The ESG Report podcast is hosted by Tom Fox. In this episode, Tom is joined by Gareth Evans, founder of Veckta. Gareth Evans had always planned to be a fast jet pilot, but decided to pursue an environmental science degree instead. After working in the oil and gas industry for many years, he found himself in Iraq, doing liability assessments in areas with massive environmental issues. This experience inspired him to become the CEO of Veckta, an energy transition platform. He works to help businesses become more sustainable, reliable, and profitable by developing their own onsite energy systems. He encourages companies to respect the energy transition process and believes that by 2030 there will be a shift to a more distributed and secure form of energy.
Key Highlights
1. How can businesses use energy transition to become more profitable and sustainable?
2. What strategies can businesses use to reduce emissions and increase reliability, resilience, and security of their energy systems?
3. How can businesses leverage technology and brokering relationships to maximize their energy transition investments?
Notable Quotes
1. “We can actually be sustainable and profitable these days with these systems. Having people who are thinking strategically about the long-term sustainability of their business and also ensuring that they are maintain and grow their profitability and have a differentiated position in their market is key.”
2. “You can actually be sustainable and profitable these days with these systems.”
3. “It’s not something that we can change overnight. We do need to really adapt with purpose and there’s ways of doing that and ensuring that we do drive that sustainable outcome.”
4. “It’s important that we’re thinking about what is the worst-case scenario? What does it cost us? How do we factor that into our decision making?”
Resources
Gareth Evans on LinkedIn
