The Register/Corporate Catalysts/R-004
Davos 2026  ·  Jan 22, 2026 · 2:05–2:30 pmConcluded

Corporates as Catalysts for Scale-Ups

Leveraging Corporate Assets, Market Access & Strategic Partnerships to Accelerate Climate Technologies

Why this room

Large corporates hold unique levers for scaling climate solutions beyond capital alone. By deploying operational assets, industrial infrastructure, supply-chain networks, and market reach, corporates can act as early partners who de-risk innovation, guarantee adoption, and catalyze rapid deployment of breakthrough technologies.

What it carried

Use corporate operations, supply chains, and market reach to de-risk and deploy breakthrough climate technologies at scale.

The five lines we wrote down
  1. 01

    Corporate Catalysts: the verdict was that capital follows conviction, not the other way around.

  2. 02

    A working group of three will draft the structure by month-end and circulate to the room.

  3. 03

    Two attendees offered to host the next session privately — the concierge will broker.

  4. 04

    An off-the-record commitment was made to underwrite the first pilot at quarter scale.

  5. 05

    The room asked for a one-page memo to be carried into the next plenary.