“I’m not an environmentalist,
I’m just trying to save the planet.”
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A serial tech entrepreneur, Karl W. Feilder is the Founder, CEO of Neutral Fuels, a start-up mentor, and an international speaker.
His direct actions to mitigate climate change through innovation have resulted in over 15 million tonnes of CO2e savings from global corporations.
As the regional expert on biofuels and their adoption in the Middle East, Karl and his company have won many international awards in recognition of their pioneering work.
Serial entrepreneur & innovator
Karl has built and sold six companies (including his first one to Microsoft), and led two companies to
their Initial Public Offering.
Motivating keynote performances
A Harley Davidson enthusiast and lead singer of rock band, Sandstörm, Karl knows how to take the audience on an educational and compelling journey.
Tech & sustainability mentor
The green tech market is estimated to be worth $76 trillion by 2030. Karl is driven to empower entrepreneurs to innovate scaleable solutions to stop climate change and save the planet.
“Just 100 companies have been the source of more than 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988”
(Carbon Majors Report)
On the podcast and video series Not Another Empty Suit, Karl hosts actionable discussions with regional and international experts on innovation, green tech, business sustainability and how to scale start-ups into global enterprises.
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Keynotes and Interviews
Karl Feilder, CEO of Neutral Fuels, was interviewed by The Cambridge Judge Business School and Dr David Reiner, University Senior Lecturer in Technology Policy and Assistant Director of the Energy Policy.
It was a fascinating panel discussion on the future of the automobile industry at STEP Conference with Karl Feilder, Dr. Demet Karaali, Irfan Tansel, Ray Dargham, and Daniel Gamber.
TIP Summit 2020 is a strategic conversation that brings different perspectives within the global innovation Ecosystem together to talk about entrepreneurship, innovations, inventions and the future of humanity. On this panel, Karl Feilder, CEO of Neutral Fuels, was joined by Dr. Nicolas Calvet, Dr. Corrado Sommariva and Alan Nelson to discuss the importance of a clean energy future - otherwise we're putting our planet, and ourselves, in serious trouble.
Karl Feilder, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Neutral Fuels inspired the students at Fairgreen High School where he discussed business sustainability, the molecular composition of biofuel and energy.
The annual World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi is the leading global industry event and exhibition for future energy, cleantech and sustainability. Bringing together government and business leaders from 170 countries, it showcases pioneering technologies and ground-breaking thinking in energy. Karl Feilder, CEO of Neutral Fuels, joined Dr Raed Bkayrat, Tanzeed Alam and Claude Godin.
Karl Feilder, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Neutral Fuels was asked to speak in a panel at the UASE Economic Forum about SMEs as engines for economic growth. In this video, Karl answers the age-old question, are entrepreneurs born or made?
At the UAE Economic Forum panel, Karl Feilder his experience of the SME ecosystem along with enablers that help entrepreneurs lead sustainable economic development in the UAE. He also discusses one of the ways to survive in a bad economy and to globally thrive.
Karl Feilder as a panelist on UAE Economic Forum 2019 discussing the role of SMEs as engines of growth, the challenges SMEs face and how to solve them. Is the UAE SME friendly?
After being selected into the prestigious entrepreneurial ecosystem The Unreasonable Group, Karl Feilder was at the Unreasonable Impact World Forum to discuss how Neutral Fuels is helping the world address climate change and providing businesses a way to recycle their used oil and reduce their carbon footprint.
Neutral Fuels CEO, Karl Feilder, has some strong opinions on what businesses and net zero advocates should be focusing on, and that is preserving the planet.
“Not Another Empty Suit” Podcast
On this podcast episode of Not Another Empty Suit, Karl Feilder speaks to David Stockton, CEO of Dulsco. David believes that sustainability goes beyond what people’s perception of it is, such as ‘recycling. For David, he believes that everyone should have access to clean water. And the goal of actually giving everyone a chance to live sustainably, through water and through food, would allow us to live in harmony with the planet, rather than fight against it.
