Climate Change Capital

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 commercial green buildings in the United Kingdom.

It also runs an Advisory group that provides financial, strategic and policy advice to energy-intensive industries, financial institutions, clean technology companies and governments.

Acquisition

In April 2012, Bunge Ltd a global agribusiness and food company with approximately 32,000 employees in more than 30 countries, acquired 100% of Climate Change Capital Group Limited,the parent company of Climate Change Capital.

Senior management

Climate Change Capital’s Chairman is James Cameron, 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 former 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 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.

Cleantech

Climate Change Capital Private Equity Fund is a €200 million European Cleantech funds 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 research centre, called the CCC ThinkTank, which conducts research into the policies 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 sustainable global economy. Climate Change Capital's think tank and policy activities are headed by Ben Caldecott, a trustee of the Green Alliance and formerly a research director at Policy Exchange.

External links

• Climate Change Capital (Company Website)
• CCC ThinkTank (Company policy research centre)