken Newcombe, Chairman & CEO at C-Quest Capital, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Ken to discuss the energy transition as lifestyle transformation, as well as the catalytic and transformative role of carbon finance in the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and across the global south.

Commodities in Asia Episode 8 | Clara Ferreira Marques, Managing Editor, Commodities and Energy in Asia, Bloomberg News

We continue our Commodities in Asia series this week with Clara Ferreira Marques. Clara is Managing Editor for Commodities and Energy in Asia at Bloomberg News in Singapore. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Clara to discuss how China and the West are approaching the energy transition in Asia – and what’s at stake for Asian commodity markets, the energy transition, and global geopolitics.

Commodities in Asia Episode 7 | Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore

Our Commodities in Asia series rolls on this week with Peter Zaman. Peter is a Partner at HFW in Singapore and has been practicing law in climate finance and the environmental markets since 2004. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Peter to discuss what’s been happening in the carbon markets this year, how it’s been affecting countries and companies in Asia, and the change in mindset that we all need to find the path forward.

Commodities in Asia Episode 6 | Nancy Seah, CEO, Abaxx Exchange

For this week’s installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome into the studio Nancy Seah, CEO of Abaxx Exchange. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Nancy to discuss the insights from her more than 25-year career in commodity risk management in Asia.

Commodities in Asia Episode 5 | He Yiyong, Founder & CEO, LNG Easy

We continue exploring Commodities in Asia this week with He Yiyong, Founder & CEO of LNG Easy. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely welcomes He Yiyong into the studio to discuss the growing retail LNG markets of Asia – and how they differ from the natural gas markets of the U.S. and Europe.

Commodities in Asia Episode 4 | Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute

This week on our Commodities in Asia series, we welcome Lee Howell, Executive Director at the Villars Institute, into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Host David Greely sits down with Lee to discuss the shifting tides in international affairs and the new geopolitical realities that are being created by the energy transition – and Asia’s place in it.

Commodities in Asia Episode 3 | Sunil Kashyap, Director, FinMet Pte Ltd.

We continue our Commodities in Asia series this week with Sunil Kashyap, Director at FinMet Pte Ltd. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Sunil to discuss gold, nickel, and managing risk in a world where physical commodities markets are increasingly centered in Asia, while the commodities futures markets are in the United States and Europe.

Commodities in Asia Episode 2 | Septian Hario Seto, Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs of Indonesia

For our second installment of Commodities in Asia, we welcome Septian Hario Seto into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Seto is Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs of Indonesia.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Seto to discuss how Indonesia is approaching its role in the energy transition as a major producer of both a commodity we need to use less of, coal, and a commodity we need a whole lot more of, nickel.

Special Episode | Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2023

We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit. 

At this September’s Climate Week in New York City, we partnered with IETA to interview a wide-range of carbon market participants. During this pivotal year in carbon markets, we wanted to discuss their perspectives on where we are and what we need to do next to harness the power of markets to make net-zero possible.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sat down with these guests to talk about how carbon markets support their strategy for climate action; how this year’s challenges to operationalize the Article 6 markets, as well as this year’s challenges to the reputation and growth of the voluntary carbon markets, are affecting their strategies; and what they see as the most important ideas being discussed at the Climate Summit this year.

We’ve compiled a selection of those interviews into this special episode of SmarterMarkets™. The full interviews for each guest are available on the SmarterMarkets™ Presents media portal.

Our guests in order of appearance in this episode are:

Ingo Puhl, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Southeast Asia at South Pole

Lisa DeMarco, Senior Partner & CEO at Resilient and Chair of the Board of Directors at IETA

Svenja Telle, Director of Origination at Base Carbon

Ana Carolina Avzaradel Szklo, Technical Director, Markets and Standards at VCMI

Melissa Lindsay, Founder & CEO at Emsurge & Emstream

Juan Durán, Executive Director at EcoRegistry

Dinesh Babu, Executive Director at Climate Action Data Trust

Nick Osborne, GM, Global Environmental Products at Shell Energy

Lars Kvale, VP of Market Solutions at Chia Network

Lars Kroijer, Founder & Managing Director at Allied Offsets

Max DuBuisson, VP of Sustainability Policy & Engagement at Indigo Ag

Goulnara Aguiar, CEO & Founder of Ormex Standard

Dominique Strasdin, Head of Business Development at Vertree

Rick Saines, Managing Director at Pollination

Matt Beckwith, Sr. Advisor at Varda Ag

Leslie Durschinger, Founder, CEO, & CIO at Terra Global Capital

Mark Downes, Communications Director at IETA

David Antonioli, Independent Advisor & Former CEO at Verra