Climate Talent Leaders: Welcome to the first edition of our newsletter!

Climate Talent Leaders

Edition 1: January 23, 2025

Hi there,

We’re thrilled to have you join our new community for climate hiring managers, founders, and supporting partners!

Watch for this weekly newsletter coming to your inbox every Thursday! As this is the beginning of this journey for us, your input is invaluable. Feel free to reply directly to this email with any feedback/suggestions you have. We want to ensure this newsletter delivers an immense amount of value to you!

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The Importance of Core Values in Your Recruiting and Retention Strategy

Your team is your most valuable asset, and a strong team starts with clear, actionable core values.

This week’s blog explores how founders / HR teams can leverage their core values to shape recruiting and retention strategies that drive long-term success.

Core values do more than define your company—they shape how you attract and retain talent. They help you:

1️⃣ Attract top talent by aligning candidates with your mission.
2️⃣ Retain employees by fostering loyalty and resilience during tough times.
3️⃣ Build a mission-driven team that thrives on shared goals.

Ready to craft your own? Keep them brief, make them sticky, and involve your team in the process. Want more tips and examples on leveraging core values to strengthen your hiring and retention strategies? Check out the full blog below.

Upcoming Climate People Events

Our upcoming events to help you perfect your hiring strategy!

🌎 WHAT: Climate Talent LinkedIn Live Session
🗓️ WHEN: January 29, 2025 @ 3 PM EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/t2msll00

🌎 WHAT: Growth Stage People Ops and Hiring Best Practices Workshop
🗓️ WHEN: February 26, 2025 @ 12 PM EST
📍WHERE: https://lu.ma/0pn1da8v

Climate People News

What we’re reading, watching, tuning into, and talking about.

→ We partner with VCs, accelerators, and supporting partners to deliver hiring and recruiting best practices workshops. Watch the early-stage recording, register for the growth-stage workshop, or request a session for your org!

→ Sightline Climate recently released its end-of-year funding recap. Here’s Climate People’s founder, Brendan’s analysis of the report and what it means for climate companies in the face of a changing administration.

→ Next week is the start of our weekly LinkedIn Live sessions! Every Wednesday, we will go live to dive deep into specific and actionable topics related to hiring. Next week, we will be discussing core values - mark your calendar!

→ Are you a job seeker looking for more candidate-focused content? You can find that in our bi-weekly “Driven By Impact” newsletter. Subscribe to that here.

Monthly Must Haves

Our partner’s must-have resources and events! This isn’t sponsored — we just really like these resources!

→ Net Zero Insights recently released its State of Climate Tech 2024 report. Dive deep into it here.

→ Climate Power also released its new Clean Energy Boom report last week! The US has created over 40,000 clean energy jobs since the passing of the IRA. Read more here!

One-Minute Climate Snippet: Gridware

As the grid faces mounting pressure from renewable adoption and natural disasters, Gridware is revolutionizing utility response and resilience. Founded by Tim Barat, whose firsthand experience during Australia’s 2009 Black Saturday wildfires inspired this innovation, Gridware's smart sensors provide utility companies real-time visibility to detect outages, prevent disruptions, and reduce disaster risks like wildfires. Their solar-powered, independently operating sensors offer critical data insights, enabling faster, more targeted responses. Backed by significant impact potential and sustainability recognition, Gridware is expanding its team to drive real-world change for people and the planet.

Top Candidates of the Week

We are building a robust anonymous talent portal, allowing you to browse candidates by sector, experience level, role type, and more. Stay tuned — it's launching in the coming weeks! In the meantime, here are some of our top candidates from this week. Simply reply to this email if you're interested in connecting with any of them!

👤🌱 Director of Hardware Engineering | Autonomous Vehicles & Advanced Sensors
➵ Experienced engineering leader with deep expertise in autonomous vehicles, EVs, and advanced sensor hardware. Proven track record in camera, lidar, and radar manufacturing for R&D and scaling production. Successfully led hardware operations at top autonomous vehicle companies, improving efficiency, reliability, and product readiness. Known for driving cross-functional initiatives in sensor calibration, fleet engineering, and commercialization of next-gen AV hardware. Combines hands-on technical skills with strategic leadership to deliver cutting-edge solutions in automotive and mobility industries.

👤🌱 Executive Leader in Climate Innovation & Sustainable Urban Transformation | Commercialization, GTM, & Strategy
➵ Visionary leader with expertise in climate innovation, urban transformation, and sustainable mobility. Brings a proven track record of leading large teams and partnerships to drive industrial decarbonization, secure over $500M in climate-critical investments, and scale solutions that sequester 1 GT of CO₂e. Skilled in fundraising, strategy development, and cross-sector collaboration, with deep experience in heavy industry, transport, and urban policy. Combines technical expertise with people-first leadership to deliver lasting systems-level impact in climate and sustainability.

👤🌱 Chief Innovator in Cleantech & Climate Technology Solutions | Hardware Product Leadership
➵ Innovative cleantech leader with 15+ years of experience designing and scaling climate technology solutions. Expert in launching ventures, driving multi-million-dollar investments, and developing software and hardware integrated climate innovations. Proven success in strategic leadership, including crafting a $4B climate investment strategy, pioneering breakthrough technologies, and creating products impacting 11M+ users daily. Holds multiple patents, authored a widely cited Nature paper, and contributed to Nobel Prize-winning water treatment innovations. Combines technical acumen with entrepreneurial vision to advance global sustainability.

That's all for this edition! Thanks for your support in getting more people working on climate solutions. See you next week. 👋