South Pole Group

South Pole is a Swiss carbon finance consultancy founded in 2006 in Zurich, Switzerland. The company has 18 offices across Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.[1] South Pole's business covers project and technology finance, data and advisory on sustainability risks and opportunities, as well as the development of environmental commodities such as carbon and renewable energy credits.

South Pole
TypePrivate
IndustryEnvironmental
Founded2006
FounderPatrick Bürgi, Thomas Camerata, Renat Heuberger, Ingo Puhl, Christoph Sutter, Christoph Grobbel
Headquarters
Zurich
,
Switzerland
Number of locations
21
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Renat Heuberger – CEO, Christoph Grobbel - Chairman & CFO, Franziska Sinner - Head of Advisory, Marco Magini - Director Projects & Portfolio Management, Sarah Boissinot - Director Consultancy, Andrea Rumiz - Director Key Accounts, Thomas Camerata - Director Marketing, Rebecca Portmann - Head of Global HR, Martin Christen - COO, Marco Hirsbrunner - COO, Sophie Deheselle - Head of Operations Europe, Isabel Hagbrink - Director of Communications, Stefan Rösch - Director Business Development, Christian Dannecker - Director Latin America
ProductsCarbon Offset and Renewable Energy Certificates, Corporate Climate Risks & Opportunities, Land Use and Water, Supply Chain Advisory, Global Renewable Energy Solutions, Climate Policy, Public Advisory, Climate-Smart Cities, Digital Lab, Sustainability Marketing, Green Finance, Fund Advisory
Owner92% employee owned
Number of employees
550
Websitewww.southpole.com

History

South Pole was founded in 2006 by graduates of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Patrick Bürgi, Thomas Camerata, Renat Heuberger, Ingo Puhl and Christoph Sutter, and joined by Christoph Grobbel as the sixth equal partner. The company originally started as a spin-off from the ETH Zurich as the non-profit, ‘myclimate’.

Following the success of myclimate, the founders decided to position climate change as business opportunity, and ‘South Pole Carbon’ was born.[2] The company rebranded to ‘South Pole Group’ in 2015, and then again to the current ‘South Pole’ in January 2018.[3]

In 2012, South Pole acquired a major stake in Australian carbon farming project developer and offset retailer, Sydney-based Climate Friendly.[4] In 2017, the company acquired Climate Friendly's domestic and international carbon and renewables division outright, which at that point was a majority-owned subsidiary of South Pole.[5] In 2019, South Pole sold its majority share in Climate Friendly back to the Australian subsidiary's management team.[6]

By 2019, South Pole had saved over 170 million tonnes of CO2.[7]

References
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  2. "Earthworm - A non-profit driven by the desire to positively impact people and nature - Earthworm". English. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
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  4. Vorrath, Sophie (2012-04-12). "Mixed Greens: South Pole grabs piece of Climate Friendly". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  5. "South Pole Group acquires Climate Friendly". SwissCham. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
  6. Friendly, Climate (2019-02-22). "Climate Friendly Team Completes Management Buy-out". Climate Friendly. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
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