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Achieving Carbon Neutrality: One Goal, Many Pathways

The clock is ticking for business leaders who have set ambitious carbon neutrality goals.

Undoubtedly, many business leaders are recognising the urgency to take action in addressing climate change. However, there is a need to first identify various credible pathways to meet the carbon neutrality goal in time. The recently launched Climate Impact X (CIX) – a global exchange and marketplace that aims to scale the voluntary carbon market – is an example of how a pathway to carbon neutrality is created through digital innovation. It shows how technology can be leveraged to enhance the transparency and integrity of a solution.

In this webinar, join experts as they discuss various pathways that can help business leaders reach their carbon neutrality goals. Find out how innovation acts as an enabler in achieving that while understanding risks and opportunities of digital transformation.

Key Takeaways:

  • Discover various digital transformations businesses are embracing, its risks and opportunities for innovation in carbon neutrality

  • Find out how innovation is currently being deployed to achieve net zero – specifically in terms of carbon credits following the launch of CIX

  • The various pathways business leaders can adopt to reach carbon neutrality goals


About Speakers:

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Yvonne Zhang | Lead Sustainability Director, Deloitte

Eliminating environmental and social externalities through legal & financial structuring, applying technology and contributing to new international standards.

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Junice Yeo | Executive Director & Head of Greater China , Eco-Business

Junice is Eco-Business' Executive Director, and Head of Greater China, based in Beijing. She leads the public and private sector engagements at Eco-Business, including establishing platforms for dialogues, and delivering research and advisory work in the region.

A certified trainer under the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)'s GRI Standards, Junice has trained over 300 individuals on sustainability reporting. She has a CFA certificate in ESG Investment (level 4), and has also helped community specialists on social impact measurement.

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Tony Á Verb | Co-Founder, Carbonless Asia

Tony is a serial entrepreneur, urban innovator, venture capitalist and film producer, based in Hong Kong. He’s the founder of GreaterBay Ventures & Advisors, an integrated investment and consulting firm, specialised on cross-border innovation and urban technologies. Tony is committed to accelerate the growth of technology companies that positively impact urbanisation under the thesis he coins as “Urban Tech with Impact”. He does this primarily through the GreaterBayX and Carbonless Asia platforms that he is building with different partners and domain experts respectively.

Tony has launched several initiatives and contributed to different verticals and communities locally and globally, with experience in corporate innovation, accelerator programmes and ecosystem building as partner of Nest.vc and co-founder of Mettā, an entrepreneur club.