Climate Change Capital

Climate Change Capital
Climate Change Capital
Type Private Limited Company
Industry Carbon Finance, Private Equity, Property, Energy Infrastructure, M&A, Corporate and Project Finance Advice
Founded 2003
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
Area served Worldwide, predominately Europe and Asia
Products Investments, Funds Management, Advice on Corporate Finance, Project Finance and M&A Transactions
Website http://www.climatechangecapital.com

Established in 2003, Climate Change Capital is a private investment manager that invests in carbon finance projects in developing countries, Cleantech companies headquartered in Europe and renewable energy projects and commercial green buildings [1] in the United Kingdom.

As of December 2010, Climate Change Capital manages $1.5 billion of capital commitments.

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Senior Management

Climate Change Capital’s Chairman is Vivienne Cox,[2] the former CEO and Executive Vice President of BP Alternative Energy and a former member of the BP Executive Management Team.

Climate Change Capital’s Vice Chairman is James Cameron,[3] a member of General Electric's ecomagination board, Pepsico UK's advisory board, chairman of the World Economic Forum Agenda Council on Climate Change, a trustee member of the UK Green Building Council and the Carbon Disclosure Project, a member of the UK Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group and a member of the Green Investment Bank Commission.

Advisory

Climate Change Capital’s advisory business provides corporate finance, project finance, M&A and strategic advice for energy and energy intensive companies, financial institutions, governments and solution providers in the areas of clean fuels, clean power, Cleantech and carbon finance.

Carbon Finance

In 2006, Climate Change Capital raised the world’s largest private sector carbon fund [4] to finance projects in the developing world via the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism.

Green Buildings

In 2009, Climate Change Capital’s property team was the first to raise a fund to specifically invest in UK commercial property with an emphasis on improving the sustainability credentials of buildings with the aim of reducing their operating costs and increasing their market value. The Climate Change Property Fund [5] has a gross asset value in excess of £150 million.

Cleantech

Climate Change Capital’s €200 million Private Equity Fund is one of the largest Cleantech funds [6] in Europe which invests expansion capital in high growth, later stage companies and buy outs in the areas of clean power, clean transport, energy efficiency, waste recovery and water.

ThinkTank

Climate Change Capital runs its own policy think tank [7] that conducts research into the policies [8] needed to deploy capital into the solutions to climate change and the protection of the natural world. Its stated aim is to help policy makers develop the most effective and efficient policies for the rapid global transition to a low carbon economy.

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