Ecosecurities
EcoSecurities is a company specialised in carbon markets and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation projects worldwide. EcoSecurities specialises in sourcing, developing and financing projects on renewable energy, energy efficiency, forestry and waste management with a positive environmental impact. The company has offices in Europe, Middle East, South America and Asia. It has a large portfolio of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects covering numerous countries and technologies. History. EcoSecurities was founded in January 1997, by environmental entrepreneurs Pedro Moura Costa and Marc Stuart. Created ten months before the Kyoto Protocol, EcoSecurities contributed to the evolution of carbon markets and climate policies  from the outset. In 2005, EcoSecurities Group Plc was listed in the London Stock Exchange, raising capital for an expansion drive that resulted in offices in 33 countries run by over 350 employees. This enabled the company to develop over 700 CDM projects located in 45 countries and using 50 technologies. These projects resulted in the largest carbon credit portfolio worldwide, worth over USD 4 billion, giving the company a significant global market share. In June 2007, the company raised an additional €150 million to expand into new markets, with Credit Suisse becoming a major investor. Its trades in  the international carbon market were valued at USD 41 billion in the first six months of 2008. In 2009, the company was acquired by USA investment bank JP Morgan, when the company subsequently delisted from the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. In 2012, EcoSecurities was sold to Swiss trader Mercuria Energy Group. In 2019, former EcoSecurities manager Pablo Fernandez and BVRio (an environmental markets NGO created by EcoSecurities’ co-founder, Pedro Moura Costa) acquired the company and reactivated its project pipeline, contracts book, and alumni network, to participate in a new phase of carbon and environmental markets . Achievements. some of the innovations pursued by EcoSecurities include: The compliance carbon market. EcoSecurities operates in both the compliance and voluntary carbon markets. In the compliance market, EcoSecurities implements projects in 11 countries under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to generate Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) which are used by governments and organisations under the Kyoto Protocol and European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Among the more than 700 Clean Development Mechanism projects that EcoSecurities has helped develop, the list includes: The voluntary carbon market. In the voluntary market EcoSecurities develops carbon projects to sell on different  markets, recognised by different standards, including the Voluntary Carbon Standard, the California Climate Action Registry standard, and The Gold Standard's Voluntary Emission Reduction standard. These are sold to organisations that have no regulatory obligation to offset their carbon emissions, but wish to do so on a voluntary basis, often as part of a carbon neutrality or corporate social responsibility programmes. Some of EcoSecurities' current and historic clients include Yahoo!, Fortune Conferences and NetJets Europe. Voluntary emission reduction projects developed through EcoSecurities include wastewater methane avoidance in Brazil, methane capture for dairies in the United States, small hydroelectric power plant  In Brazil, SPM Group pig farms in Thailand, fuel switch from fossil to renewable in Brazil, and waste management improvements in Chile. References. Clients include Yahoo!, Fortune Conferences and NetJets Europe.