2. Emergent Ventures (EVI)
Emerging and Integrated climate change company
Emergent Ventures (EVI), a leader in the field of
climate change mitigation with business interests
such as : Our Service Offerings
q Sustainability Carbon Advisory
q Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation
q Carbon Markets
Sustainability & Climate Value Advisory
q Clean Technologies
Clean Technology Solutions
Established in 2004, EVI has grown from a carbon
advisory to offer comprehensive solutions that
contribute to the key vision of the company
“Sustainable Solutions for The Environment”.
Currently, EVI has more than 120 consultants
working on over 300 client engagements in over
15 countries across 5 continents.
3. Key Milestones in EVI’s growth
EVI has been on a steady growth path since inception; rapidly increasing its geographical reach
q Facilitating Development of
500+ MW clean energy
q Investment by IDFC PE generation assets across
q Started two new business biomass, wind, waste-to-
q Won first CDM segments Climate Value Advisory energy and solar
registration contract and Carbon Finance and q 36 CDM registered projects
(Wind) Technology q Over 140mn carbon credits
q Multiple registration q International operation started under management
contracts in the with formation of Singapore q Total 300+ client
pipeline subsidiary; expansion in SE Asia & engagements in 15 countries
Africa across 5 continents
q Won first CDM q WindForce incubated. Wind farm q Policy work with international
contract (Wind) development subsidiary formed institutions, and governments
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
q Started climate
q 10 CDM registrations q Subsidiary in Australia, Malaysia &
change business in
q Transacted 9mn VERs – largest US formed
2004
in the world q Comprehensive Sustainability work
q First client
q CDM registration of world’s started
engagement –
largest Hydro project (192 MW) q Tremendous growth in carbon
Municipal Solid
advisory business
Waste (MSW)
q Employee base grown to over 100
4. Our Work @ Sustainability Advisory
Integrated advisory services for sustainability related issues to Govt and Corporate
Service Offerings
EVI collaborates with clients to develop a clear vision Strategic & Risk Management Advisory
and well-structured sustainability & climate change
actions. We help clients anticipate changes in market Measurement & Reporting
preferences, turn risk into opportunity, drive
innovation, reduce costs, increase market access, Policy & Research
engage in radical transparency….and flourish!
Other Environmental Solutions*
Our Competencies End to End solutions Our Experience
Our global experience We not only help you Experience of doing diverse
and technical expertise assess sustainability & range of advisory work; a
in market and policy climate change issues, few of these include green
strategy, clean but also help you reap procurement, sustainability
technology, benefits by strategy, CF & LCA, policy
environmental markets, implementation of forecasting & assessment,
and project finance various initiatives. We sustainability assessments,
makes us the preferred are your partner for sustainability reporting &
* ODS advisory, Energy
partner for organizations end-to-end services assurance, low carbon Efficiency, Renewable energy
looking sustainability growth roadmap etc advisory and, Aviation sector
solutions EU-ETS advisory,
Transportation
5. Our Work @ Carbon Advisory Business
We help organizations secure distinct business advantage in Carbon Markets.
Service Offerings
We consult with our clients to develop carbon offset Carbon offset generation
projects, manage risk & regulation,
and leverage experience & expertise in managing Carbon risk advisory & management solutions
carbon assets. Our aim is to support you to identify
opportunities, simplify complexities and derive
Carbon asset management & transaction services
benefit from rapidly growing global emissions
market.
Technical Experience Transactional Experience Risk Management
Registered more than 36 Strong carbon With strong technical
CDM & 25 VCM projects transaction capabilities. expertise and in-depth
in diverse sectors such Transacted more than process & carbon market
as HFC23, N2O, 15 million carbon understanding, we put
Renewable energy credits with more than appropriate risk
(wind, biomass, hydro 150 million under management strategies in
and solar). Carbon management. Providing place to manage carbon
standards covered- structured financial assets
CDM, VCS, VER+, GS, solutions for carbon.
CCBA, CCAR
6. Our Work @ Carbon Finance and Technology Solutions
We help organizations secure distinct business advantage in Renewable Energy Markets.
