Inside the ICE House

In this episode, ICE’s Gordon Bennett sits down with Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and co-founder of Climate Vault. Michael shares how his career led to the creation of Climate Vault to attach the dollars of damage done by each ton of CO2 emissions to the cost of doing business. He explains how his organization uses the carbon compliance markets to accomplish its goals of addressing climate change by putting a fair value on carbon and using its proceeds to fund carbon removal technology.

Rostin Behnam, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair, is responsible for the commodities markets overseeing everything from corn to crude to coffee to crypto. He joins the podcast to talk about the complexity of regulating the diverse markets that touch across all of ICE’s business lines. Serving such a diverse array of products also means the CFTC is answerable to Wall Street firms, Washington, and every rancher and farmer in the country. Rostin oversees that robust regulatory agenda with the singular focus on helping the economy grow by providing critical risk management, price discovery and market integrity to commercial companies world-wide. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Frank Bisignano, the legendary chairman, president and CEO of Fiserv (NYSE: FI), took the worn path from Brooklyn to Wall Street, but has seen success few have matched in removing the friction between buyers and sellers. After celebrating the transfer of his company’s listing from Nasdaq to the NYSE, Frank stepped Inside the ICE House to talk about the future of payments, navigating mergers and how Fiserv’s Clover platform transforms small businesses. Frank shared his story of rising through the ranks of Wall Street, riding a phoenix through the rebirth of First Data, and the future the FinTech Revolution. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

Jean Jereissati, CEO of Ambev (NYSE: ABEV), is brewing the beverage company headquartered in São Paulo into “a force for transformational technology.” He joined the podcast to talk about the evolution of the Latin American brewing company over his quarter century there, and his vision for its B2B platform BEES and direct-to-consumer platform Zé. Jean explains how collaboration, active listening, and a long-term vision have also led the company to meet its carbon reduction goals, improve diversity, and become a driver for positive change in the countries that Ambev serves around the world. Inside the ICE House: https://www.theice.com/insights/conversations/inside-the-ice-house

GXO is marking its five-year anniversary as a public company by shifting from an M&A-driven playbook to a focus on organic growth. CEO Patrick Kelleher goes Inside the ICE House to discuss how AI and humanoid robotics are transforming warehouse operations and worker productivity. He shares how GXO is winning new business in aerospace, defense, and data centers by leaning into specialized industry expertise. Kelleher also makes the case for specialization over end-to-end diversification as supply chains grow more complex.