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Forbes: Today’s Environmental Regulations And How Businesses Can Prepare For What's Next

Forbes: Today’s Environmental Regulations And How Businesses Can Prepare For What's Next

Our CEO, Michele Demers, also a Forbes Council member, writes about changing environmental regulations around the world and what businesses can do to stay ahead.

Are Biocontrols Greenwashing? Not According to Life Cycle Assessments

Are Biocontrols Greenwashing? Not According to Life Cycle Assessments

A new article on CABI's BioProtection Portal draws on insights from Boundless, which has conducted independent Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of biocontrol products. By measuring emissions, resource use, and ecological impacts across the entire lifecycle, Boundless’ work shows that biocontrols consistently carry a lower environmental burden than conventional pesticides. These results demonstrate that biocontrols are not simply a marketing claim—they represent a credible, science-based pathway to reducing agriculture’s climate and environmental footprint.

Hidden Financial Risks That Are Reshaping Corporate Valuations

Hidden Financial Risks That Are Reshaping Corporate Valuations

Our CEO, Michele Demers, also a Forbes Council member, writes about the growing influence of “hidden” financial risks on corporate valuations.

Decarb TechInvest: Life Cycle Diligence to Shore Up Mission Critical Supply Chains

Decarb TechInvest: Life Cycle Diligence to Shore Up Mission Critical Supply Chains

Boundless examines how cleantech's $135 billion in private equity investments require science-based methodologies to secure supply chains against climate-related disruption and regulatory risk.

Forbes: From Hunch To Hard Science - Why Smart Clean Tech Investing Starts With Good Data

Forbes: From Hunch To Hard Science - Why Smart Clean Tech Investing Starts With Good Data

Our CEO, Michele Demers, also a Forbes Council member, writes about why clean tech investing needs improvement and how LCA and TEA can help investors make smart choices.

Protein Production Technology International

Protein Production Technology International

Boundless Senior Research Analyst Reagan Cerci was featured in Protein Production Technology International’s Q2 issue, weighing in on the growing demand for credible, science-backed climate data in the alternative protein sector. As regulatory scrutiny increases, companies are turning to third-party experts to assess the full lifecycle impact of their products.

Pushing Back on the ESG Backlash: Michele Demers on Fact-Based Investing

Pushing Back on the ESG Backlash: Michele Demers on Fact-Based Investing

In this interview, Boundless CEO, Michele Demers, discusses the politicization of ESG, the shortcomings of current sustainability data, and why fact-based climate investing is more urgent than ever, with Pension & Investment’s Doug Appell

PA Future: Q&A with Michele Demers: Where is the money going in sustainable investment?

PA Future: Q&A with Michele Demers: Where is the money going in sustainable investment?

Our CEO, Michele Demers, discussed the shift in sustainable investment toward circular economy, critical minerals, and transparency in PA Future.

Stockhead: The Ethical Investor: Fed up with ESG ratings, investors could turn to ‘life cycle diligence’

Stockhead: The Ethical Investor: Fed up with ESG ratings, investors could turn to ‘life cycle diligence’

Michele Demers appeared in Stockhead to discuss ESG challenges and the rise of life cycle diligence (LCD) as a data-driven alternative.

Axios: LCAs can spot climate sectors to avoid

Axios: LCAs can spot climate sectors to avoid

Michele Demers told Axios that LCAs help investors spot viable green tech, highlighting concerns over SAF and optimism for nature-based solutions.

ImpactAlpha: These Clues Can Help Smart Investors Spot Corporate Greenwashing

ImpactAlpha: These Clues Can Help Smart Investors Spot Corporate Greenwashing

Michele Demers, CEO of Boundless Impact, discusses corporate greenwashing in ImpactAlpha, stressing the need for science-based Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) over unreliable ESG metrics.

The Real ESG Pivot: What Investors Want Now in Sustainable Brands

The Real ESG Pivot: What Investors Want Now in Sustainable Brands

Michele Demers, CEO of Boundless, outlines key strategies for spotting corporate greenwashing in ImpactAlpha, emphasizing data verification and science-based impact assessment to ensure accountability in sustainability claims.

Newsweek: Trump Targets Climate Policies, but Market Shows 'Unstoppable' Energy Shift

Newsweek: Trump Targets Climate Policies, but Market Shows 'Unstoppable' Energy Shift

Michele Demers, CEO of Boundless, tells Newsweek that clean tech investment remains strong despite political shifts.

Podcast: Currents

Podcast: Currents

Michelle Demers, CEO of Boundless Impact Research and Analytics, joins us to discuss the use of data to help investors understand climate-related risks.

Energy News: Why Most Corporate Sustainability Claims Are Built on Sand

Energy News: Why Most Corporate Sustainability Claims Are Built on Sand

Our CEO, Michele Demers, was featured in this Energy News. The piece critiques the superficial nature of many corporate environmental claims, highlighting the tendency to overlook significant supply chain emissions. Michele emphasizes the importance of addressing these often-ignored aspects to achieve genuine sustainability.

Renewable Energy World: Life cycle-based diligence, and its growing importance to cleantech venture capital

Renewable Energy World: Life cycle-based diligence, and its growing importance to cleantech venture capital

Contributed by Michele Demers, Founder and CEO of Boundless, this article examines the shifting dynamics of cleantech investment and the growing role of rigorous due diligence. Despite a recent pullback in venture funding, public support for clean energy remains strong, and early-stage climate investment is at record highs. To separate real solutions from greenwashing, investors are increasingly turning to Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA)—methodologies that Boundless has helped bring into mainstream use for evaluating environmental impact and financial viability.

