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If you want an always-on procurement strategy for your carbon, REC, SAFc, or EAC programs, you need always-on advice. Our own Harry Parkin is one of the best in the business. He's able to embed within many client sustainability teams and offer each real-time tailored strategy because he's extended by our AI + data platform.

Patch's Climate Strategy & Solutions team has tripled in size over the last 18 months (thankfully — hooray for this growth enabling my hiring!). So why are we changing the team's name and our titles? Because an important theme emerged through this growth. Our best work wasn't the engagements where we delivered a finished strategy and stepped back. It was the ones where we sat side-by-side with clients for weeks or months, meeting frequently, pressure-testing ideas together, and adjusting course as the market changed and matured. A strategy built in a black box fits in a black box. The ones that actually take root are the ones developed with a deep understanding of how a specific organization actually works. Working with clients, not for them. That small distinction matters a lot. When you're embedded in a client's world, present for the nuanced conversations, the leadership curveball, the market shift nobody saw coming, you can actually adjust course. You're a thought partner, not just a deliverable writer. Our team's new title, Embedded Climate Strategy, is meant to capture exactly that. Environmental markets aren't static, and neither are the steps required to meet climate commitments. What sustainability leaders need isn't a finished strategy, but someone who navigates the messiness alongside them, just as a colleague would. So, I'm now officially in the business of becoming everyone's colleague! See the link in the comments if you're curious what that looks like in practice.

The future of corporate sustainability has to be equally focused on impact and efficiency. We already live in a reality where every dollar of capital is precious. With limited resources, companies that go it alone may sacrifice impact for efficiency. Meanwhile, companies that have extended their team via consultants and advisory services have often sacrificed efficiency for impact. What corporate sustainability leaders need is advice that's dynamic to real-time changes in the market AND embedded in their unique business context. Enter Embedded Climate Strategy. More in the comments.

Imagine going into a restaurant that has 5,000 menu items and 50 different waiters. That's how our client Brendan Molony of Docusign describes the experience of buying environmental commodities in a conversation with Bee Hui Yeh on The Carbon Removal Show. And with 27,000+ projects across hundreds of suppliers in the voluntary carbon market alone, the restaurant analogy is an understatement. We've been proud to work closely with Docusign to help make these markets not only manageable but powerful in support of Docusign's sustainability goals. Take a listen to the podcast — link is in the comments below.

Our #SFClimateWeek calendar is packed with events for the highest levels of corporate sustainability leadership (like #Rebalance2026 on Monday) as well as operators at the director level and above. Take a look at our events next week here: https://lnkd.in/g_jSCzUc

Join our next webinar together with Oliver Wyman's Global Head of Sustainability, Lauren Wylie, Planboo's CEO Freddie Catlow and Patch's Head of Climate Strategy & Solutions, Bee Hui Yeh 👋 In this session, we unpack how Oliver Wyman and Planboo’s CDR partnership began and evolved — from the first conversation to a multi-year offtake with impact that reaches beyond carbon, and a strategy that’s made its way into OW’s own offices and culture. 📅 Thu, April 30 · 8:30 AM PST | 5:30 PM CET Register here: https://lnkd.in/dxiZ-vaC Hope to see you there!

I’m excited to join the Rebalance 2026 CSO Summit 🎉 next month for a candid, practical discussion on how CSOs are responding to AI-driven disruption—and what’s actually helping teams stay ahead. 🙌🏼 I’ll share the stage with Sunya Norman, Erik Hansen, Erica Fensom, Blair Swedeen, and Nat Bullard. We’ll dig into what’s working, where we’re still challenged, and how programs are evolving as business models, technology, and policy shift. We’re meeting on April 20 in the Salesforce Tower in SF! It’s invite-only. CSOs far and wide: join us! https://lnkd.in/gZJZCDsQ

Upcoming webinar for anyone who's run into roadblocks that have derailed a carbon RFP or procurement process. Join us with Oliver Wyman's Global Head of Sustainability, Lauren Wylie, and Planboo's CEO, Freddie Catlow (moderated by Patch's Bee Hui Yeh) for a practitioner's guide to getting from strategy through transaction smoothly. We'll unpack the buyer's journey from end‑to‑end: setting acceptance criteria that survive cross‑functional review, running diligence that's fast and defensible, and avoiding mid‑process inventory shocks. You'll leave with concrete tools: a criteria template you can adapt, a diligence flow that limits rework, and a checklist to protect momentum during contracting and settlement. If you're tired of restarts and "almost closed," this session is built for you. Thu, April 30 at 8:30am PST (4:30pm GMT). Save your spot. Link in the first comment.

Excited to convene a dedicated sustainability community at this year’s Forbes Under 30 Summit in Phoenix! 🏜️ We’re bringing together a highly curated group of founders, investors, operators, and corporate leaders focused on what it actually takes to move from ambition to real-world implementation. If you’ll be there, join us across a few moments throughout the week: • A sustainability meetup on Monday evening bringing together some of the most interesting people building and investing across climate for a fun, and informal night • A fireside conversation on deploying climate solutions at scale featuring Ida Hempel (Galvanize Climate Solutions) and Brennan Spellacy (Patch), followed by a networking reception. • A hands-on service activity to bring the community together in a more tangible way with the Arizona Sustainability Alliance I have a limited number of discounted passes for those working in sustainability and climate. The registration link is in the comments below. Would love to see many of you there.

I’m thrilled to be part of the Rebalance 2026 executive summit on April 20, co-hosted by Patch and Salesforce. We are bringing together a room full of Chief Sustainability Officers and Heads of Sustainability for a morning of candid dialogue and peer exchange at the Ohana Floor. I’m excited to be speaking alongside Sunya Norman at Salesforce, Erik Hansen at Workday, Blair Swedeen at Meta, Jessica Hyman at Atlassian, Jeannie Renné-Malone, LEED AP, ENV SP at VF Corporation, and Nat Bullard of Halcyon . Our conversation will focus on how leaders are building durable business cases for 2026 and navigating the evolution of storytelling, especially around AI and climate. This intimate, invite-only event is exclusively for senior leaders. Request your spot for a productive, peer-only working session in the link below in the comments. #SFClimateWeek #Rebalance2026 #ai #sustainability #cso