Renat Heuberger

Empowering Business for Climate and Nature

Will carbon credits scale again? Yes, if we address the paradoxes. "How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress." (Niels Bohr) Cover image by https://www.flickr.com/photos/sameer0406/

MPower Ventures is a pan African impact and climate venture providing access to affordable clean energy in Sub-Sahara Africa. MPower combines high-quality solar hardware, flexible financing, software solutions, and expert after-sales support to deliver reliable energy to households, SMEs and small Commercial and Industrial (C&I) clients. Through an innovative B2B2C business model, MPower reduces local communities’ dependency on expensive fossil fuel-based products and unreliable electricity grids – unlocking energy access and improving their financial inclusion and overall socioeconomic status. Today, MPower operates in Zambia, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana and Namibia, and has secured partnerships in Malawi, Mali, and Botswana. Its diverse and motivated team brings international expertise in solar energy, development finance, technology, and operations, with a shared passion for sustainability and social impact. By leveraging technology, MPower distributes clean energy and designs solutions that empower communities economically and socially. Our vision is simple yet ambitious: to power the growth of emerging markets sustainably, one household and business at a time. MPowers solution not only enables off-grid and underelectrified communities to power their homes and businesses independently from the electricity grid or expensive fossil fuel-based products, but also improves their financial inclusion and overall socioeconomical status. The company is run by a young, diverse and motivated team with a passion for renewable energy, finance and social impact. Teams expertise ranges from finance to IT and from renewable energy to business development in Africa.

South Pole is the worlds leading carbon asset developer and climate consultancy. Since 2006, South Pole has been a trusted partner and advisor to governments, public sector organisations, and leading businesses on their decarbonisation journeys. South Pole serves over 1,000 clients across the world, and its global team of experts has helped many Fortune 500 businesses implement comprehensive strategies that help build resilience and turn climate action into long-term business opportunities. In line with its mission to deliver climate impact at scale, South Pole has used the power of markets to help channel climate finance to over 850 projects in more than 50 countries across the globe. To date, these projects have helped reduce over 200 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions, accelerated low-carbon transformations across several sectors, and provided measurable benefits to communities vulnerable to climate change. The business is supported by world-class investors, including Temaseks GenZero, Lightrock, Corisol, and Salesforce Ventures. South Pole is a social enterprise recognised by the World Economic Forums Schwab Foundation, and committed to becoming a B Corp globally across all of its local entities.

myclimate is your partner for effective climate protection – both locally and globally. The non-profit foundation myclimate is an international initiative with Swiss origins. We want to shape the future together with you through consulting services, education and climate protection projects. We show how carbon emissions can be avoided and minimised and how climate protection projects can be supported. We are motivated and experienced experts in sustainability and climate protection with high-profile supporters. myclimate is seeing strong growth in demand for its carbon management services and strategic climate action for companies. With his scientific experts, myclimate offers carbon footprints (lifecycle assessments), strategic consulting and sector solutions (printing, hotels, transport & logistics, food and accomodation). Moreover, myclimate uses diverse climate education projects to raise awareness of the topic of climate change, and emission reduction and to build up capacity for more climate-friendly action in private and especially in business life. The 2002 founded NPO’s clients include large, medium and small businesses, public administrations, non-profit organisations, event organisers and private individuals from all over the world. myclimate is based in Zurich, Vienna, Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Reutlingen. Find out more about myclimate on our website or on our social media channels. www.myclimate.org | instagram.com/myclimate | facebook.com/myclimate | twitter.com/myclimate