Gilad Goren, Executive Director and Founder of Nature Tech Collective, is a social entrepreneur from New York with a background in tourism, travel tech, and philanthropy. He later shifted to impact and blockchain, emphasizing nature and carbon credits. His experience with marketplace solutions and nature-based projects inspired him to help develop the nature tech sector at Nature Tech Collective.
Nature Tech Collective & Gilad Goren: Key Points on The Green Insider episode 304:
- Gilad Goren, transitioned from tourism and travel tech to impact and blockchain, focusing on nature and carbon credits.
- He built marketplace solutions for nature-based projects and now aims to develop the nature tech sector.
- Nature Tech Collective was founded three years ago to close the nature finance gap by leveraging technology for better nature data and investments in nature-based solutions.
- The organization prioritizes a nature-positive transition over carbon credits, urging companies to address nature challenges in their supply chains and focus on long-term sustainability.
- Technology is used to enhance the reliability and scalability of nature-based solutions, but it should complement ecological knowledge.
- Nature Tech Collective is based in Delaware but has global members and reach.
- Gilad is optimistic about growing recognition of nature’s importance, which is driving more investment and accelerating sector growth.
- The organization is philanthropically backed and entrepreneur-led, taking a pragmatic, product-based approach to environmental initiatives.
- Corporates are increasingly interested in insetting supply chains and collaborating at the landscape level, documenting carbon savings without necessarily issuing credits.
- Gilad advocates for a holistic, systemic approach to Nature Tech, encouraging community engagement, resource sharing, and learning from both successes and failures.
- Announcement: Nature Tech directory will launch during New York Climbing Week; listeners are invited to seek support from the organization.
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