The Pre-Read Beyond Compliance: Building Businesses on Voluntary Sustainability Efforts
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Sep 22, 2025 Natalia Dorfman, CEO of Kita, shares her expertise on carbon insurance, highlighting how it transforms risks in voluntary carbon markets and attracts capital. Oriana Bretschger, CEO of AquaCycle, discusses innovative industrial wastewater treatment technologies that not only lower costs but turn wastewater into valuable resources. They emphasize reframing sustainability in financial terms, explore the resilience of wastewater management, and outline essential metrics for proving ROI while encouraging proactive water stewardship in corporate strategies.
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Insurance Frees Capital For Carbon Projects
- Carbon insurance transfers project risks onto insurers to free capital and scale high-quality carbon projects.
- Natalia Dorfman says insurers price and structure risk so developers and buyers can deploy finance confidently.
Long Project Horizons Reduce Political Risk
- Carbon projects span decades and often outlast political cycles, reducing short-term political risk.
- Natalia Dorfman says financiers focus on project stability and profitable returns rather than transient policy shifts.
Verify Who Holds Delivery Risk
- Ask where insurance or other risk mitigants sit in a carbon transaction before contracting credits.
- Natalia Dorfman recommends confirming who holds non-delivery risk to avoid replacement cost exposure.