Ep. 129: Rodrigo Prudencio, Worldwide Corporate Development, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund

Today's guest is Rodrigo Prudencio, who works in Worldwide Corporate Development at Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund.

We discuss a lot in this episode, including what got Rodrigo initially passionate about climate change, the lessons he learned from the last cleantech wave, what led him back into cleantech and his role at Amazon, and a deep dive into the Climate Pledge Fund, its areas of focus, and how Amazon will measure its success.

This episode was recorded live on October 22, 2020 as part of the Co_Invest Cleantech annual flagship event. We’d like to thank Clean Energy Trust for putting on this event, and allowing us to participate.

In today’s episode, we cover:

Climate Pledge Fund profile, focus areas, and early investmentsRodrigo’s history and backgroundHow cleantech has changed in the years since Rodrigo last focused on itKey lessons learned from Cleantech 1.0Amazon’s Climate PledgeRole of big companies like Amazon in the climate fightRole of policy and regulation vs innovationRole of activismFuture of capitalism

Links to topics discussed in this episode:

The Climate Pledge: https://www.theclimatepledge.com/Amazon’s Carbon Footprint: https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/sustainable-operations/carbon-footprintAmazon Sustainability: https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/Climate Friendly Badge: https://www.forbes.com/sites/prakashdolsak/2020/10/06/will-amazons-climate-pledge-friendly-label-transform-online-shopping/#743aa58ef9e5Chamath Palihapitiya Tweet: https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1318910679856807937Amazon PAC: https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063716163Carbon Pricing: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/7/20/17584376/carbon-tax-congress-republicans-cost-economy

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