Digitizing Voluntary Carbon Markets

On this episode of Deanna’s Dialogues: Navigating Carbon Sustainability, host Deanna Reitman sits down with Anthony “Ant” Stevens — the head of innovation, digital assets and financial markets at global asset servicing provider Northern Trust — on his exciting vision of digitizing the voluntary carbon markets.

The voluntary carbon market allows companies to purchase carbon credits to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, promote sustainability and attract environmentally conscious consumers (unlike mandatory carbon markets, which are required by law). The main focus of this podcast is a discussion of how blockchain and digitization technology is used in the voluntary carbon markets, and Ant Stevens discusses how he and his team at Northern Trust are using technology to find innovative solutions for their clients in their initiatives to prevent climate change.

Ant and Deanna’s conversation tackles a number of topics, including:

• The role of technology in carbon markets
• Digitization at source
• The next phases of the market
• How Ant and his team at Northern Trust implement cutting-edge technologies and services that enhance their clients’ investment management processes