4. South Pole – a Wealth of International Experience
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• 10 offices worldwide
• Over 75 carbon
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• Projects in 20
Zurich [23] countries
Istanbul [1]
California [1] Beijing [12]
Islamabad [1]
• Specialized in high-
Mexico City [7] New Delhi [2]
Taipei [2] quality “Gold Standard”
Hanoi [10] projects
Caracas [1] Bangkok [12]
Medellin [1]
Jakarta [8]
• Developing both
voluntary and
Johannesburg [1]
compliance credits
as of July 2010
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5. South Pole – Quick Overview of a Success Story
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6. International Market Leader
in Compliance and Voluntary Market
Rated among the World’s Carbon Market Firsts Premium quality
Top Carbon Wholesalers
• Brought to market the
first ever Gold Standard
carbon credits (Biomass • Leadership Position
Malawalli / India) on Gold Standard (GS)
Registry: 45 projects
• Handled the first ever listed
international Kyoto
carbon credit transfer • One of the top GS VER
developers with 10% of
• First company to retire entire GS VER pipeline,
CERs, making sure that market leader in issued
they cannot be resold GS VER credits
• Leading developer of
GS CER projects with
25% of entire GS CER
*founded by South Pole partners in 2002 pipeline
Source: The ENDS Guide to Carbon Offsets, 2008
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7. South Pole – a First Mover by Definition
• First ever trade worldwide of CERs
Compliance
Market • First CER cancellation worldwide to offset emissions
• Largest portfolio worldwide of Gold Standard Certified
Emission Reductions (CER) projects
Gold Standard
• Largest portfolio worldwide of Gold Standard
Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs)
• First company worldwide who generated and brought to
the market CERs with the Gold Standard quality label
• One of the world leaders in Programmes of Activities
PoAs (PoAs), the second generation type of carbon projects
• In-house development of cutting edge software solutions to
IT Solutions manage carbon projects, consultancies, and information
exchange
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8. South Pole is the world leader in
issued Gold Standard VERs
Issued Gold Standard VERs, ktCO2e
South Pole 660
ITC Invest 649
Mare Manastyr 160
Camco 145
Dogal Enerji 92
J.P. Morgan 70
…
myclimate 1
Source: Gold Standard registry, 20 June 2010
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10. South Pole – Experienced Partner Team
Dr. Christoph Sutter, CEO Dr. Christoph Grobbel, CFO and new
• 8 years carbon experience with McKinsey business development
& Co. and Factor Consulting • 12 years consulting with McKinsey & Co.
• Participated in the UN Methodology Panel • Senior Expert for Emissions Trading and
• Advised registered CDM projects with a Electric Power & Natural Gas
forecasted total of more than 100 million • Responsible for review of EU ETS for the
tonnes CO2e until 2012 EU Commission
• Elected WEF Young Global Leader 2009
Ingo Puhl, Chief Growth Officer Patrick Bürgi, CTO
• 16 years experience in climate change • 8 years experience in the carbon market
policy and market mechanisms • Co-founder of myclimate in 2002
• Founder of 500 PPM in 1998 • Supervised registration of more than 70
• Employed by World Bank and International CDM/VER projects including the project to
Energy Agency issue the first Gold Standard CERs ever
Renat Heuberger, COO Thomas Camerata, Chief Implementation
Control Officer
• 9 years experience in the carbon market • 8 years experience in the 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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11. • Overview of South Pole
• South Pole References
• South Pole Projects
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12. South Pole – a Rapidly Growing Portfolio of Projects
South Pole
Projects all
around the
globe
• More than 150 contracted projects in over 20 countries with a total volume
of more than 60 million tCO2e until 2012
Broad project
– ~50% are CDM projects
pipeline
– ~50% are Gold Standard projects
• Projects in advanced negotiations with roughly 30 million tCO2e until 2012
• Renewable Energy • Reduction of Waste Gas
Most important (Biomass, Hydro, Wind, Geothermal) (Oil, Gas and Chemical Industries)
project types • Waste Treatment (liquid and solid) • Forestry
• Energy Efficiency • Programmatic Approach (PoAs)
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13. South Pole – Extensive Network of High Quality Buyers
• Participation in the UNFCCC Methodology Panel
• Involved in major climate change negotiations since 1997
Unparalleled • Carbon advisory to international organizations (World Bank, European
carbon Commission, World Economic Forum, GTZ, Africa Progress Panel, World
market expertise Food Programme, …) and to registered CDM projects with a volume of
100 million tCO2e until 2012
• Top-rated compliance buyers
such as the Austrian Government, Swiss Government, Climate Cent
Foundation (Switzerland), Italcementi Group, LUSO Carbon Fund (Portugal),
EGL, ...
