Risk Management Show Scaling Climate Solutions: Lessons from Top Innovators with Josh Dorfman
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Sep 11, 2025 Josh Dorfman, a climate-focused entrepreneur and founder of Plantd and Supercool, shares his insights on scaling climate solutions. He discusses how innovative business strategies are essential for mainstream adoption of sustainable practices. Key examples include biomass for building materials and AI-optimized school transportation. Josh emphasizes the importance of storytelling and innovative financing to promote eco-friendly technologies. His perspectives provide a roadmap for businesses aiming to tackle sustainability while enhancing profitability.
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Scaling Biomass Into Building Materials
- Josh Dorfman founded Planted to grow fast biomass and turn it into structural building panels that lock away carbon.
- The company secured large builder partnerships and an order for 10 million panels, showing real market traction.
Showcasing Market-Ready Climate Solutions
- Supercool highlights climate solutions that are already scaling and making money while cutting emissions.
- The platform focuses on real-world companies to show solving climate is a present-day opportunity.
Reverse-Engineer Successful Adoption
- Analyze why a specific company succeeds by identifying the levers that drive mainstream adoption of climate solutions.
- Use those adoption levers as a repeatable playbook operators can apply across industries.
