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Francisco Benedito

Francisco Benedito Valentín (born 4 May 1979) is a Spanish businessman, entrepreneur and public speaker based in Valencia, Spain. He is the founder and current CEO of ClimateTrade, a blockchain-based marketplace for carbon offsetting and the chairman at ClimateCoin, the world's first regulated crypto carbon asset.[1][2]

Francisco Benedito
Born
Francisco Benedito Valentín

(1979-05-04) May 4, 1979 (age 45)
La Vall d'Uixó, Spain
NationalitySpanish
EducationMBA
Alma materParis Nanterre University
Universidad CEU San Pablo
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, public speaker
Years active2004 - present
Known forClimateTrade

Biography

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Benedito was born in May 1979, to Juan José Benedito and María Aurora Valentín, in La Vall d'Uixó, Castellón. He attended Universidad CEU San Pablo in Madrid where he earned his law degree in 2003. He also attended Paris Nanterre University and received his MBA degree in 2004. After completing his education, Benedito joined Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) where he worked for 15 years as a regional manager until 2019.[3]

In 2017, Benedito founded ClimateCoin, a crypto carbon asset, with José Lindo, Pedro Ramón López and Juan Boluda.[4][5] ClimateCoin is the first CO2 token to be listed in crypto exchanges.[6] It is an initiative to use blockchain distributed ledger technology to decentralize the impact of decarbonization and materialize the Paris Agreement.[1] Benedito presented ClimateCoin at the 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference where he was the keynote speaker.[7] ClimateCoin was also recognized as one of the best solutions to address climate change in the 2018 World Economic and Social Survey by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.[8]

In 2019, Benedito co-founded ClimateTrade, a blockchain-based marketplace that facilitates the purchase of carbon credits to sustainable projects in order to achieve carbon neutrality.[9] ClimateTrade was established in Valencia, Spain and reincorporated in the United States in 2022.[9][10] As of December 2021, the company had offset more than 2 million tons of carbon.[11][12] Around 300 companies are registered on ClimateTrade platform including Telefónica, Banco Santander, Cabify and Iberia.[9][11]

Benedito regularly speaks about the intersection of climate change, business and technological innovation. He has been invited to speak at several climate events including the Seoul Climate and the Energy Summit (CESS, 2018), The World Green Economy Summit (WGES, Dubai, 2019),[13] Austrian World Summit (2019) and the Sustainable Innovation Forum at 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid and 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.[14][15]

In 2021, Benedito was included in Sachamama list of The 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action endorsed by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), The Nature Conservancy, the World Environment Center and various other environmental organizations.[16] In January 2022, Benedito was also listed in Los 22 protagonistas que cambiarán el 22 , a list of 22 business leaders most likely to create disruptive changes in 2022, by Forbes Spain.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b Refojos, María (22 November 2019). "Francisco Benedito (ClimateTrade): "Es imposible abordar la crisis climática únicamente desde el enfoque público"". www.elperiodico.com (in Spanish). Madrid: El Periódico de Catalunya. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  2. ^ Ibáñez, Creu (16 May 2021). "Así se rastrea y asegura con 'blockchain' el mercado de los créditos de carbono". www.elespanol.com (in Spanish). El Español. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Sustainable Innovation Forum 2017 - Speaker". www.cop-23.org. Bonn, Germany: COP23. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. ^ Gómez‐Serranillos, José (18 January 2022). "Las soluciones de las 'start up' de 'blockchain' pisan el acelerador". www.expansion.com (in Spanish). Madrid: Expansión. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. ^ Lill, Felix (14 May 2021). "Können Kryptowährungen grün sein?". www.capital.de (in German). Capital. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. ^ Jones, Brad (22 January 2018). "Climatecoin Aims to Be the World's First Carbon-Neutral Cryptocurrency". futurism.com. Futurism. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. ^ EFE (3 December 2017). "'Climatecoins': criptomonedas para luchar contra el cambio climático". www.expansion.com (in Spanish). Expansión. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ "World Economic And Social Survey 2018 - Frontier technologies for sustainable development" (PDF). www.un.org. New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2018. p. 25. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  9. ^ a b c Fernández Esteban, Cristina (20 May 2021). "ClimateTrade, la startup española que ayuda a empresas como Telefónica, Santander, Cabify o Iberia a alcanzar la neutralidad climática y lucha contra el 'greenwashing'". www.businessinsider.es (in Spanish). Business Insider. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  10. ^ "SECCIÓN SEGUNDA - Anuncios y avisos legales" (PDF). www.boe.es (in Spanish). Boletín Oficial del Estado. 6 April 2022. p. 1716 no. 67. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. ^ a b Labarca B., María Jesús (28 October 2021). "ClimateTrade conquista a Santander e Iberia con su plataforma que reduce CO2". www.lainformacion.com (in Spanish). La Información. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ^ Homburg, Thomas (8 April 2022). "Tackling the climate crisis with carbon credits". www.eu-startups.com. Eu-Startups. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Green Business Summit 2018 Aligning the environment and the economy". The Economist. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  14. ^ "EIT Climate-KIC holds panel discussion at COP25". eit.europa.eu. European Institute of Innovation and Technology. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  15. ^ Sánchez, Escarlata (5 November 2011). "Mercados de carbono para incentivar proyectos verdes". es.euronews.com/ (in Spanish). Spain: Euronews. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  16. ^ "#Los100Latinos - 2021 The 100 Latinos Most Committed to Climate Action". sachamama.org. Sachamama. 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  17. ^ Molina, Esther (4 January 2022). "Los 22 protagonistas que cambiarán el 22". forbes.es (in Spanish). Forbes Spain. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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