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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

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The Chicago skyline seen from Montrose Harbor, as temperatures neared 80 degrees, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

Chicago’s Builders Vision invests in climate solutions for energy, agriculture and our oceans

Local heir to the Walmart fortune, Lukas Walton, founded Builders Vision to address environmental challenges.

The Chicago skyline seen from Montrose Harbor, as temperatures neared 80 degrees, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

   

Builders Vision won a Parkinson Award from Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility for its work.

The company describes itself as an “impact platform” that works to shift markets to be more responsive to the needs of the environment.

The platform funds innovations to create healthier oceans, a more sustainable food and agriculture sector and more renewable energy.

Reset learns more about Builders Vision.

GUESTS: Matt Knott, president and chief operating officer, Builders Vision

Karen Weigert, Reset sustainability contributor, director of Loyola University Chicago’s Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility

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