South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. is a privately held company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland that focuses on developing high quality emission reduction projects. It has over 80 carbon professionals working in 8 offices worldwide on over 150 projects. South Pole sources carbon credits from projects in sectors like renewable energy, waste treatment, forestry, and energy efficiency. It works with both compliance and voluntary markets, providing comprehensive carbon credit sourcing and project development services to buyers.
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1. South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd.
Company presentation for NAB Zurich, June 2009
2. ? Overview of South Pole
? South Pole References
? Projects examples
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3. Who we are
? Privately held company (Ltd.), headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland
? Offices in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Mexico
? Owned by 6 partners
? over 80 carbon professionals
? Focus on high quality emission reduction projects, where possible with Gold
Standard Label
? Pioneers on voluntary markets (contracts with FIFA, BP, DHL...)
? Carbon sourcing agent for high-rated buyers (CCC, Government of Austria,
private CER fund in Switzerland, private CER fund in Europe)
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4. South Pole enjoys a broad international presence¡
Head office
Satellite office ? 8 offices worldwide
? Over 80 carbon
professionals
? Projects in 18
countries
Zurich ? Over 150 projects
Beijing under contract
Taiwan
Mexico City ? Specialized in high-
Bangkok
quality ? Gold
Jakarta Standard ? projects
Johannesburg
? Develop both
voluntary and
compliance credits
STATUS May. 5, 2009
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5. ¡ and is one of the market leaders in its field
South Pole rated one of South Pole achieved South Pole has large
the top 16 carbon several breakthroughs portfolio of high quality
developers/wholesalers projects
170 16 top quality deve- Brought the first ever Gold Over 150 projects contracted
16 lopers including Standard carbon credits to Over 90 million tons of CO2e
South Pole the market until 2012
14 14 Top quality Handled the first inter-national > 50% Gold Standard projects
retailers, including Kyoto carbon credit transfer
myclimate,
First company to cancel CERs,
founded by South
making sure that they cannot
Pole partners
be resold
Other carbon asset
140
managers
Source: The ENDS guide to carbon offsets 2008, South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd.
6. South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. ¨C
Experienced Partner Team
Dr. Christoph Sutter Dr. Christoph Grobbel
CEO CFO and new business development
? 8 years carbon experience with McKinsey ? 12.5 years consulting with McKinsey & Co.
& Co. and Factor Consulting ? Senior Expert for Emissions Trading and
? Participated in the UN Methodology Panel Electric Power & Natural Gas
? Advised registered CDM projects with a ? Responsible for review of EU ETS for the
forecasted total of more than 100 million EU Commission
tonnes CO2e until 2012
Ingo Puhl Patrick B¨¹rgi
South East Asia Head of implementation
? 14 years experience in climate change ? 6 years experience in carbon market
policy and market mechanisms ? Co-founder of myclimate in 2002
? Founder of ¡°500 PPM¡± in 1998 ? Supervised implementation of first CDM
? Employed by World Bank and International project that issued Gold Standard CERs.
Energy Agency
Renat Heuberger Thomas Camerata
Head of sourcing Africa, Middle East and Turkey
? 9 years experience in carbon market ? 6 years experience in carbon market
? Managing director and co-founder of ? Co-founder of myclimate in 2002
myclimate in 2002 ? Expert for the voluntary carbon market
? Finalist of the Swiss Social Entrepreneur
Awards 2005
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7. High-quality emission reductions for our buyers
WE PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGES THAT CORRESPOND TO YOUR
SOURCING NEEDS
? Identification of suitable high-quality projects from our broad pipeline: >160
contracted projects worldwide, > 65M tCO2e until 2012
? Focus on internationally recognized standards, including VCS, Gold Standard and
CCBS
? Rapid, smooth and low-risk credit delivery
? Constant presence on the field, close cooperation with project owners & stakeholders
? Management of the project cycle: project development, accreditation, verification,
registration and delivery/retirement
? Provision of post-sale services (marketing material, periodic reports, assistance for
site-visits..)