Energi Talks Live: Life Cycle Assessment of Clean Energy Technologies

Energi Talks Live: Life Cycle Assessment of Clean Energy Technologies

Journalist Markham Hislop interviews Michele Demers, Boundless' founder and CEO.

Podcast: Carbon Accounting and Management

Podcast: Carbon Accounting and Management

Our CEO Michele Demers joins Carbon Accounting & Management Podcast to discuss cleaner technologies and positive environmental change, comprehensive emissions footprint understanding, techno-Economic Analysis alongside Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and many more.

Axios: Startups are getting grilled on emissions

Axios: Startups are getting grilled on emissions

A collaboration between Boundless and Prithvi Ventures was highlighted by Katie Fehrenbacher in the Climate Deals newsletter.

Green Queen: How Sustainable is Animal-Free Dairy? We Compare Precision Fermentation LCAs

Green Queen: How Sustainable is Animal-Free Dairy? We Compare Precision Fermentation LCAs

The Boundless environmental impact report for De Novo Foodlabs was featured on Green Queen. The article compares the results of our scientifically rigorous process to those of another precision fermentation company.

Podcast: ESG Decoded

Podcast: ESG Decoded

Boundless Founder and CEO Michele Demers was featured on the ESG Decoded Podcast hosted by Amanda Hsieh. Michele discussed the work Boundless does for companies and investors as well as the importance of using Life Cycle Assessment for environmental impact measurement and analysis.

IFG Asset Management Forms Strategic Partnership with Boundless Impact Research & Analytics

IFG Asset Management Forms Strategic Partnership with Boundless Impact Research & Analytics

Boundless is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with IFG Asset Management, a boutique firm with closely aligned interest to drive capital toward the bioeconomy and accelerate our transition to a green economy.

Podcast: My Climate Journey

Podcast: My Climate Journey

Boundless Founder and CEO Michele Demers was featured on the My Climate Journey Podcast hosted by Jason Jacobs. She discusses the unique Boundless approach to climate data measurement as well as the future of climate data disclosure.

GlobalNewsWire: Origami Solar’s steel solar module frames reduce lifetime GHG emissions by nearly 90%, says new report

GlobalNewsWire: Origami Solar’s steel solar module frames reduce lifetime GHG emissions by nearly 90%, says new report

Our Senior Research Analyst Andreas van Giezen was featured in a press release by Origami Solar in June 2022. He discusses the discoveries made by Boundless in our analysis.

Solar Builder Magazine: Urban Electric Power's zinc-alkaline batteries win on low carbon emissions

Solar Builder Magazine: Urban Electric Power's zinc-alkaline batteries win on low carbon emissions

Boundless Senior Research Analyst Andreas van Giezen was featured in an article written for Solar Builder Magazine, highlighting the environmental impact report that Boundless conducted for Urban Electric Power.

Locomation: Locomation’s Autonomous Truck Technology Will Save Millions in Fuel and Operating Costs, Says New Independent Report

Locomation: Locomation’s Autonomous Truck Technology Will Save Millions in Fuel and Operating Costs, Says New Independent Report

Boundless Director of Research Bret Strogen was featured in a December 2021 press release by Locomation, an autonomous vehicle company. He discusses the Boundless approach to Environmental Impact Analysis.

BloombergNEF: CO2 Projection Software Helps Investors Locate Best Impact

BloombergNEF: CO2 Projection Software Helps Investors Locate Best Impact

Boundless was featured in an article written for Bloomberg New Energy Finance, covering the latest software tools to illuminate where the best impact investments are. “New York-based Boundless Impact provides research and data on climate risks in a company’s supply chain to investors, companies and funds.”

Podcast: Who's Saving the Planet?

Podcast: Who's Saving the Planet?

Our Founder and CEO Michele Demers was featured on the Who's Saving the Planet? podcast on March 16, 2021. In the 30-minute episode, entitled “From Venture Philanthropy to Impact Investing, How to Make the Markets Work for Good,” Michele discusses the impact investing world and the work of Boundless in providing quantitative and evidence-based research and data for our investors, companies, and funds.

Solar Impulse Foundation: interview with Michele Demers, CEO

Solar Impulse Foundation: interview with Michele Demers, CEO

In September 2020, Boundless Impact Research & Analytics and the Solar Impulse Foundation announced a collaboration to expedite the analysis and validation of cleantech solutions, using a science-based method to assess commercial viability and introduce cleantech entrepreneurs to an international group of investors and technology leaders.

Changing the World of Impact Investing: Dynamo Community Hub interviews Michele Demers, CEO

Changing the World of Impact Investing: Dynamo Community Hub interviews Michele Demers, CEO

Dynamo Energy Hub’s Community Director Natalia Sharova interviewed Michele Demers, CEO and Founder of Boundless, and Dynamo Energy Hub Member. Natalia asked Michele about her sustainability-focused business, exciting projects they work on, and key cleantech and sustainability trends she is watching right now.

Harnessing the Power of Science to Build Scalable Impact Solutions: Sustainable Finance Podcast

Harnessing the Power of Science to Build Scalable Impact Solutions: Sustainable Finance Podcast

Demers’ science-based research methodology provides investor-friendly, rigorous, and cost-effective impact assessments by experts in financial analysis and environmental informatics.

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