Creating a Career in Sustainable Startups
Interested in building a career in climate and sustainability focused businesses? Join this panel discussion with three LSE alumni founders who are turning climate ambition into real world impact.
Delivered in partnership with LSE Careers and LSE Green Week, this session brings together graduates who have built careers across sustainable finance, climate technology and systems change. The panel will share practical insights into how they found their paths, the realities of working in climate focused startups, and what skills and experiences matter most when building a career in this space.
Meet the speakers and their ventures
Matias Acosta, founder of Cosysense is a social entrepreneur and thought leader. He led 100+ people teams, managed $5M+, and published 50+ articles, and 8 UN sustainability reports cited 5,000+ times. In 2022, Matias cofounded Cosysense, a cleantech building AI automation for commercial buildings with a focus on air conditioning energy efficiency. Previously, Matias founded Shaping Horizons, a social edtech that upskills young people on how to build impact ventures across Latin America. Matias was appointed UNDP's Accelerator Lab Head of Exploration to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. He also worked as an academic at the Technical University of Darmstadt and Cambridge University on new materials for the internet of things and clean energy devices.Matias studied materials engineering at Instituto Sabato, Argentina. He did a postgraduate study on policy and management at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences and a PhD on materials for internet of things at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Gustave Loriot-Boserup, Founder of Compass Insights
Compass Insights is a stewardship and responsible investment management platform built for asset owners and ESG professionals. The platform helps investment teams move beyond spreadsheets by streamlining stewardship activity, monitoring responsible investment commitments, and turning sustainability data into measurable action. Founded by Gustave, who built his career in Responsible Investment, alongside his brother and co-founder, Compass focuses on improving transparency and enabling investors to drive real, data driven impact at scale.
Nicole Alexander, Founder of Noetic Consulting
Noetic works with businesses, nonprofits and cities to close the gap between sustainability ambition and real world impact. Rather than focusing only on carbon calculations and materiality assessments, Noetic centres people as the missing link in sustainable transformation. By understanding what people think, feel and do within complex systems, Noetic helps organisations design strategies that lead to lasting behavioural and organisational change.
Rai Chatterjee, Founder of EnerV Global
EnerV Global is building Clymic – a connected app and data platform designed to turn everyday climate-positive actions into verified, measurable impact. The system tackles one of the hardest challenges in climate action: capturing the emissions created by how we live, move and consume – from transport and food to energy use – which are often the largest and least visible part of the global carbon footprint. Clymic enables individuals to generate trusted proof of progress and earn rewards for verified actions, while giving organisations access to actionable sustainability insights – ensuring every action is recognised, incentivised and measurable.
What to expect
The panel will explore different routes into climate careers, from founding startups to working in sustainable finance and consulting. Speakers will discuss early career decisions and how to navigate the fast growing but complex world of climate focused businesses. There will be time for questions and informal networking.