Today's guest is Leanne Kemp, Founder & CEO of Everledger.
Leanne is a serial founder and spent 20 plus years in the tech sector, from RFID to Supply Chain to AdTech. After successfully exiting four companies, Leanne served as a Blockchain expert and Entrepreneur advisor for private, public, and educational boards and committees, including IBM, Queensland University of Technology, and The World Trade Symposium. In addition to her current role as CEO, Leanne is also a member of The University of Queensland's Entrepreneurship Advisory Panel, a Fellow at Blockchain Australia, a member of Nation Brand Advisory Council, on the Board of Stewards for Accelerating Sustainable Production at the World Economic Forum, and a BlockChain, Trade, & Circular Economy Policy advisor at OECD-OCDE. Leanne is an internationally recognized, award-winning innovator and leader.
Everledger is an independent technology company that helps businesses surface and converge asset information using a wide array of secure technologies, including blockchain, AI, IoT, and more. By digitally streamlining compliance processes, Everledger can help customers share the history of an asset more efficiently and accurately. As a technology partner, the startup up also helps to build resilience and sustainability. Everledger's premiere platform brings additional transparency to various industries by highlighting critical characteristics of assets on their platform: quality, origin, sustainability footprint, and compliance standards.
In this episode, Leanne walks me through her climate journey, the motivations for founding Everledger, and her obsession with where our products come from. We also discuss Everledger's customer base and funding, the company's goals over the next two years, and how Everledger fits in the carbon accounting landscape. In addition, Leanne explains the importance of critical minerals, transparency in the supply chain, and blockchain in a sustainable future. Leanne is a great guest.
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Episode recorded December 20th, 2021
To learn more about Everledger, visit: https://everledger.io/
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