Lara Obst

Co-Founder ClimateChoice I Your Source for Actionable Scope 3 Accounting, Supplier Engagement & Data-Drive Procurement Decisions I #Scope3Action #AI #Decarbonization

Berlin Metropolitan Area

About

At ClimateChoice, we help companies turn climate commitments into action. Our Climate Intelligence Platform enables you to decarbonize your supply chain by providing audit-ready emissions factors and climate risk data from your suppliers — helping you meet Scope 3 targets where up to 90% of emissions occur. We support sustainability & procurement leaders with our hands-on Climate Intelligence Platform, best practices, and our active ClimateCommunity, including events like the ClimateSummit.de and Scope 3 Action Group. Every buying decision is a ClimateChoice. Let’s drive the transformation together!

Experience

  • Co-Founder & Chief Climate Officer at ClimateChoice
    Apr 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

    ClimateChoice offers the climate data-driven B2B platform for decarbonizing companies and their supply chains. The Climate Intelligence Platform makes climate data visible and enables collaborative decarbonisation efforts along the supply chain. Specific supplier data and climate scorecards help companies to manage their climate-related opportunities, potentials and risks in a structured way. In order to assist knowledge sharing, we have developed our ClimateCommunity for businesses to exchange best practices across a number of touch points, including our annual online ClimateSummit.de, regular webinars and the Scope 3 Action Group.

  • Sabbatical at Sarvaguna Yoga
    Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr

    Yoga Teacher Training & Social Impact

  • Corporate Accelerator Manager at Climate-KIC
    Sep 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Building and managing the organization of the first corporate programme of the Climate-KIC Accelerator. Leading the Munich Re & ERGO Side Call within the DACH Climate-KIC Accelerator. Climate-KIC is the EU’s biggest climate innovation initiative, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and runs Europe’s largest cleantech Accelerator. Here in Germany, our alumni teams have levered more than €300m worth of external investment and are active across mobility, renewable energy, energy efficiency, water, resource and waste management, food & production sectors and more.

  • Venture Developer at Next Big Thing AG
    Feb 2017 - Aug 2017 · 7 mos

    NBT AG is a Berlin-based IoT company builder || operational VC || technology provider || innovation partner with a strong vision of creating a complete framework for building and accelerating thriving ventures in the area of Internet of Things.

  • Co-founder, Business Development at MOWEA GmbH
    Oct 2015 - Dec 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Co-founder & CMO @MOWEA // Building a business model for micro wind energy appliances in off-grid markets. Dr.-Ing Till Naumann (CEO) and Dip.-Ing. Andreas Amberger (CTO) are my awesome co-founders! Together we are going to enrich the decentralized energy market with smart wind turbines. Get in touch: www.mowea.de