EVI provides end to end development and
implementation services to clients for setting up clean
Service Offerings
technology projects. The division’s expertise includes Pre-feasibility and Economic Viability Service
technology incubation, pre-feasibility and economic
viability services, EPC facilitation on turnkey basis, EPC Facilitation on Turnkey Basis
financial structuring (including equity investment) and
overall project development and management services. Financial Structuring (including equity investment)
EVI, along with partner companies, currently has a
portfolio of over 500MW (at different stages of
development) spread across solar, wind, biomass
(combustion & gasification) and waste-to-energy
technologies
Technical Experience End to End Service Carbon & Finance
Extensive experience in We provide end-to-end We help clients take
all clean energy development and advantage of
generation technologies implementation services environmental markets for
including solar, wind, to clients looking to set- its clean projects. We help
biomass (combustion, up clean-tech projects clients in financial closure
gasification) and Waste- assistance and support in
to-Energy availing subsidies available
for renewable energy
projects
7. Emergent Ventures
End to End experience in global market place
• Provided consultancy • 250 carbon offset projects • Expertise in providing end to
services to Infrastructure, (compliance & voluntary) end services including
Utilities, Cement, Steel, 150+mn Certified Emissions creation of climate change &
Pharma, IT, Hospitality and Reductions (CERs), 36 sustainable development
Financial sectors, Food & registered as CDM and strategy, carbon footprinting,
Beverages, Retail and 25+mn Verified Emissions sustainability reporting,
Governments Reductions (VERs) covering carbon neutrality, offsets
different sectors creation & procurement
• Cross-technological • Successful experience across • Technical and market-related
experience, including Wind, various offset standards such support and coverage during
Hydro, Biomass, Solar, Waste, as Clean Development entire lifecycle of selected
Energy Efficiency, (buildings, Mechanism (CDM), Voluntary projects, products and
lighting, industrial) Forestry Carbon Standard (VCS), strategic initiatives to
& Transportation VER+, Gold Standard (GS), constantly optimize returns
Chicago Climate Exchange and minimize costs
(CCX)
Sectors & Carbon End-to-end
Technologies Portfolio Services
8. International Presence
Offices
India
USA
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
Indonesia
Australia
London
Countries having
Strategic Partners
France
Germany
Switzerland
China
Japan
Egypt
Kenya
South Africa
9. Emergent Ventures
Management Team
Vinod Kala - founder director of Emergent Ventures India Pvt ltd (EVI). He has been instrumental in developing innovative solutions
combining technology and finance and has led the expansion of the company into renewable energy and technology development. Vinod has
over 20 yrs of experience in strategy and finance and holds a post graduate degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad,
India
Deepak Verma - Chief Operations Officer and Head Carbon Finance & Technology Solutions. Deepak has served as CEO of the Clinton
Foundation’s HIV/AIDS Initiative, as CEO of eCredit, a venture-backed software company in Massachusetts, USA and as an Engagement
Manager with consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Deepak has a MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management
Ashutosh Pandey – CEO of Carbon Advisory Business. With his association EVI has engaged with more than 200 clients across the world to
provide climate change mitigation solutions and build the company’s consulting business. Ashutosh is also the driving force behind the
company’s new venture into strategy consulting, advising large companies on climate change related risks & opportunities. He has a Masters
in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Mahua Acharya – Chief Strategy Officer. Before EVI, Mahua was with ArcelorMittal London where she established and managed the carbon
investment business for the company, initially capitalized at Euro 100M. She has worked in various pioneering roles in the carbon market
over the past ten years, with the World Bank in its Carbon Finance Unit, Washington DC where she managed the South Asia carbon finance
portfolio, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva. Mahua holds a masters degree from Yale University
Atul Sanghal - Head, Carbon Advisory Business- India. Atul is a Mechanical engineer and has done Masters in Energy & Environment from IIT
Delhi. He is a certified energy auditor from BEE, Bureau of Energy Efficiency. Atul also has expertise in waste management and has provided
technical consulting to many organizations in India. With more than 10 years of industry experience, Atul is a well known expert on
methodology and PDD development
Sanjay Dube – VP, Sustainability Advisory. Sanjay has more than 22 years’ experience in climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency,
natural resource management and transport sectors in India and Asia. Prior to joining EVI, Sanjay has worked extensively on projects funded
by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF), United Nations Department for
Economic & Social Affaires (UNDESA), US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and other
environmental groups advising these agencies on policy and regulatory issues