About Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability
"Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability" explores the intersection of law, carbon sustainability, and commodities markets. Each episode features Deanna Reitman, a seasoned partner at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and experts discussing key issues in carbon sustainability and critical minerals. Discover the legal landscapes and regulations surrounding sustainable assets and commodities, from carbon markets to advancements in critical minerals and gain insights into how legal insights drive environmental stewardship and economic growth. Whether dealing with carbon credits, sustainable commodities, or integrating sustainability into business, "Deanna's Dialogues" offers invaluable perspectives. Subscribe to stay informed and inspired on sustainability standards.
Directing Innovation and Accountability in Environmental Markets
Deanna Reitman welcomes Rori Cowan, a seasoned expert in carbon accounting and environmental markets, to share her insights on advancing sustainable assets. Rori discusses her journey from carbon verification to protocol development, highlighting the importance of robust accounting principles and transparent methodologies to ensure credibility and legal viability in environmental projects. As the market becomes more sophisticated, Rori encourages ongoing progress, even in the face of imperfection, and envisions a future where digital product passports recouple environmental goods with products and services.
26 Feb 2026
Bridging Agriculture and Energy: Leadership, Coalition-Building, and the Future of Sustainability
Deanna Reitman talks with Sarah Beth Aubrey, founder of the Agvocacy Coalitions and CEO of the Envoy Group, to discuss the intersection of agriculture, energy, and climate sustainability. Sarah Beth shares her journey in building grassroots alliances that unite stakeholders from farming communities, nonprofits, and agricultural companies, with a focus on finding common ground and innovative solutions for energy production and land use. The conversation delves into the complexities and opportunities that arise as rural and urban agriculture meet the increasing demand for sustainable energy, and it highlights the importance of collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
27 Jan 2026
Transforming Agriculture and Environmental Markets with Innovation in Green Ammonia and Fertilizer
Deanna Reitman talks with Tom Bowker and Irfan Verjee of Shomax to discuss how innovation in green ammonia and fertilizer is transforming agriculture and environmental markets. Tom and Irfan share how their proprietary additive enables plants to absorb nitrogen more efficiently through their leaves, improving yields while directly removing potent nitrous oxide greenhouse gases from the ambient air. Their approach integrates behind-the-meter solar microgrids to produce green ammonia at a lower cost than traditional methods, creating a fully renewable and sustainable system that is also economically viable for farmers and corporate offtakers.
22 Dec 2025
Transforming Waste Into Climate Assets and Solutions
In this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, Deanna Reitman welcomes Jason Dodier, co-founder of Grain Ecosystem, for a deep dive into how circular economy solutions are transforming waste into climate assets. Jason shares his path from energy infrastructure to climate innovation and explains how Grain's AI-powered platform helps municipalities, companies and developers convert biomass and residues into biochar, renewable energy and verified carbon credits. The episode wraps with Jason's call for flexible innovation, clearer rules, and a shared focus on creating real public benefit while building sustainable, profitable climate solutions.
9 Dec 2025
Securing Sustainability: Digitizing Trust and Impact in Carbon Markets
In this episode, Deanna Reitman welcomes Mat Yarger, founder of Demia, to discuss the transformative role of secure data in scaling sustainability solutions. Mat shares his journey from military intelligence and digital forensics to leading innovation in carbon markets, drawing on his experience with cybersecurity and blockchain to build trust and transparency. The episode highlights the importance of evolving industry practices and embracing technology, noting how collaboration with auditors, governments and registries is driving real change.
28 Oct 2025
Integrating Carbon Credits and Renewable Energy Certificates in Bundled Solutions
In this episode of Deanna's Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, Deanna Reitman welcomes Sargon Daniel, CEO and founder of Nexus Renewable Power, to explore the evolving intersection of law, renewable energy and carbon sustainability. Sargon shares his unique journey from energy law and finance to entrepreneurship, offering insights into the challenges and opportunities of developing renewable power projects within dynamic regulatory frameworks.
15 Oct 2025
Advancing the Circular Economy: Construction Materials That Capture Carbon and Reduce Carbon Emissions
In this episode of Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, Deanna Reitman interviews Joshua McGuire, an innovative entrepreneur whose journey in sustainable concrete began with experiments in his father’s factory and culminated in the creation of Builder’s Crete — a concrete product that utilizes sawdust waste to replace traditional stone aggregates.
21 May 2025
The Role of Entrepreneurs: How They Use Innovation, Technology and Guts to Blaze a Path Towards Sustainability
Eric Rubenstein, CEO of New Climate Ventures, explores how his venture capital fund invests in innovative carbon reduction technologies, drawing on his team's diverse expertise in this interview with Deanna
6 Jan 2025
Trading in Sustainable/Carbon Commodities: Good, Bad and Opportunities
Deanna DeLorenzo talks with Michael Vigario, U.S. finance director at ACT Commodities, about innovative project financing and the evolving role of education in the renewable energy sector.
20 Nov 2024
Intersection of Compliance Carbon & Voluntary Carbon Markets
Deanna DeLacy chats with Anuj Kapoor, founder of Green People Earth, about leveraging technology to track and manage greenhouse gas emissions for stakeholder reporting and reduction insights.
19 Sept 2024
Digitizing Voluntary Carbon Markets
The voluntary carbon market allows companies to purchase carbon credits to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, promote sustainability and attract environmentally conscious consumers (unlike mandatory carbon markets, which are required by law). The main focus of this podcast is a discussion of how blockchain and digitization technology is used in the voluntary carbon markets, and Ant Stevens discusses how he and his team at Northern Trust are using technology to find innovative solutions for their clients in their initiatives to prevent climate change.
6 Aug 2024
Metals & Minerals’ Role in Energy Transition & Sustainability
On this episode of Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, host Deanna Reitman sits down with Marian D’Auria, the global head of risk and sustainability at GFG Alliance, to discuss her responsibilities as the champion of sustainability for the Alliance — a metals, critical minerals and renewable energy group. Join us as Marian takes us through a typical day of heading risk and sustainability for an international metals and minerals entity during this time of a climate crisis and global wars. Additionally, we will discuss Marian’s vision of a larger role for the metals and minerals industry in energy transition and sustainability.
22 Jul 2024
Carbon Capture Projects
“Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability" explores the intersection of law, carbon sustainability, and commodities markets. In this episode, host Deanna Reitman sits down with Rhina Granados, a carbon consultant with environmental services firm 1PointFive, to discuss her passion for carbon markets and how she utilizes her experience and knowledge to assist with the development of groundbreaking carbon capture projects.
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