The ZENERGY Podcast: Climate Leadership, Finance and Technology

Energy The Energy Mixx April 27, 2025

The ZENERGY Podcast: Climate Leadership, Finance and Technology

The Zenergy Podcast interviews global climate leaders with prior guests including the founders of some of the world’s largest renewable energy and electric vehicle companies including founders of SoftBank Energy, Azure Power, Ola Electric, and SunEdison. These conversations share industry developments, highlight clean tech investment opportunities, and shed light on how young professionals can increase their chances of employment in this fastly growing sector. We also discuss the energy transition across key emerging markets like India, and explore partnership opportunities for US companies.

Welcome to The Zenergy Podcast! Karan recently had the pleasure of attending DC Climate Week where he sat down with today’s guest, John Holm. John is Senior Vice President of Partnership Development at Pyxera Global, a company aiming to solve big problems one community at a time. They discuss what drew John into this line of work and how he transitioned to Pyxera Global. Then, Karan and John chat about the company’s mission, how they have been able to engage the private sector in meaningful and effective ways, and how they are helping companies to unlock the mantra “reduce, reuse, repurpose” within their supply chain. We lean into the topic of critical minerals and discuss what changed in recent years to bring critical minerals to the forefront of policy and corporate strategy conversations. Then, we touch briefly on the role of tariffs and conclude with John’s perspective on what success looks like for companies genuinely committed to circularity in 2030. Thanks for listening!

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Editing/Graphics: Desta Wondirad, Wondir Studios