Welcome to Carbon13’s podcast “Climate Takes” where we ask special guests for their “takes” on their industry and climate challenge, as well as setting a call to action, asking what will it take to solve the climate emergency?
This episode takes a look at the role retail giants are taking in climate in Europe. Our special guest Georg Reifferscheid leads the REWE Group Climate Tech Ventures team, driving climate tech innovation and startup collaboration within one of Europe’s largest retailer & tourism companies – their annual revenue tops €94 billion. They’re fully committed to their SBTI and achieving Net Zero as a Group by 2050.
Together with Carbon13’s Sara Jones, we take a look at corporate venturing through the lenses of investor, founder and corporate innovator. Georg shares the differences between VC and CVC, details how founders can build successful pilot relationships with corporates, and shares his leading lessons on how corporate innovators can operate within their organisations to bring change for impact and for their customers.
The next 100 – you can build with us
If you want to be a founder, find a co-founder, validate a world-scale and world-changing idea and get started in 2026, applications open for our Venture Builder in January.
Or if you’re already a startup founder and you’re looking to land that first round of investment, nail your go-to-market strategy and understand your idea’s true impact potential, then you should apply to our Venture Accelerator, applications open in late January.
If you’re an innovator at a corporate looking to work with startups, reach out to us.
If you’re an investor looking to find deals, understand our sector or help climate ventures, then reach out to the investment team at investors@carbonthirteen.com.
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We ask special guests for their “takes” on their industry and climate challenge, as well as setting a call to action, asking what will it take to solve the climate emergency?