On Not Another Empty Suit, CEO of Nestle Dr. Claus Conzelmann spoke to CEO of Neutral Fuels Karl Feilder about many actionable strategies businesses can take to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and work towards becoming net zero.
On Not Another Empty Suit, Karl Feilder CEO of Neutral Fuels spoke to Elisa Madrazo, Waste to Energy Department Head, Davao Municipal Government about the Philippines' waste management strategy. Listen to the full episode - Unreasonable Edition on Batu Batu Island.
Karl Feilder speaks to CEO of Road Safety UAE Thomas Edelmann on his podcast Not Another Empty Suit about the future of transport. Karl and Thomas both agreed that the future of transportation is autonomous, electric vehicles. But managing this transition into fully autonomous vehicles brings forward some questions…
On Karl Feilder’s podcast, #NotAnotherEmptySuit, he interviews fellow Unreasonable entrepreneur Ted Chen, CEO of Evercomm. Ted and his team help enterprises measure their energy as strategic resources and to deploy “measurable” solutions to reduce operational costs and increase productivity. The full episode is out now!
Ecoware takes agricultural waste, such as sticks and debris, and converts it into plates and utensils! And after disposal, rather than staying in our landfills for thousands of years, Ecoware takes less than 90 days to break down into soil. Listen to Not Another Empty Suit where Karl Feilder talks to Ecoware’s CEO Rhea Singhal, and learns more how she is disrupting the plastic industry.
David Brand founded New Forests in 2005 and leads the company's investment programs. He has over 30 years' experience in timberland investment, forest management, science, and public policy. On this podcast episode of Not Another Empty Suit, David revealed many great insights into how we can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions using reforestation.
In this episode of Not Another Empty Suit - The Unreasonable Edition, Karl Feilder and his guest Daniel Epstein discussed the many startup investments the Unreasonable Group's powerful network has facilitated. They also answered the age-old question: are entrepreneurs born or made?
On Episode 1 of Not Another Empty Suit, Karl is joined by Kate Willoughby from DP World and Swati Randev-Verma from PWC to tackle the broad topic: what can businesses do to save the planet?
Latest Press for Karl Feilder
Karl’s Discussion with Dubai Eye 103.8 for The Business Breakfast conversation on The Future of Fuel. It’s exciting to see what’s on the horizon for clean energy and biofuel, and to support companies that truly care about making this vital shift.
In 2022, the balance of power in the biofuels industry will shift forever as emerging markets leverage their used cooking oil (UCO) for local biofuel production and stop exporting to the West. Read all about it in Karl’s latest article for Biofuels International, Jan/Feb 2022 edition.
Are you are asking the right questions like - when is your company going to have a net zero strategy? How could you help implement it and what's the date of delivery?
Karl goes live on radio with Helen Farmer on Dubai Eye 103.8 FM, where he shared how people can play a role in making net zero world a reality, Neutral Fuels' exciting activities with Expo 2020, their ingenious closed-loop system.
power heavy duty vehicles like trucks and buses, thus creating a local closed loop ecosystem. He is also a keynote speaker at Green’s upcoming summit. Aside from being recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, Karl holds an MBA, a B.Eng. (Hons) in Industrial Engineering and German language, and is writing a PhD thesis on “Psychological profiling of start-up teams”.
The new additions will represent the various segments of the F&B sector including operations, finance, and media as well as include representatives of the two Platinum sponsors
The new additions will represent the various segments of the F&B sector including operations, finance, and media as well as include representatives of the two Platinum sponsors
Karl explains what 'Net Zero Bio Fuels' means and the impact it has on climate change. He will also talk about other projects he is involved in at the moment that benefits our planet.
The pandemic has summarily proved that working towards a sustainable planet is the need of the hour. Here’s how UAE’s eco-warriors are going green — in their own ways... and very innovatively.
Dubai – IKEA, one of the world’s best-known and loved home furnishing brands, aims to cut its CO2 emissions in the UAE by up to 90 percent on the way to its ultimate goal of emission-free deliveries by 2025, just four short years away.