Co-Founder, Make Investing Climate-Intelligent

WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON AT DSV

We will fill this growing market gap by combining science-based measurement models with advances in remote sensing and computation to hugely simplify climate and natural capital performance measurement of financial assets linked to land. By incorporating the latest developments in biophysical modeling, remote sensing datasets on land use, soil, water, and climate, and data science we will allow any user to quickly and easily estimate the climate and natural capital footprints of a wide range of investment assets, as well as use optimization features to better assess the impacts of management practices on both financial and environmental performance.

Climate, natural capital, and biodiversity footprints of assets have many investor applications. They can be used for mandatory or voluntary disclosures, improved portfolio decision-making (asset allocation, manager selection), improved risk management, or to engage with portfolio companies on emissions reductions pathways. Our insights will enable investors to ensure portfolio alignment with climate or nature targets or taxonomies, the creation of new, science-based ESG investment products to meet increasing demand, and can inform adjustments to financial models based on improved analysis of business dependencies and impacts on climate and natural capital.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU

Joining DSV is a fantastic opportunity to develop concepts for and launch your own startup. Working with us, our sector-specific advisors and our current founders, you’ll have access to a completely new kind of environment for creating science-driven companies, one that does not start with university IP, but with a systematic rework of an opportunity area from first principles.

Given the current stage of the project, we expect less than 3 months until incorporation and spin-out to start the early tech development / proof-of-concept work with investment secured from DSV, and other funding sources.

WHO SHOULD APPLY

You are motivated to build a company that benefits the planet. You are collaborative, committed to your teammates, and able to communicate clearly. You are creative, always asking why, and actively enjoy building a network around the problems and opportunities that you go after. You bring broad technical knowledge that is relevant to the opportunity area (see below).

Apply if you have expertise in:

• Development and implementation of biophysical, biogeochemical or crop modelling, including knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses

• Experience working with and analysing data from remote sensing, land use surveys, and other relevant land management data sources

• Software product development

• Programs (ArcGIS, Google Earth Engine) and languages (Python, R and other)