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Martin Clermont, Eng., M.SC.Env., B. Tec.h Mec. is founder and CEO of Will Solutions. For more than 30 years, he has been involved in setting up and carrying out several major and innovative projects in the sustainable development sector, in Canada and around the world as a consultant and then as an entrepreneur. Mr. Clermont has, at the same time, carried out various mandates for the Basel Convention Secretariat in some 20 countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America and China. Since 2007, he is actively involved in carbon markets. He designed and led the development of a GHG emission reduction aggregation methodology for small emitters until it was accepted by the VCS certification program. It has filed, as project proponent, a first project in Quebec that has been validated by a recognized third party and whose offset credits are now available on the voluntary market. 2:24 – An introduction to Will Solutions 4:17 – Why is it necessary to work on both sides of the market 5:31 – Martin’s strategic plan of reaching out to the local people and the small and medium scale businesses in Quebec 7:37 – The early stages of Martin’s career that led him to start Will Solutions 9:39 – His advice as to when is the right time to start doing business 10:40 – How they become sustainable while giving most of the profits back to the people 12:22 – The challenges of getting clients to partner with them 15:35 – His perspective of staying in the middle, being neutral and convincing two different worlds of people and how it can impact in the long run 18:34 – Why Martin’s company is offering a franchise opportunity We have no frontier for a climate changed, but we have geopolitical considerations everywhere, in every nation, so the challenge is to be able to integrate all the stakeholders, civil society together to make them participate and face what we have right now with the climate. Martin Clermont That’s all for today and don’t forget to subscribe for more updates. For show notes and resources visit: http://pioneersofgood.org/ And, as always, if you want to get in touch with me, email me at: hello@pioneersofgood.org