Extensive
client network • Well-known voluntary buyers
such as BP, Unilever, Axpo, Swiss Re, WWF, Austrian Post, Eneco Energy,
RBC, Greenpeace, Ben & Jerry’s, Transoflex, …
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14. • Overview of South Pole
• South Pole References
• South Pole Projects
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15. Wastewater Treatment Project, Thailand
Project type: Renewable energy / Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
through avoided methane emissions
Standard:
Annual ERs: 90,000 tCO2e
Additional • Technology and know-how transfer with high replication potential
benefits: • New jobs for local people and improvement of economic
conditions in rural areas
• Replacement of fossil fuel & contribution to energy conservation
• Improvement of the quality of water treatment
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16. Geothermal Energy Project, Indonesia
Renewable energy / Reduction of GHG emissions
Project type:
through electricity production from geothermal energy
Standard:
Annual ERs: 120,000 tCO2e
• 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 (today dominated by fossil fuels)
• Technological and know-how transfer
• No end products in the form of solid waste
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17. Forestry Project, Colombia
Reforestation in mixed stands with about 20 native tree species
Project type:
Standard
(foreseen):
Annual ERs: 43,000 tCO2e
Additional • New habitats for endangered species
benefits:
• Local job opportunities as an alternative to illegal mining
and coca plantations
• New, ecologically sensitive methods to battle mosquitos
• Study program for the Universidad de Medellin (CO) and
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (DE).
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18. Wind Power Project, Taiwan
Project type: Renewable energy / Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
through wind power generation
Standard: VER
Annual ERs: 370.000 tCO2e
• Creation of local employment both during the construction and operational phase
Additional • Technology transfer and support to establishment of local wind energy industry
benefits: • Replacement of fossil fuel and contribution to better air quality
• Improvement of local economy in remote fishing villages
• promotion of renewable energies all over Taiwan
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19. Small Hydro Power Project, Honduras
Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
Project type: through hydro power generation
Standard:
• En
Annual ERs: 20,000 tCO2e
• Creation of 400 new jobs during the construction phase and 30 jobs
Additional during the operation phase
benefits: • Provision of technical assessment to the population working in
crop cultivation near the river basin
• Scholarships for local students
• Electrification of five isolated rural 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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20. Waste Heat Recovery Project, China
Project type: Energy efficiency / Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
through waste heat recovery in a coking plant
Standard: VER
Annual ERs: 280,000 tCO2e
• Creation of local employment both during the construction
Additional and operational phase
benefits: • Technology and know-how transfer
• Contribution to better air quality in the region
• Promotion of efficient use of available resources
and displacement of fossil fuels (coal) for electricity generation
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21. Landfill Gas Recovery Project, China
Renewable energy/ Reduction of GHG emissions
Project type:
through avoidance of methane emissions
Standard: VER (1st GS VER not pre-CDM-project in China)
Annual ERs: 114,000 tCO2e
• Knowledge and technology transfer to the region
Additional • Creation of 20 regular employment positions for the plant operation
benefits: (54 jobs during construction phase)
• Environmental benefits to region’s air, soil and water resources
• Efficient use of available resources
and displacement of fossil fuels (coal) for electricity generation
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22. South Pole Contacts
Zurich Jakarta Taipei
Christoph Sutter Paul Butarbutar Jules Chuang
Phone: +41 43 501 35 50 Phone: +62 21 720 75 67 Phone: +886 2 8758 2911
c.sutter@southpolecarbon.com p.butarbutar@southpolecarbon.com j.chuang@southpolecarbon.com
Bangkok Johannesburg Istanbul
Patrick Bürgi Bruce Wylie Phone: +90 212 274 32 25
Phone: +66 2 678 89 79 Phone: +27 11 280 66 20 k.kartick@southpolecarbon.com
p.buergi@southpolecarbon.com b.wylie@southpolecarbon.com
Beijing Mexico City Hanoi
Caspar Chiquet Alberto Carrillo Marco Hirsbrunner
Phone: +86 10 84 54 99 53 Phone: +52 55 55319013 Phone: +41 43 501 35 50
c.chiquet@southpolecarbon.com a.carrillo@southpolecarbon.com m.hirsbrunner@southpolecarbon.com
New Delhi
Thomas Camerata
Phone: +91 956 018 99 91
t.camerata@southpolecarbon.com Thank you for your attention!
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