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EMPOWERING CLEAN ENERGY BUSINESSES - Carbon Trust Investments is one of the leading investors in UK clean energy businesses. The Carbon Trust's business incubators and our world class R&D help ensure a strong deal flow for ourselves and our co-investors. Our independent analysis of technology trends and market drivers gives Carbon Trust Investments a unique insight into investment opportunities.
We typically invest in companies from seed to pre-IPO. Our investment size ranges from £250,000 to £3,000,000 per business. Over the last six years we have invested in fifteen businesses which have raise over £110m. Two of these businesses have successfully floated on AIM and five recently featured in the Guardian Cleantech 100.
Over the last ten years Forrester Partners Energy Practice, led by Michael Naylor and Daniel Muir, has been wholly focused on engaging proven leadership talent from relevant industry sectors towards low carbon business models.
As technology, capital and markets have scaled we have built a track record working alongside the most successful private equity investors and owner-managers of renewable energy, water and agribusiness platforms throughout their growth and international development phases.
As a team we have completed over 320 C-level assignments in over 12 countries including the US, Canada, UK, France, Spain, Italy, India, China and Brazil.
Climate Change Capital Ltd ("CCC") is an environmental investment and advisory group. Its activities aim to make the world's environment cleaner while delivering attractive financial returns. With over 120 employees in offices in London, Beijing and Washington, CCC has two distinct but complementary business groups.
Asset Management: Develops and manages funds that invest in companies, projects and technologies that provide products or services facilitating climate change mitigation or adaptation. As of December 31st 2009, CCC had over US$1.5 billion of assets under management across the following alternative asset classes: Carbon Finance, Private Equity, Property and Energy Infrastructure.
Advisory: Provides financial, strategic and policy advice to energy-intensive industries, financial institutions, clean technology companies and governments.
Rabobank Group is a full-range financial services provider founded on cooperative principles. Food & Agribusiness is the international prime focus of the Rabobank Group. We are a global leader in Food and Agri financing and in sustainability-oriented banking. In terms of Tier 1 Capital, the organisation is among the world's fifteen largest financial institutions. Our approach to climate change is broad-based, from raising customer and staff awareness, incorporating it in our own business operations, to introducing climate-friendly products and services, and financing of and investment in sustainable initiatives.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy is a leading international legal advisor to the renewable energy industry, representing sponsors, investors and financing parties in the development, financing, acquisition and disposition of renewable energy projects. The Firm also provides counsel on regulatory issues and intellectual property matters relating to renewable energy projects. In its 30 years of experience in renewable energy, Milbank has successfully completed over 200 renewable energy deals, totaling over 10,000 MW of renewable power. The Firm is consistently named by industry journals, including New Energy Finance, Project Finance International and Infrastructure Journal, as one of the foremost law firms serving the renewable energy industry. Milbank is headquartered in New York and has offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington DC.
As a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Autodesk delivers the broadest product portfolio, helping over 9 million customers, including every member of the Fortune 100, to continually innovate through the digital design, visualization, and simulation of real-world project performance. From architecture, manufacturing, transportation, and utilities to telecommunications, video games, television, and film, Autodesk customers are leading the 2D and 3D design world by improving their design processes through increased efficiency and productivity. In fact, the last 14 Academy Award® winners for Best Visual Effects used Autodesk® software. By enhancing collaboration and communication and digitally improving the real-world performance of projects before they are built, Autodesk customers are solving their business challenges, avoiding costly rework, accelerating project cycles and time to market, and ultimately gaining competitive advantage. As part of Autodesk's commitment to sustainable design, the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program grants digital prototyping software to early-stage clean technology companies to help them get their products to market quicker and more profitably. For more information visit www.autodesk.com/cleantech.
Our Challenge: Climate change is one of the biggest challenges humanity is facing today – realizing projects around the world to reduce harmful emissions is an important part of the solution.
A Global Carbon Company: Zurich based South Pole is one of the world’s leading high quality carbon offsetting companies. South Pole staff comprises more than 75 carbon professionals from 19 countries, located in ten offices around the globe – as close to our projects as to our clients. In over 20 countries we enable the implementation and operation of high-quality projects that reduce greenhouse gases. Our unparalleled portfolio comprises projects in the fields of renewable energy, forestry, energy efficiency, waste management, methane avoidance, and many other sectors.
More than Ofsetting: South Pole offers distinctive consultancy services in the carbon credit market and related sectors by blending our extensive experience from top tier consulting houses with our hands-on experience in the carbon market.
Oracle brings together a worldwide team of utility experts as well as the software applications enabling utilities of all types and sizes to adapt more nimbly to market deregulation, meet ever-evolving customer demands, and deliver on environmental conservation commitments. Oracle Utilities proven software applications help utilities achieve competitive advantage, business performance excellence and a lower total cost of technology ownership. Industry-specific customer care and billing, network management, work and asset management, mobile workforce management and meter data management applications are integrated with the capabilities of Oracle’s industry-leading enterprise applications, business intelligence tools, middleware and database technologies. Additionally, Oracle Utilities helps utilities prepare for smart metering and smart grid initiatives that enhance efficiency and provide critical intelligence metrics that can help drive more-informed energy and water usage decisions for consumers and businesses. For more information, visit www.oracle.com/goto/utilities.
Jefferies, a major global securities and investment banking firm, has served companies and their investors for more than 45 years. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in more than 25 cities around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm provides investors with fundamental research and trade execution in equity, equity-linked, and fixed income securities, including corporate bonds, high yield bonds, US government and agency securities, repo finance, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, municipal bonds, whole loans and emerging markets debt, as well as commodities and derivatives. Jefferies offers companies capital markets, merger and acquisition, restructuring and other financial advisory services. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF: www.jefferies.com). Jefferies International Limited, a UK-incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc., is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority.
The Suzlon group ranked as the world’s third* leading wind turbine supplier in terms of market share in 2008; and has ranked as the leading manufacturer in the Indian market for over 12 consecutive years, maintaining over 50 per cent market share. Suzlon has its corporate offices in Pune, India and the company’s global spread is reflected in its projects and markets portfolio - extending across Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America; and its people strength - with 14,000 employees across functions, roles and markets. Suzlon is a highly vertically integrated wind turbine manufacturer with manufacturing capability along the full value chain – from components to complete wind turbine systems. For more information on Suzlon,
