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The Sustainability Agenda

Tom Heintzman

Booking Overview

This is a focused sustainability and energy-finance interview series featuring external executives and recognized specialists from utilities, mining, battery storage, grid infrastructure, and energy companies. Suitable pitches include senior industry leaders, infrastructure and clean-energy executives, grid and power-market experts, and climate-finance professionals with direct operational or policy expertise; booking difficulty is high because recent guests hold prominent sector roles.

Metrics

Episodes: 118

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 30.8k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca

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Host

Tom Heintzman - Tom Heintzman is Vice Chair, Energy & Climate Finance at CIBC Capital Markets, with a focus on energy and climate finance.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior executives and recognized specialists in energy, utilities, mining, battery storage, grid infrastructure, power markets, sustainability, or climate finance, with direct experience leading major projects or shaping sector strategy.
Required Achievements:  
Leadership of major energy, utility, mining, storage, or grid-infrastructure projects, Direct experience with large-scale energy-transition investments or infrastructure planning, Recognized expertise in power markets, critical minerals, sustainability, or climate finance

Recent Guest Discussions

Mark Selby - The Crawford Nickel Project, Critical Minerals, Low-carbon Mining, Tailings Carbonation, Electrification, And Domestic Downstream Processing

Geoffrey Bailey - Texas Electricity Demand, Data-center Growth, ERCOT Interconnection And Transmission Planning, Grid Infrastructure, And Grid Innovation

Paul Grod - Demand Response, Commercial Battery Storage, Electricity Markets, Distributed Energy Assets, And Virtual Power Plants

Semih Oztreves - Battery Energy Storage, Grid Resilience, Storage-sector Development, And The Outlook For Energy Storage

Tyler Farrell - Large-load Interconnection, Transmission Expansion Costs, Grid-operator Planning, And System-wide Transmission Investment

Recent Topics

Business, Sustainability, Energy Transition, Battery Storage, Electricity Grids

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
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Canada Nickel’s big play for low-carbon mine-to-metal growth

September 21, 2026

Mark Selby of the Canada Nickel Company joins host Tom Heintzman, to discuss the Crawford Nickel Project’s strategic importance to Canada’s critical minerals future and its nation-building resource development ambitions. They examine the role of electrifying mining operations, carbon capture through tailings carbonation, and the business case for domestic downstream processing to capture more of the value chain in Canada. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com f...

Inside Oncor and ERCOT’s response to Texas’ surging power demand

August 27, 2026

Geoffrey Bailey of Oncor joins host Tom Heintzman to discuss Texas’ response to surging electricity demand, particularly from data centers, ERCOT’s evolving approach to interconnection and transmission planning, and Oncor’s infrastructure expansion and grid innovations to support continued growth. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Demand response and the new economics of grid flexibility

August 04, 2026

Paul Grod of Rodan Energy joins host, Tom Heintzman, to explore the role of demand response in managing decentralized power, including how commercial battery energy storage systems participate in electricity markets, and the benefits of connecting, dispatching, and coordinating distributed energy assets into a fully managed virtual power plant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Frequently asked questions

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How do I get in touch with The Sustainability Agenda?

The Sustainability Agenda is hosted by Tom Heintzman. Its publicly listed email is mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Sustainability Agenda?

The publicly listed email for The Sustainability Agenda: mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca.

How many listeners does The Sustainability Agenda have?

Podseeker estimates The Sustainability Agenda reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Sustainability Agenda?

The Sustainability Agenda typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior executives and recognized specialists in energy, utilities, mining, battery storage, grid infrastructure, power markets, sustainability, or climate finance, with direct experience leading major projects or shaping sector strategy. Common among recent guests: Leadership of major energy, utility, mining, storage, or grid-infrastructure projects; Direct experience with large-scale energy-transition investments or infrastructure planning; Recognized expertise in power markets, critical minerals, sustainability, or climate finance. Recent guests include Mark Selby, Geoffrey Bailey, and Paul Grod.

How hard is it to get booked on The Sustainability Agenda?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does The Sustainability Agenda cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Sustainability, Energy Transition, Battery Storage, and Electricity Grids. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

mailbox.multimedia@cibc.ca

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