Clean Technology Investment

CarbonGroup acts as a catalyst and investment partner for promising clean and low-carbon technology.

'Clean Technology' is any new product, service, or process, that utilises renewable materials and energy sources or dramatically reduces the use of natural resources, and reduces or eliminates GHG emissions and wastes.

With the strong global trend towards higher energy and resource pricing, internalising external costs, environmentally aware consumers and a greening supply chain, good business practice is increasingly aligned with environmentally-conscious and sustainable behaviour. This shift in focus has generated huge investment opportunities based on energy efficiency, limited resource use and low emission technology.

As a result, investment in clean technology have grown considerably since coming into the spotlight around 2000. According to the United Nations Environment Program, wind, solar and biofuel companies received a record $148 billion in new funding in 2007 as rising oil prices and climate change policies encouraged investment in renewable energy. $50 billion of that funding went to wind power. Overall, investment in clean-energy and energy-efficiency industries rose 60 percent from 2006 to 2007.

CarbonGroup actively seeks out promising low carbon clean technology, and assists with strategic commercialisation through the development of Environmental Property®. We match these burgeoning business opportunities with investors and global partnerships.