Joining 4WARD.VC, Climate Conferences, Corporate CSR and ESG Reporting 101
Hi folks, wanted to share some MAJOR housekeeping, updates and opportunities for you in the 4WARD.VC and Climate Techies world
FROM LAST TIME: For Swiss folks to help us with a Swiss Climate Grant!
Are you a Swiss-based startup, investor, corporate, SME, govt or ecosystem system partner? Have you found 4WARD.VC, The Startup Tank, our Climate Techies community/networking/events and our free database and resources for the climate space helpful?
If so, PLEASE help us by fill out this form - we're applying for a climate grant from an amazing Swiss Foundation to help us keep supporting all of you in the climate ecosystem to drive increased collaboration and success in the space and need your help
They normally only fund hardtech innovations and we’re trying to make the case our community, resources, content, networking, funding and accelerator add SO MUCH to other climate tech startups and players in Switzerland that helping fund us is like an exponential effect on all other Swiss players in the climate space
To do that, we need your help! Here’s the form - please take 1min to help us pay our mounting bills and keep helping you and community thrive!
And here is the Substack survey for non-Swiss/Lichtenstein-based folks.
Thanks :)
1. Want to Join the 4WARD.VC Team?
Great news! We have several positions available :)
a) Our Climate Tech VC Fellowship - a 6 mo learning program (unpaid but with possibility for employment post program) to get hands-on climate tech VC experience inside our accelerator and community - for more details and to apply, click here (min time commitment: 8+ hrs/wk)
b) Our Climate Techies Community Fellowship - Are you experience with community building, events and/or affiliate marketing? We’re looking for 1-2 ultra-driven internpreneurs (unpaid but with possibility for employment post program) to join our team and help build out a new community & events business within 4WARD.VC.
For more details and to apply, click here (min time commitment: 6 mos and 8+ hrs/wk) - Apply Now
c) Our Startup Tank VC Fellowship - a 6 mo climate adventure (unpaid but with possibility for employment post program) to get hands-on and active with managing, promoting and hosting Startup Tank sessions with our incredible climate VC panelists - for more details and to apply, click here (min time commitment: 8+ hrs/wk)
2. Announcing Our Climate Tech Conference Database
Are you looking to attend any awesome climate conferences this year? If so, we’ve got the database for you :)
The 45 Climate Conferences Remaining for 2023 (plus some discounts :)
Feel free to add any great upcoming climate conferences and we’ll try to add them to our list here: https://4ward.vc/conferences
3. In Case Your Missed Our Climate Techies Sustainability & Innovation Series!
If you're a startup founder, climate tech investor, sustainability -focused employee of a corporate, ecosystem partner or govt agency looking to promote sustainable innovation, you’re going to want to check out Our Climate Techies Sustainability & Innovation Series on Eventbrite and stay tuned for our awesome upcoming Climate Techies Sustainability Series (more info on our site here or on Eventbrite if you prefer)
In the series we’ll cover everything from Carbon Accounting Basics & Breaking Down the Carbon Credits Market to Finding and Winning Climate Tech Grants, the Future of Waste Mgmt, Crafting Your Startup's Financial Models, Setting up Employee ESOPs and cap tables and much much more
3a: ESG & Sustainability Reporting 101: Why, How, Insights & Regulation - Aug 23rd @ 5pm CET
Join us and Chris Bolman of Brightest on August 23th @ 5-6pm CET (11am EST) to breakdown down sustainability reporting and carbon accounting and make sense of an ever changing regulatory environment
Brightest.io: A solution-first ESG management and data platform for socially-conscious enterprises to drive, measure and report impact – plus they’re a certified B-Corp! For more info, visit Brightest.io
And be sure to RSVP here on Eventbrite and follow us on Eventbrite so you never miss a thing!
3b. Other Upcoming Climate Techies Events:
Sept 6 @ 5pm CET: Profitability meets Sustainability: Navigating your org’s climate budget & regs
Sept 20th @ 5pm CET: Mastering Human-Centric Design Thinking for Corporates
Oct 4th @ 5pm CET: How to Win Grants - What Grant Reviewers are Looking for
Oct 20th @ 5pm CET: Crafting Your Startup's Financial Models for Climate Tech Companies
4. Special Offers for Startups, VCs and Corporates
We’ve been working to get special offers, deals and resources for you guys
Here are some of our favorites:
Streamline: An AI-powered grant writing tool to increase your odds of success, save you time, and help you get back to more interesting work (email the team today or grab a time with Helena for a special offer)
Net Zero Insights: The ultimate market intelligence tool for VCs focused on climate tech startups (email Andrea and the team for a special offer)
Notion: The best system for building out your team’s processes and system documentation.
Brightest.io: A solution-first ESG management and data platform for socially-conscious enterprises to drive, measure and report impact – plus they’re a certified B-Corp!
Celsia: The best EU Taxonomy reporting for Article 8/9 VC funds & investment firms
Net0: Software to help sustainability teams in large businesses measure, reduce and disclose CO2 emissions
5. Helping Corporates Drive Sustainability!
Are you part of a corporate looking to decarbonize and/or drive sustainable innovation and growth within your organization? If so, please fill out this 30s survey to help us help you :)
Thanks for filling that out:
a) We have a free list of tools and resources for corporates to drive sustainability & ESG here: https://4ward.vc/corporateoffers
b) If any of those are particularly interesting, please reply & reach out and we’ll see if/how we can help :)
That’s it for now. Have a great one folks :)
Matt
PS. Anyone doing anything big for COP28 in Dubai? I might be coming and would be great to meet some folks and learn the players in the ecosystem
PPS. Have you joined our FREE Climate Techies communities on Slack and Whatsapp? If not, they’re a great place to network and collaborate with 3k+ other climate techies focused on solving major real world problems
We have separate subgroups for everything from construction and carbon capture to real estate, to energy gen & storage, food & ag, investing and much more - apply here to join our exclusive Climate Techies community.