Decarb Connect Alex Cameron

In this week’s podcast, Bruno Fux joins Alex Cameron to discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for decarbonisation in Vietnam, and specifically his plans for Siam City Cement. considering the country's commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. 
You’ll hear a comparison of Siam City Cement's initiatives vs those in regions benefiting from more robust policy incentives and will hear about the company's proactive steps towards lowering emissions and increasing circularity.
 
Whether it's replacing fossil fuels, reducing the clinker factor in cement, or engaging with the next generation of sustainability leaders, Siam City Cement’s efforts represent a crucial pivot towards sustainability in a traditionally resource-intensive industry.
 
Tune into this episode for insights into how Siam City Cement is not just adapting to but also shaping the industrial sustainability landscape in Vietnam. This discussion also provides insights into why, in future competitivity terms, Bruno and the leaders of Siam City Cement are pursuing sustainability and net zero targets, no matter how challenging the context. 

 
Show links: 
-          Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
-          Connect to Bruno Fux 
-          Learn more about the sustainability and co2 projects at Siam City Cement
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. You could the community of leading decarbonizers at conferences in Berlin (June), Boston (Our TechInvest event in September), Toronto (November), the UK or Houston or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 
 

Steve Meller, Founder and CEO of CH4 Global, joined Alex to talk about the scale up of his company which is focused on massively reducing methane emissions from cattle using a seaweed technology. 
 
Steve Meller brings experience from the corporate, entrepreneurial and academic world to his leadership of CH4 Global – all are playing their part from the selection of the tech, the selection of the team and the essential core of a product that is commercially profitable from first sale. Listen to hear how Steve has led the scale up from research and lab development through their current project to construct their first commercial-scale facility. 
 
Agriculture accounts for 12 gigatonnes of co2-equivalent methane – whether you’re focused on ch2 or co2, listen in to learn how CH4 Global is scaling and their focus on real impact tied to a strong commercial. Steve talks with Alex about their capital efficient approach focused on validating the science, demonstrating commercial-scale production, and ensuring positive economics for farmers. He also discussed strategic partnerships for further scaling, critical to accessing the global market for his product. 
 
Key points of discussion: 
-        Selecting an approach, technology and team that can deliver an outsized impact by 2030
-        Building a cost-effective and profitable platform without subsidies
-        Scalability of on-land production of seaweed
-        Timeline to their first commercial facility to be completed in 2024
 
You’ll also hear how CH4 Global raised $55M to date through angel, seed, and venture funding and their next steps in terms of funding rounds. 
 
Show links: 
-        Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
-        Connect to Steve Meller and the work of CH4 Global
-        Learn about CH4’s work so far and their great video overviews of methane and the agricultural climate issue
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester, Houston, Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 
 
 
 

 India’s watershed moment in climate-terms was the Paris COP where commitments were made on co2 sequestration, co2 intensity and renewables. More recently at COP Last year more commitments were made including hitting Net Zero by 2070. 
 
India is a developing industrial nation that needs to balance the right of a population to seek better overall living standards but which also needs to find the right response to internal and external calls for supporting its own industrials as they decarbonize. 
 
Post-CBAM, discussions are ongoing about the nature of a carbon market or more carbon regulations – and from Decarb Connect’s own experience, there are also highly motivated steel and cement organisations in India that are proactively trying to find routes forward. 
 
Join Alex Cameron, CEO of Decarb Connect, as she talks with Jai Asundi, the Executive Director of CSTEP Centre for study of science, technology and policy). They explore the opportunities for domestic and foreign investment around the energy and decarbonisation transition – but also the unique challenges and landscape of India and how this alters the priorities being set. 
 
Key discussion points: 
-          What will future electricity and co2-intensive materials demand look like in a nation that is on an economic and consumer-expectations journey?
-          What kind of production-linked incentives are going to drive the tech ecosystem in India?
-          What are the opportunities around pilots of critical tech for both domestic and international industrials?
-          How are the CBAM headwinds driving policy discussions and planning?
-          How will India’s unique approach to expanding renewables open up opportunities for investors and others in this energy transition?
-          The two big climate commitments in india are net zero emissions by 2070 and meeting fifty percent of electricity requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030
o   What are the practical implications for these targets (land use, water, carbon capture)
o   What could this mean for a developing economy and how people will live?
o   What is the size of the opportunity?
o   What are the technology and alternative material requirements developing
 
 
Show links: 
-          Follow Alex Cameron on LinkedIn and find how to get involved with the membership and work of Decarb Connect
-          Connect to Jai Asundi and the work of CSTEP
-          Read up on CSTEPS report in the Energy and Emissions Implications for a Desired Quality of Life in India
-          Take a look at CSTEP’s No Silver Bullet report, exploring the route and reality of achieving Net Zero in India
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester, Houston, Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site to

 CCS drives discussion whether you’re for it, against it or just hope it’s a solution you’ll be able to use. In this episode, Alex Cameron talks with Malc Kent to get to the heart of the questions that industrial members of the Decarbonization Leaders Network ask, specifically: 
o   What do we really know about the safety and security of long term underground storage?
o   Are we learning much from previous project successes, failures or issues?
o   Could industrials store co2 underground on or in close proximity to their sites?
o   How do the costs of an average CCS project breakdown? How does MK see this changing over the next decade as more projects come on line?
 
