Canada's built environment accounts for roughly 40% of national emissions - and building materials, one of the least-discussed corners of climate tech, are where a lot of that carbon actually lives.
In this episode, we look at the buyer side of the equation: how large, industrial customers that are producing building materials today approach low-carbon innovation.
Dennis Wilson is VP of ESG and Managing Director of Circular Economy Solutions at Saint-Gobain North America, one of the world's oldest and largest building materials companies.
Dennis sits on both sides of the innovation equation: he runs Saint-Gobain's internal decarbonization strategy and its external startup partnerships.
In this conversation:
How an ESG target turns into deployed capital
Why circular solutions are on the top of Dennis' priority list
What Saint-Gobain looks for before greenlighting a startup partnership
Balancing pilots with the need for solutions at mass-scale
What founders get wrong and why "we have a solution" isn't enough
Where pilot-to-procurement relationships break down, and what separates the ones that survive
It's an inside look at how industrial players think about integrating new solutions and decarbonizing at scale.
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