FEATURED EPISODE: Why Climate Capital Isn’t Flowing – and How to Fix It with Sean Penrith of Gordian Knot Strategies

<p><a href="https://www.themightymeasure.com/b-corp-stories/"><strong>Mighty Measure - Stories and strategies of meaningful impacts in business and beyond…</strong></a></p><p>Sean Penrith, CEO of Gordian Knot Strategies, a climate finance consultancy aiming to mobilize $1B per year by 2030 (and having mobilized $1.67B to date) joins Kim Allchurch Flick. </p><p>Penrith shares his path from entrepreneurship in Argentina to founding a sustainable glass company, then moving into climate policy, carbon markets, and impact investing in Portland before launching GKS to “translate” between capital providers and climate projects. </p><p>He argues climate capital isn’t flowing due to a nature-negative economy, lack of standardization, unclear risk/return profiles, and failure to price ecosystem services viewed as public goods. </p><p>GKS focuses on nature-based solutions while also evaluating energy and tech options. </p><p>He urges consumers to choose responsible banks, support climate-forward policymakers, and pressure companies, and defends carbon markets as a conduit moving capital to Global South “carbon sink baskets,” despite corporate fear of reputational risk.</p><p><strong>Time Stamps</strong></p><p>00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro</p><p>01:36 Sean’s Entrepreneurial Journey</p><p>04:52 GKS Mission and Funding Gap</p><p>06:03 Why Climate Capital Stalls</p><p>08:11 Nature-Based Solutions Focus</p><p>10:28 What Consumers Can Do</p><p>19:31 B Corps and Better Standards</p><p>23:34 Carbon Markets and Reputation Risk</p><p>28:56 Nature’s Fast Comebacks</p><p>32:44 Trillions Needed and Leadership</p><p>35:09 How to Reach Sean</p><p>35:28 Dinner Guests and Wrap-Up</p>