More than this, you’ll hear Malc’s view on the emerging global locations that have momentum when it comes to Co2 storage and what CGG are doing to join the dots of the value chain and participants in this nascent market. You’ll also hear about the timeline and big steps needed to get to a fully functioning market place for co2 storage.
 
No industrial thinks CCS is their sole solution, but with many in energy-intensive sectors looking to the technology as a pillar of their multi-stranded (and multi-location) roadmap these are essential discussion points. 
 
Show Links: 
·         Learn more about Malc Kent and the work of CGG around the world
·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)
·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 
 
 

This episode steps back to the early innovation cycle that is still needed to accelerate industrial decarbonisation. Bruce Adderley joins the podcast to explore how the £66m of the TFI Challenge in the UK has had an amplified effect, securing £200m+ of co-investment for collaborations across steel, cement, chem, glass and more of the foundation industries. 
 
Whether you are UK-based or not, listen in these takeaways including: 
-          How govt grants can be used to drive novel interventions in our oldest industries
-          How collaboration across industry, rather than siloed grant allocations, was the secret to successful projects and scaling of innovative tech
-          How the investor partnering programme secured co-investments from entities including HG investors, the Clean Growth Fund, SpeedInvest Industry, Turquoise International and Midven Limited 
You’ll also hear about two specific projects the Challenge ignited: 
-          Cement 2 Zero (reuse of end of life cement in electric arc furnaces)
-          Rectify (a circular supply chain developing high-quality grades of recycled steel for the production of low carbon ‘green steel’)
UK-based? This is also a great opportunity hear about how tax payer money has been put to use in ways that are leading to further co investments in decarb, new facilities and city regeneration. 
 
Based outside the UK? Listen in and share this with policy makers/influencers and those trying to spark decarbonisation projects with seed capital elsewhere in the world. 
 
Don’t forget – you can meet Bruce and learn about another project in the challenge that involves Unilever at our Decarb Connect UK event in Manchester from February 27-29.
 
Show Links: 
·         Learn about Bruce Adderly and UKRI’s Transforming Foundation Industries Challenge 
·         Learn more about the TFI Co-Investor Partner Programme
·         Read up on the Rectify project and watch a video about Cement2Zero 
·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)
·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more
 
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings. 
 

 If you’re an industrial or an investor exploring the Carbon Capture space, listen in to this conversation with Erica Nemser, CEO of Compact Membrane System, and Alex Cameron, CEO of Decarb Connect. You’ll hear about the growing ecosystem, types of point source carbon capture technology – and also will get the inside story on how CMS is scaling its solution and business. 
Erica brings a background as an economist and a former McKinsey leader to her leadership of CMS and has scaled the company from a research lab to a commercially-driven, profitable, and market-making company. 
You’ll explore the ecosystem of technologies and where CMS’s membrane solution sits. We also explore key demonstration projects with Voestalpine and RHI Magnesita, including a look at how different streams of CO2 impact the choice of technology and partner. 
Show Links: 
·         Learn about Compact Membrane Systems (CMS) and their plans
·         Connect with Erica Nemser at CMS
·         Connect with Alex to suggest a guest or to talk about what you’re hearing on the podcast (or simply to learn more about Decarb Connect)
·         Explore our upcoming events in the US, UK, Europe, Canada and more
·         Find out about the Verbund X accelerator
 
 
Learn about our Sponsor: Janno Media
Many thanks to our production partner and sponsor Janno Media for their support in delivering this podcast. They continue to facilitate great conversations that connect us with our audience, and their skills and expertise mean we can concentrate exclusively on generating great content to engage, inform and inspire.
 
Want to learn more about Decarb Connect? 
Our global membership platform, events and facilitated introductions support the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the world. Our clients include the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more along with technology disruptors, investors and advisors. 
 
Explore our Decarbonisation Leaders Network (DLN), where members share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. 
 
If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at the discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series. In 2024 you could join us at conferences in Manchester (February), Houston (March), Berlin (June), Toronto (November) or at any number of meet ups, site tours and virtual meetings.