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8. ? Overview of South Pole
? South Pole References
? Projects examples
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9. South Pole references ¨C a rapidly growing portfolio of
projects & an extensive network of top-rated buyers
? Key technologies:
¨C Renewable Energy (biomass, ¨C Reduction of waste gas (oil, gas
Most important and chemical industries)
project types hydro, wind)
¨C Waste treatment (liquid and solid) ¨C Forestry
¨C Energy efficiency ¨C Programmatic approach (PoAs)
Extensive ? Compliance buyers: Austrian Government, Climate Cent Foundation
client network (Switzerland), LUSO Carbon Fund (Portugal), power utilities..
and track ? Well-known voluntary buyers (e.g. BP, Swiss Re, Unilever Group, Eneco
records Energy Trade, WWF, Italcementi Group, HSBC¡)
? Participating in the UNFCCC meth panel
Unparalleled ? Involved in major climate change negotiations since 1997
carbon ? Carbon advisory to international organizations (World Bank, European
market expertise Commission, World Economic Forum,..) and registered CDM projects with
a volume of 100 million tCO2e until 2012
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10. ? Overview of South Pole
? South Pole References
? Projects examples
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11. Typical projects that qualify for voluntary or compliance carbon
credits
? Methane capture from landfills and conversion to electricity
? Anaerobic digestion of wastewater coupled with electricity
generation
? Reduction of industrial greenhouse gas emissions (nitrous oxide,
hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride)
? Cogeneration with biomass & biofuels
? Hydropower
? Geothermal energy
? Wind power
? Solar power
? Methane capture from mines and conversion to electricity
? Forestry
? Energy efficiency
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12. Waste Water treatment project, Thailand
Project type: ? Renewable energy / Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through avoided
methane emissions
Standard: ? VCS
Annual ERs: ? 90,000 tCO2 e
Additional
benefits: - Technology and know-how transfer with high replication potential
- New jobs for local people and improvements in economic conditions in rural areas
- Replacement of fossil fuel & contribution to energy conservation
- Improvement of the quality of water treatment
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13. Gas Recovery and Utilization Project, Indonesia
? Energy efficency / Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through avoided
Project type: methane emissions
? VCS
Standard:
Annual ERs: ? 100,000 tCO2 e
Additional - Utilization of associated gas instead of harming the environment by wasting it.
benefits: - Displacement of fuel oil with LPG
- New jobs for local people and improvements in economic conditions in rural areas
- Community programme Education for Kids
- Health care support in the neighbourhood
- Food bank for underprivileged residents
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14. LFG project, China
Project type: ? Renewable energy/ Reduction of GHG emissions through avoidance of
methane emissions
Standard: ? GS VER (1st GS VER project ¨Cnot pre-CDM- in China)
Annual ERs: ? 114,000 tCO2 e
Additional - knowledge and technology transfer to the region
benefits:
- creation of 20 regular employment positions for the plant operation (54 jobs
during construction phase)
- environmental benefits to the country¡¯s air, soil and water resources
- efficient use of available resources and displacement of fossil fuels (coal) for
electricity generation
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15. Geothermal project, Indonesia
? Renewable energy / Reduction of GHG emissions through electricity production
Project type: from geotherm energy
? VCS
Standard:
? 120,000 tCO2 e
Annual ERs:
- Creation of job opportunities for the local population
Additional
- Technology and know-how transfer
benefits:
- Improvement of grid frequency and availability of electricity to local consumers
- Diversification of the national energy supply (dominated by fossil fuels)
- Technological and know-how transfer
- No end products in the form of solid waste
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16. Wind power project, Taiwan
Project type: ? Renewable energy / Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through wind power
generation
Standard: ? GS VER
Annual ERs: ? 370.000 tCO2 e
Additional - Creation of local employment both during the construction and operational phase
benefits: - Technology transfer and support to establishment of local wing energy industry
- Replacement of fossil fuel and contribution to air quality improvement
- Improvement to local economy in remote fishing villages
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17. Small hydro power project, Honduras
Project type: ? Renewable energy/ Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through hydro power
generation
Standard: ? VCS ? En
Annual ERs: ? 20,000 tCO2 e
Additional - Creation of 400 new jobs during the construction phase and 30 jobs during the
benefits: operation phase
- Provision of technical assessment to the population that works in crop cultivation
near the river basin
- Scholarships for students of the area
- Rural electrification of 5 isolated villages
- Construction of a police station and donation of a police car to the local authorities
- Mobile dental health unit for school children.
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18. Biomass to Energy, India
Project type: ? Renewable energy / Utilization of cane trash/coconut fronds for generation of
power
Standard: ? GS CER ? En
Annual ERs: ? 20,000 tCO2 e
Additional
benefits: ?400 new jobs in the biomass chain in an area which used to suffer from high
unemployment rates
?Replacement of fossil fuel and contribution of clean air in the region
?Access to free healthcare and a free daily meal to all workers
?Ash of burned biomass is used as organic fertilizer
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19. South Pole Contacts
Zurich
Marc Kohlenbach
Sales Manager
Phone: +41 44 633 7881
m.kohlenbach@southpolecarbon.com
Thank you for your attention
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